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[ Print larger map ] – Grid Ref TQ 562381 (OS Landranger #188)

High Rocks

East Sussex, ENGLAND

Climbs 312 – Rocktype Sandstone (soft) – Altitude 90m a.s.l – Faces NW

Crag features
High Rocks is a designated SSSI, National Monument and owned by The High Rocks (opposite).

All climbers should visit the lower bar BEFORE entering the rocks.

Climbers should pay the £10 entrance fee (2010) and obtain a ticket/receipt. Season ticket holders (£45, 2010) should sign the book. Please DO NOT enter the grounds without a ticket.

The highest of the southern sandstone crags - 12m. Plenty of classic climbs, including the oft-tried Infidel (6a). Lots to keep everyone, including the wandering grockles, amused.

NB: ACCESS CONDITIONS ... By ignoring the access conditions (which are very simple and include having a valid ticket when you enter the grounds) you are jeopardising access to this crag. It is not strictly necessary to phone in advance at present but please call in at the lower bar and pay for entry or sign in if you have a season ticket. Failure to heed this advice will likely lead to the reintroduction of the 'booking system' or the eventual closure of the crag. If you don't want to pay, please do not risk losing access by entering illegally - stay away... The BMC and local climbers have invested considerable efforts (and money) in maintaining access to High Rocks.

Phone number is 01892 515532 - ask for the manager. Detailed contact information is available at http://www.highrocks.co.uk

See also http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=2624

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Guidebooks
Southern Sandstone (2008),
Out of print: Southern Sandstone (1989)

