> Home <
> Forums <
> Logbooks <
> News <
> Photos <
> Articles <
> Gear <
- Latest Gear
- Gear News
- Gear Reviews
- OI News
- HELP
> Video <
> Classifieds <
> Search <

Search site:

Logbooks & Crags

Click to read about Advertising on UKC

Search results... 1 crag found

[ Print larger map ] – Grid Ref SW 923804 (OS Landranger #200)

Pentire Point

Cornwall, ENGLAND

Climbs 124 – Rocktype Pillow lava – Altitude 10m a.s.l – Faces N

Crag features
The rock has good incut holds and good friction. A concentration of marvellous single- and multi-pitch routes up to 230ft. Tick, if you can, Eroica (E2 6a/5b A1), Black Magic (E5 6a) and the amazing Darkinbad The Brightdayler (E5 6a). [Thanks to James Parrott for spotting the error that had shifted this crag to Wales...]

Weather forecast

Today	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun

Forecast for this crag, or UK Weather forecast

Guidebooks
West Country Climbs (2010), North Devon and Cornwall (2000),
Out of print: North Devon and Cornwall (1988)

Climbs at this crag

	Climb name	Grade	x

	NORTH CLIFF
2	Whistlin' Past the Graveyard	E6 6a **
3	Psycho Bagman	E5 6a *
4	The Concrete Trampoline	E3 5b	1
5	Robert of Pentire	E3 6a
6	Dolly's Death	E6 6b/c ***	1
7	Dark Secrets	E2 5c *	1
8	Enlightened Rouges	E4 5c **
	THE GREAT WALL
10	Through the Looking Glass	E3 5c *
11	Reflections	E4 6a ***	3
12	Pete's Route	E2 5b
13	Cobra	E2 5c	3
14	A Groove Full of Mirrors	E7 6b *
15	Abracadabra Arête	E7 6b/c ***
16	Eroica	E4 6a ***	101
17	Dislocation Dance	E3 5c	3
18	Pulses Unreal	E4 6a *	4
19	Dislocation Dance / Pulses Unreal	E4 6a *	1
20	Black Magic	E5 6a ***	28
21	Wall of Spirits (Pitch 1)	E6 6b ***
22	Wall of Spirits	E8 6b **
23	Darkinbad the Brightdayler	E5 6a ***	55
24	Urco's Revenge	E5 6b **	1
25	Another Nervous Breakdown	E7 6b
26	Your Funeral, My Trail	E6 6b
27	Siren's Cry	E5 6a **	2
28	Beneath Black Waters	E6 6b *
29	Last Leviathan	E4 5c
30	Welcome to Bedlam	E5 6a
31	Over My Head	E1 5c
	TWILIGHT CLIFF
33	Hyperthermia	HS	2
34	Hypothermia	HVS 5a	1
35	Daylight	VD	5
36	Dawn	HVS 5b	1
37	Dusk	VS 4c	1
38	Twilight	HS 4b	10
39	Fear is your only God	E4 6a	3
	REDWALL CLIFF
41	Warrior Mouse	HVS 5a	5
42	Wake Up Time to Die	E2 5c
43	Bloodbeak	E1 5b	1
44	Ironbeak	HVS 5b	2
45	Cradle of Filth	HVS 5a	4
46	The Joseph Bell	HS 4b *	4
	TRIPLE GROOVE BUTTRESS
48	Groove of Illusions	VS 4c
49	Snake In The Grass	VS 4b
50	Greenwitch	HS 4b
51	Colin's Grandma	VS 4c
52	Grandpa's Variation	VS 4c
53	Faff	HS 4b
	PENTIRE BLACK ZAWN
55	The Finger	S	2
56	This is How it Goes	VD
57	Let's Go Meet Da Pansies	HS	1
58	Line & Sinker	HVS 5a	1
59	The Ex	HS 4b
60	Standing in the Rain	E1 5b
61	Selkie	VD	1
62	The Rising Dark	HVS 5a
63	Quiet Desperation	HVS 5a
64	Camming Round The Mountain	HVS 5a	1
65	Pachyderm Pathway	HVS 5a *	4
66	Pigs in Zen	E3 6a
67	Nipped In The Buddha	VS 4c **	12
68	One for the Lager Drinkers	VS 4c
69	The English Way	HS 4b	6
70	Little Black Dress	E2 5b	3

