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[ Print larger map ] – Grid Ref ST 561745 (OS Landranger #172)

Avon Gorge (Sea Walls)

Avon, ENGLAND

Climbs 262 – Rocktype Limestone – Altitude 29m a.s.l – Faces SW

Crag features
Quarried limestone, generally sound. Protection tends to be sparse. Wall is a real sun trap allowing for year-round climbing. Mainly multi-pitch routes up to about 90 metres. In the summer, escape up to the Downs and the waiting ice cream van.

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Guidebooks
West Country Climbs (2010), Avon and Cheddar (1992)

Climbs at this crag

	Climb name	Grade	x

	UNKNOWN WALL
2	The Halcyon Days of the Bourgeoisie	E2 6a	12
3	Spool to Tape	E1 5c	10
4	Quietly Confident	E2 6a
5	Hard Labour	E1 5a	3
6	Aasvogel	VS 4c	9
7	Curtain Call	E2 5c	2
8	Wintersol	E2 5b *	48
9	Stage Fright	E2 5c	2
10	Desecrator	HVS 5a **	139
11	Klib	E4 6a	2
12	Castillos des Arenas	E3 5c
13	Chalk and Cheese	E4 5c
14	The Bilk	E4 5c *	13
15	The Blik	E3 5b **	42
16	Men of the World	E5 6a	3
17	Urban Gorilla	E3 6a *	8
18	Unknown Wall	VS 4c **	247
19	Unknown Slab	E2 5c
20	The Orang Outang out of Jungle Book	E3 6c
	THE EXPLODING GALAXY WALL
22	Reckless	E4 6a	1
23	This Flight Tonight	E5 6a
24	Dragon	E3 5c **	15
25	The Real St Werburghs	E4 6b/c
26	Unknown Pleasures	E6 6b **	1
27	Unknown Pleasures (Final Pitch)	E3 5c ***	2
28	Amanita Muscarina	E4 6a ***	39
29	Psychopath Way	E6 6b *
30	Hammer Horror	E5 6a **	6
31	Yellow Edge	E3 5c ***	112
32	Quip U for Leisure	E3 5c	1
33	Captain Swing	E3 5c **	34
34	The Haystack	E3 5c *	10
35	The Imploding Galaxy	E5 6a/b *
36	Tour de France	E6 6b **	6
37	Was It You?	E7 6c **	1
38	Duncan Goes to Clevedon	E4 6b *	1
	UNKNOWN BUTTRESS
40	Unknown Gully	VS 4c	14
41	Take Five	E1 5b	3
42	Hang Ten	E2 5c *	7
43	Smog of Things	E5 6b *
44	The Pusher	E2 5b	8
45	New Horizons	E3 5c **	65
46	Superstition	E5 6a	2
47	Poked Off	E6 6a	3
48	Hocus Pocus	E3 6a **	30
49	Conjuring Trick	E5 6a	2
50	Catholics	E1 5b *	13
51	M2	E1 5b *	141
52	M1	E1 5b **	231
53	Motorway Madness	E4 6a *	14
54	Electra Glide	E4 6a *	8
55	Ladder of Desire	E3 5c ***	95