Climbs at this crag

	Climb name	Grade	x

	HIGH ROCKS ANNEXE
2	Yew Tree Wall	none 3a	4
3	Double Top	none 6b *
4	Ones Traverse	none 3a	1
5	Nose One	none 5b *	5
6	Spleen Slab	none 5a *	2
7	Nose Two	none 4a	2
8	Chimney Two	none 2a *	1
9	Fahrenheit	none 5c ***	1
10	Thinner	none 5a	2
11	Nose Three	none 3b *	3
12	Purgatory	none 5a *	5
13	Gorilla Wall	none 5a
14	Billy the Bong	none 5c **	2
15	Augustus	none 5b *
16	The Entertainer	none 6a *	2
17	Valhalla Wall	none 4c **	4
18	Green Slab	VB 5b	1
19	Horizon Wall - Route 1	none 3b *	3
20	Horizon Wall - Route 2	none 3b *	3
21	Monolith Left Buttress	none 5a	1
22	Monolith Right Buttress	none 4a	4
23	Run Out	none 5a *	2
24	Out	none 3b	6
25	The Googly	none 3a	4
26	The Yorker	VB 4a	2
27	Off Stump	none 4c *	6
28	Middle and Off	none 5a *	13
29	Middle Stump	none 5b *	11
30	Leg Stump	none 5a *	8
31	One Move	none 4b	1
	CONTINUATION WALL
33	Pot-hole Crack	none 4b *	1
34	Co-Co	none 5c *
35	Limpet Crack	none 4a *	6
36	Stalacite Wall	none 3b **	3
37	Jug Arete	none 3b	2
38	Turret Face	none 4b **	11
39	Drunkard's Dilemma	none 5c *	3
40	Windy Wall	none 5a *	5
41	Nigg Nogg Variation	none 5c	1
42	Buzzard's Breakdown	none 2a	1
43	Capstone Chimney	none 2a	1
44	ObverseRoute	none 4b	1
45	Lady of the Lake	none 5b *
46	Port Crack	none 4b *	7
47	Battleship Nose	none 5b *	2
48	Left Edge	none 5b *	6
49	Scotland Slab	none 1a *	7
50	Camelot	none 6a *	1
51	Lady of the Light-bulb	none 5c *
	MAIN CRAG
53	Orion Crack	none 4c **	12
54	The First Crack	none 6b ***	2
55	Missing Link	none 6b **
56	Anaconda Chimney	none 4a **	6
57	Anaconda Corner	none 5b **	2
58	Fungal Smear	none 6b *	1
59	Bone Machine	none 6b
60	Adder	none 6a **	5
61	Boa Constrictor Chimney	none 4b **	7
62	The Second Generation	none 6b ***	3
63	Cobra Chimney	none 4a	3
64	Renascence	none 6b ***	2
65	Steps Crack	none 5b ***	18
66	Chimaera	none 7a **
67	Moving Staircase	none 6b ***	5
68	Judy	none 6b **	1
69	Telegram Sam	none 6b *
70	Rag Trade	none 6b *	1
71	Eft Chimney	none 3a	2
72	Chockstone Chimney	none 2b	4
73	Salad Days	none 6b **	4
74	Leglock	none 6b *	2
75	Too Tall for Tim	none 6a *	1
76	Cut Steps Crack	none 6a **	3
77	Too Hard for Dave	none 6b *	1
78	Bell Rock Transverse Passage Route 1	none 5a *	2
79	Bell Rock Transverse Passage Route 2	none 5a *	1
80	Bell Rock Transverse Passage Route 3	none 4c
81	Strangler	none 5a	2
82	Deadwood Chimney	none 2b	3
83	Bell Rock Passage	none 4a	1
84	Spider's Chimney	none 3b **	1
85	Insinuation Crack	none 2b	1
86	Wye Chimney	none 4a	2
87	Slab Chimney	none 2b	1
88	One of Our Chimneys is Missing	none 2b *	2
89	Smooth Chimney	none 4a **	3
90	The Chute	none 5a	2
91	Krankenkopf Crack	none 5b **	10
92	Kraken	none 6b *	3
93	The Dragon	none 6a **
94	Robin's Route	none 6a *	5
95	So What?	none 6b *
96	Dysentery	none 5c *	1
97	The Prang	none 6a **	2
98	Magnetic	f7A **	11
99	Lobster	none 6a *	7
100	Infidel	none 6a ***	23
101	Henry the Ninth	none 5b **	38
102	Warning Rock Buttress	none 3b	1
103	Jaws	none 5c **	6
104	Orca	none 5c *	4
105	balcony direct	none 4b ***	9
106	Boysen's Crack	none 6a **	8
107	Conchita	none 6a *	4
108	Marquita	none 5c *	13
109	Lucita	none 5c *	21
110	Cool Bananas	none 6c **	1
111	Effie	none 5b **	25
112	Cheetah	none 6b *	1
113	Coronation Crack	none 5c ***	28
114	Hale Bopp	f7C 7a ***
115	Bad Blood	none 6c	1
116	Krait Arete	none 6b ***	14
117	Shelter Arete	none 5c *	7
118	Shelter Chimney	none 2b *	7
119	Shelter Passage	none 4b	3
120	Shelter Slabs	none 5b	2
121	The Oligarchy	none 6a	1
122	advertisment wall direct	none 5c ***	47
123	Advertisement Wall	none 5b **	69
124	Engagement Wall	none 6a **	28
125	Dyno-Sore	none 6b **	7
126	Quirkus	none 4c	6
127	Dirty Dick	none 4b	25
128	Crypt Crack	none 4a	7
129	Death Cap	none 6b *
130	Mervin Direct	none 6b *
131	Crack and Wall Front	none 5c **	5
132	Crack And Wall	none 4b	5
133	Hut transverse arete	none 4c *	5
134	Educating Airlie	none 6b **	1