	Climb name	Grade	x

71	Coal Comfort	HVS 5a **	2
72	Sister Ray	E4 6a *	1
73	Brother Chris	E3 5c **	6
74	Paranoia express	E2 5b **	6
75	The Midnight Garden	E2 5b **	1
76	Black Rose	E3 5c	1
77	Black Power	E3 5c	1
78	Ordinary Men	VD
79	Merchants of Menace	E2 5c **
80	A Most Peculiar Practice	HS 4b
	THE SHIELD CLIFFS
82	Turkish Delight	E5 5c **
83	The Crusade	E5 6a ***	1
84	Istanbul	E5 6a **
85	Kandahar	E5 6a/b **
86	Easy Prey	E4 5c **	1
87	Hope for Hillebrandt	E3 5c *
88	Groove of Shadows	E5 6a/b **
89	Pounding Heart	E4 6a ***	1
90	Heavy Blood	E5 6a ***	1
91	The North Ship	E6 6a/b **
92	The Black Hunter	E5 6b **
93	Our Stars, Our Sky	VS 4c **	12
94	Escape Route	VD
95	Beach Bum	HS 4b
96	Day Tripper	D
97	Kamikaze Shrimp	D
	THE BIG CHEESE
99	Ocean Of Fears	E2 5a ***	1
100	Steep Sheep	HVS 5a *
	THE DEVIL'S CLIFF
102	Touch of the Devil	E4 6a **	1
103	A Wok on the Wild Side	HVS 4c
	HALF DOME BUTTRESS
105	Silent Screaming	E1 5a
	THURSDAY BUTTRESS
107	Graceless	HS 4b
108	Bitter Minnows	HVS 5a *
109	Soul Shock	E2 5b
110	Silverfish	HS 4b *	4
111	Artifice	S 4a
	RAMP BUTTRESS
113	Rampo	VD
	PURGATORY BUTTRESS
115	Shortcake	VD
116	Innocents	VD
117	Pugin	HVS 5b
118	Sinners	E1 5b *	2
	RED STACK ROCKS
120	Polmorla	E6 6b **
121	Blue Juice	E5 6a
122	Goth	E2 5b
123	Turk	E2 5b
124	Safe Haven!?!	HVS 5a
125	Exclusion Zone	VS 4c
126	Catweasle	E3 5c *
127	Dill Pickle	E1 5b
128	Whoops Apocalypse	E5 6a **
129	Hiroshima Mon Amour	M *
130	Enola Gay	E6 6a **
131	Dancing in the Danger Zone	E6 6b ***
132	Grave Dancers Union	E2 5b
133	Curved Air	E4 5c **
134	Nessy Corner	E3 5c *
	PENTIRE POINT
136	Hopener	S
137	Thinisher	HS
138	Psycho Cowboy †	f7C+ ***	1
139	Cowboy Junkies †	f7C **	1

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

The Barn Climbing Shop
Tavistock, DEVON
"The Barn Climbing Shop is an independent retailer of climbing equipment and clothing, shop online and get free postage on orders over £60 or visit us in store. We stock, Black..."
www.barnclimbinggear.co.uk

Advertise here

Access notes
Protected from the tide by boulders. Close to the resort of Polzeath (offering campsites). Drive to Pentire Farm for NT parking.

A track leads across fields to a junction at a stone stile with the coastal footpath. 100m E is a hump, the top of the Great Wall, with a faint path heading down to the E of the col.

Classifieds
Find Classifieds near to this crag (Indoor Walls, Outdoor Shops, Accommodation, etc)

Moderator Updates to this page are checked by UKC volunteer Mark Kemball