56	Cuban Eyes	E5 6b *	6
57	The Rebel Yell	E5 6b	1
58	Pigeon's Nest	E3 6a	23
59	Crown of Thorns	E7 6c	1
60	I'm 55	E6 6c *	2
61	Non-stick	E2 6a	11
62	The Enchanted Gordon	E6 6c *	3
63	Slap Stick	E3 6b	5
64	Jimmy Lowe	E5 6c	1
65	Make It Up as You Go Along	E2 5a	1
	UNKNOWN AREA TRAVERSES
67	Zero Option	E5 6b *
68	Level Headed	E7 6c *
69	Altostratus	E4 5c *	1
70	Hot Air/Chasin' the Dragon	E2 5b *	7
71	Bop till You Drop	E3 5c
72	Red Hot and Chaffeur Driven	E4 5c	1
	UPPER WALL
74	Straight and Narrow	E5 6a
75	Them	E3 6a ***	88
76	Keep on Going	E4 6b
77	Already Gone	E6 6a *	7
78	Solar Power	E5 6b **	9
79	Slender Norris	E5 6c	5
80	Big Wednesday	E4 6b	9
81	New Horizons II	E2 5c ***	220
82	An Illusion of Love	E6 6b	1
83	Lost Illusions	E5 6b **	23
84	Bold as Love	E6 6b **	12
85	Mirage	E3 6a *	92
86	Raindoctor	E5 6b
87	Arms Race	E4 5c ***	126
88	Living on the Skyline	E7 6c
89	Street Life	E5 6b	4
90	The Police	E5 6b
91	High Profile	E6 6b
92	Low Profile	E5 6b ***	29
93	Stayin' Alive	E4 5c *	6
94	Us	E2 5b *	84
95	Flexi-time	E3 5c	3
96	Shake-time	E7 6b	1
97	What about Me?	E2 5b	35
98	Um Bongo	E6 6c *	10
99	Rancho Cucamonga	E3 5c	137
100	All Hail the Underdog.	E5 6a	2
101	Banshee	E2 5c *	216
102	Chocoholic	E5 6a	3
103	Big Bertha	E1 5a	3
104	Who Me?	E2 5a	22
105	The Prince	8b	5
	THE PROBLEM PAGES
107	Pilgrim's Progress	E6 6c	2
108	Sex Symbol for Bunty	E6 7a	2
109	The Metaphysical Flake	E5 6b	1
110	For Richard	E1 5a	6
111	My Ancestors	E4 6a	2
112	Nuts in May	E5 6b
113	Dark Crystal	E3 6b	4
114	Statement of Youth	E6 6c	1
115	Slippery People	E3 6b	2
116	Calcinogenesis	E4 5c	3
117	Dirty Stop Out	E3 6a/b	1
118	Vertically Limited	VS 4c	2
119	Irish Girl	E4 6b
120	Death by Chocolate	E4 6c
121	In Loving Memory	E5 6b
122	Dead Dreams Fly Flags	E5 6b
123	The Howling Tombird	VS 4b	3
	ROTTEN ROW
125	Kitnova Park	HVS 5a
126	The Minute Waltz	E6 6c	1
127	Eros	VS 4b	3
128	Pathos	E4 6a	5
129	Ares	E5 6c	1
130	Academic	8a	23
131	Senile Decay	E2 5c	1
132	Mellow Yellow	HVS 5a
	THE CONSTRUCTION SITE
134	Happy 'cause I'm Going Home	HVS 5a	1
135	Serenity Crack	E1 5a	3
136	Fit to Drott	E5 6a
137	Earthmover	E2 5b
138	Hymac	E3 5c