	Climb name	Grade	x

135	Kinda Lingers	none 6c ***	2
136	Kinda Lingers Sit Start	f7A+ **	1
137	Unforgettable	none 6c **	1
138	Boonoonoonoos	none 6b **	4
139	Firebird	none 6a *	5
140	Mulligan's Wall	none 5c **	7
141	Bludgeon	none 5c *
142	Celebration	none 5c **	26
143	Chez's Dyno	f7A **	5
144	Hut Transverse Passage - Rufrock Route	none 3a *	3
145	Hut Transverse Passage - Central Route	none 3b	2
146	Tilley Lamp Crack	none 6a **	12
147	Lord Traverse	f6B 6a **	6
148	Nemesis	none 6b ***	17
149	A Touch Too Much	none 6b **	4
150	Viper Crack	none 5b	6
151	Shattered	none 6b *	2
152	Easy Crack	none 2a *	6
153	Bald Finish	none 5a *	3
	HUT BOULDER
155	Crack Route	none 4c **	43
156	Pinchgrip	none 5c *	12
157	Pussyfoot	none 5b **	21
158	Sweaty Pussy	none 5c+ ***	4
159	Swing Face	none 5b *	19
160	Birthday Arete	none 5b **	22
161	Birthday Wall (Sequins of Cosmic Turbulence)	none 5c *	5
162	Sequins of Cosmic Turbulence	none 5c	10
163	Roof Route	none 5a *	18
164	Rockney	none 5c	5
165	Cough Drop	none 5b *	2
166	Long Stretch	none 5c *	7
167	Roofus	none 6b *	2
168	Id	none 6a *	2
169	Bludnok Wall	none 5c *	6
170	Rhino's Eyebrow	none 5a	4
171	Navy Way	none 5c *	8
172	Bow Spirit	none 6a	1
173	Odin's Wall	none 5c **	16
174	Something Crack	none 6a	2
175	Degenerate	none 5a *	19
176	Testimony	V1 5a **	9
177	Delirium	V2 5c *	5
178	Holly Slab	V0- 4a	8
179	Honeycomb	none 6b **	15
180	Craig-y-blanco	none 6a *	19
181	Dagger Crack	none 6a *	2
182	Final Destination	f7C ***
	THE ISOLATED BOULDER
184	Ordinary Route	none 4a *	29
185	Graveyard Groove	none 5c *	2
186	Tool Wall	none 6a ***	5
187	Fork	none 5c **	21
188	Knife	none 5c ***	21
189	Dinner Plate	none 5c **	22
190	Simian Progress	none 5a ***	46
191	Simian Face	none 5b *	33
192	Monkey Nut	none 5b **	19
193	The Sphinx	none 6a *	13
194	Simian Mistake	none 5c **	28
195	Sputnik	none 6a *	11
196	North Wall	none 5a **	16
197	The Helix	none 5a **	3
	SLAB BOULDER
199	Outside Edge Route	none 3b *	14
200	Jabberwocky	f6A 6a	4
201	Holly Route	none 2b *	10
202	Miss Embassy	none 5c	6
203	JPS	none 6a **	19
204	JPS/Z'Mutt Link Up	f6C+	1
205	Z'Mutt	none 5b *	42
206	Z'mutt Direct	f6B+	1
207	bonatti	V2 ft5b *	2
208	Brenva	none 5c **	40
209	Brenva Sit Start	f7B **	8
210	V7	V7
211	V8	V8 **
212	Padole	VB 2c	1
213	Avon	VB 3b	3
214	Sablons	VB 3c	1
215	The Gibbet	none 5b	2
216	Bow Crack	none 5a	2
217	Old Kent Road	f7A 6b ***	4
218	Orrer Crack	none 5c *	2
219	Barbed Wire Fence	none 5b	5
220	Rampant	none 3a	4
221	The Limit	none 5a	6
222	Slap Happy	f6A 6a ***	7
223	Can Opener	f7A 6b **	2
224	Scrap Arete	none 5b	2
225	Yellimo	none 4a	8
226	Cumberland	none 5c	5
227	Extender	none 5c	2
228	Tricky Dicky	none 5b	3
229	Honeycomb Direct Start	none 6b *	1
230	Simian Face Direct Start	none 5c	2
231	Simian Mistake Direct Start	f6C 6b	2
232	Bellyflop	VB 2b	1
233	Hornli	V0- 5a *	1
234	No Hands Slab	VB 3a **	1
235	Central Route	none 2a	1
236	Turret Wall	none 2b	1
237	Yew Tree Crack	none 4b	1
238	Annexe Slab	none 5b	2
239	Wonderwall	none 2b	1
240	Monolith Crack	none 3a	3
241	Shivvy Chimney	M 3c *	1
242	Camille	V0- 4a	6
243	Alfred	VB 3a	5
244	Bowling Green Arete	VB 2b	5
245	Buonarroti	V0+ 5b	3
246	Epstein	V0- 4a	2
247	Emile	VB 5a	4
248	Maze Crack	VB 2a	3
249	Corot	VB 3a	2
250	Maze Chimney	VB 2b	3
251	Reine Sofia	VB 2a	1
252	Sandman	VB 5a	3
253	Rodin	VB 5b	2
254	Fiorentino	VB 3b	1
255	Zola	font 5 5a	1
256	Gauguin	font 5+ 5b	1
257	Elephant	f6A 6a	1
258	Spanked	f7A ***	2
259	Sloper problem (right of mojo)	f7A **	3
260	Roller Climb	VB 2a	1
261	Monet	VB 2c *
262	Chimney Wall	none 4b	3
263	Happy Days Variation	f6C	4
264	Monolith Girdle	none 2b	1
265	Brushwood Chimney	none 2b	1
266	The Fonz	f7A	1
267	6B on Happy Days boulder, right of tree *	f6B	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
No leading. Soloing or toproping only. Take a second static rope (8 - 10m)to extend top belays and preferably a carpet sample to clean your feet before you climb.