	Climb name	Grade	x

139	JCB	E3 5c
140	Eric Exsykes	E5 6c	1
141	Hatti Jacques	E2 5c	3
142	Sod's Law	E5 5c	1
	RAILED-OFF CAVE AREA
144	Entrail	HVS 5a	19
145	Just Searing Away	7b+ *	9
146	Oil on Canvas	E3 6a	9
147	Eleven Years On	E3 6a	6
148	The Pact	E5 6b
149	Thanatos	HVS 5a *	48
150	Intestines	E4 6b
151	One Rawl for All	E3 5c *	33
152	Cause without a Rebel	E2 5b	3
153	Midnight Express	E6 6a **	9
154	To Be Is Not to Bolt	E7 6b	6
155	Train in the Distance	E6 6c	1
156	Tunnel Vision	E4 6c	6
157	The Housing (Cave Dwellers) Act 1000 BC	E4 5c	9
158	The Beat	E5 6b	5
159	Starless And Bible Black	E5 6b *	1
160	Small or Nothing	E5 5c *	6
161	Whizz for Atoms	E4 6a *	5
162	Paradiddle	HVS 5c	6
163	Done Years Ago	E2 5c	4
164	Slurp	HVS 4b	16
165	Lost Atoms	E5 6a	4
166	The Melancholy of Departure	E5 6a
167	Wretch	E2 5a	8
168	S'All Over	E4 5c	3
169	Puke	HVS 5a *	111
	UPPER TERRACE
171	Particles	f6C+ 6b	3
172	Hurts †	18 *
173	The Cover Up	E5 6b	1
174	Indecent Exposure	E2 5c *	24
175	Wobbly Bits	E4 5c
176	The Trembling	E5 6a	1
177	Shakin' All Over	E5 6b	1
178	Tremors	E5 6b	1
179	False Alarms	E3 6a *	5
180	Gold Star	E3 5c	4
	CENTRAL SECTION
182	Quick Flash	E5 5c	2
183	The Featherless Biped	E4 6a **	9
184	Hugh's Groove	E1 5a **	6
185	Bisector wall	E4 6a	3
186	Exterminating Angel	E3 5b *	9
187	Who's Wall?	E4 6a *	10
188	Defining Limits	E6 6c *	2
189	Terror Firma	E5 6a *	1
190	Comic Relief	E2 6a	7
191	Pongo Sid Chilli	E3 6a	2
192	Gronk	VS 4c **	435
193	Morpheus	VD 4a **	532
194	Bastardized	E5 6a	1
195	Death or Dishonour	E4 5c	1
196	Exterminating 5b Leaders	E3 5b	2
197	Sleepwalk	S 4a **	402
198	Mobius	HVS 4c	24
199	Nightcap	HVS 5b	31
200	Nitecap start	V1	15
	RIGHT WING
202	Pants Choice	E1 6a	7
203	'King Choice	E2 6b	6
204	For....	V4	53
205	PG Tips	V6 6a/b	2
206	The Arete problem.	V6	43
207	The Squirrel's Heart	f7B+ *	1
208	The Arete Problem SDS	V7 *	4
209	Crystal Tips	V8	4
210	Most Choice	E2 6b	14
211	Choice Traverse	f7A	2
212	Connoisseur's Choice	E2 6b	63
213	Connoisseur's SDS	f7A+	1
214	Punk's Choice	E5 6c	3
215	Critic's Choice	E5 6b *	19
216	The Tin Drum	HVS 5a	17
217	Oscar	E3 5b	4
218	Ffoeg's Folly	E2 5c *	160
219	Ffoeg's Folly (first pitch only)	HVS 5a	41
220	Coyote Ugly	E2 5c	2
221	Last Chance	E4 6b	2
222	Last Slip	E3 5c ***	54
223	Last Slip direct start	E3 5b	38
224	Starfish Intersector	E4 6a	4
225	Operational Reasons	E1 5a	13
226	Shits and Giggles	E7 6c	1
227	Gymslip	E4 6b	23
228	Gymslip traverse	V3	7
229	Every Smile You Fake	E6 6b	2
230	Fast Grip	E2 5b *	63
231	Vulcan Death Grip	E4 6a	2
232	Chameleon Feet	E4 6b	2
233	Pins and Needles	E7 6b/c	1
234	Slow Motion	MVS 4b	3
235	Nightmare	S 4a *	466
236	Nightmare (Direct Finish)	VS 4c	25
237	One Scream's Enough	7c *	5
238	One Scream's Enough Direct	7c+	1
239	Edgemaster	E5 6b ***	6
240	Padansac	E2 5c *	130
241	Just So	E5 5c *	9
242	The Quiet Mind	E7 6b	5
243	Solution Pollution	E5 6a	6
244	Feed Your Head Eclipsed	E7 6b	1
245	Partial Eclipse	E4 6b/c *	10
246	Stretcher	E3 6c	2
247	Simian	HVS 5a	198
248	Humdinger Jury	E4 6b	2
249	Daydream	VS 5a *	215
250	Hi, how are you *	VS 5a *	5
251	Zebedee	HVS 5a	31
252	Don't Slip	E5 6a *	29
253	The Aardvark and the Ferret	E6 6b	15
254	SOS	E4 5c	48
255	Syph	S	210
256	Idleburger Buttress	VD	330
257	Smoove Groove	E6 6a *	38
258	The Independent Route	E7 6b	8
259	5b Groove	E3 5b	68
260	Floating Voter	VS 4c	249
261	5b Wall	E3 5c	63
262	RG Traverse	f6B+	3
263	Jasper	HVS 5a	172
264	Jumping Carrots	VS 4b	113
265	Jumping Beans	S	15
	THE MESA
267	Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars	E4 6a	15
268	anorexic little weirdo	E1 5C	10
269	The Bulimic Finish	E1 5c	4
270	Hands Up Who Wants to Die?	E3 5b	6
271	Flash Harry	HVS 4c	5
272	Another Little Number	E1 5b	10
273	Imensa	E3 6a
274	Last Slip Direct	E4 6a **	1
275	Arcturus †	E4 6a 6a	1

* Climbs listed in red are waiting to be checked by a crag moderator, and may not be accurate.

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Access notes
Either scramble down from the Downs, or park the car at the car park at the bottom of Sea Walls, straight off the A4. There have been problems in the past with travellers residing in the car park stealing gear and vandalising cars.

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