>From Tunbridge Wells, take the A264 for East Grinstead; after 2km (1.2mi) on Rusthall Common turn L at signpost to The Beacon and High Rocks: follow down the narrow hill to a 'Y' junction (rocks visible opposite) where a right turn takes you over a railway bridge and to the High Rocks. The crag entrance is on the left and car park a bit further on the left. Please pay (or sign in for season ticket holders) in the lower bar BEFORE entering the grounds.
Read more... Regional Access notes are available from the BMC.

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USER FEEDBACK

Though I would give a quick updated as I went there the other day. Not much has changed. Still �10 to get in, still a little bit of glass. Pretty quiet overall.
lostpixel

- 28/Jun/12

visited there today. i wasn't impressed by the amount of broken glass around not just at the bottom of the routes but mid way up and on the top. i wouldn't of minded if i had not paid the �10 entrance fee but it is clear that they are not looked after as much as they should be. Sticking to Harrisons and Bowles in future
silverpim - 20/Jun/10

Try the SDS start to Krankenkopf, using only jams for the hands. It uses a nice finger/thumb stack if you can reach it. Trad 6a or V2. Jump off when you get your feet on the ledge at 12 feet.
Oliver Hill - 09/Jun/09

I love this crag. Haven't been since the vegetation was cleared and am looking forward to seeing what it's like (although I'll be too weak to do anything there now!). There is still potential here for some very hard new routes (I abbed some lines 18 years ago and they've not been done yet). J
seagull - 11/May/07

high rocks has recently been restored, meaning that allot more of the rock is in condition. the friction of the rock is unrivaled as far as southern sandstone goes
ian h - 04/Apr/05

A wonderful outcrop with a pub not 100 yds from it. Hard though, very hard. Great bouldering problems and really tough routes. The friction is less here than on other local sandstone even in perfect conditons. Not a first time foray for those punters fresh from the plastic.
JoHNY - 02/Jul/04

Traverse above Bum Dragon 7c is called 'crosstown traffic' and is 7c w/ broken hold. There is a SDS in the middle of the wall starting just right of the boulder that is good. SDS to Brenva is 7a. There is also a new traverse going starting as the SDS to Brenva and traversing left low to finish on the right arete- 'the slowpull'. Also repeats of 'Vandal' have called it 7b. Alot of other hard to describe probs in the 7b range.
pete - 08/Aug/03

lots of cool new bouldering happening in the form of starts to routes. brenva sit start fnt 7b bum dragon fnt 7c+ (traverse behind honycomb) coast to coast fnt 7b+ (traverse behind honycomb) high rocks dyno fnt 7b+ (direct to celebration) kinda lingers bum start fnt 7c vandal fnt 7c+ (roof left of judy) shatterd start fnt 6c. bad blood direct start fnt 6c. lord traverse fnt 6b
rob - 19/Apr/03

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