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Berryhill

Northumberland, ENGLAND

Climbs 54 – Rocktype Sandstone (hard) – Altitude 75m a.s.l – Faces S

Crag features
Mostly easy stuff. 2 roof routes at the right hand end, usually top-roped due to biscuity rock and no gear. The gear is generally very good. All single pitch routes, Marcher Lord, VS 5a being the crag classic.

Nice range of easy bouldering on good rock in 3 areas; on small walls before the crag; free-standing boulders; and on the main crag. Definitely worth a trip for the low grade boulderer. 'Knocking on Heavens Door', Font 6b, is a great problem, a light-bulb-esque arete with a teetering finish.

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Guidebooks
Northern England (2008), Northumberland Climbing Guide (2004),
Out of print: Northumberland (1989)

Climbs at this crag

Sort climbs
 Climb nameGradex
1No O Levels RequiredE3 5c  
2Overhanging CrackMVS 4c 20
3Much Ado About NothingE1 5b 7
4Legal SeparationE4 6a  
5Western ArêteVS 4c **96
6Western Arête DirectVS 5b 4
7CheatVD 28
8Kinmont WillieVD *71
9Jock O the SydeVD 38
10Reivers WayD *56
11Steep Fluted WallHVS 4c 7
12A Pocket Full of LichenightHVS 5a 1
13Slab CrackD 77
14The FlutingsVD *139
15Hi Diddle DiddleHS 4b *88
16Marcher LordVS 5a ***133
17This PedestrianE3 5c *1
18FootsloggersVS 4c *20
19Potters WayVS 5a 11
20Potters Way VariationE3 5c  
21Slanting CrackMS 4a *67
22Eastern ArêteMS 4a **147
23Do or DieE4 6a  
24Faye or FlyE5 6a  
25Death or GloryE4 5c 2
26Border BalladHVS 5b *32
27ThrutchMS 4a 23
28Boulder DirectHVS 5a 7
29Boulder RHVS 5a 20
 Climb nameGradex
30Lunger's LeapE1 5b 6
31Route OneM 12
32Route TwoHVS 5b 13
33Route ThreeVS 5a 30
34Route FourM 12
35SwarmV0 4c 7
36Toothless FairyV0+ 5a 7
37Nameless AreteV2 5c 4
38Grim ReaperV0+ 4c 4
39The Berryhill NibblerV0- 4c 4
40Bareback RiderV0 4c 3
41Dumbofont 5 5
42Warmer Upperfont 3 10
43Crackerfont 3 6
44Wall and Fluted SlabS 4a 9
 WARM UP WALLS  
46Knocking on Heaven's Doorf6A 2
47Flight of Fancyfont 5+ 2
 BERRYHILL BOULDER  
49Escape from Hellf6A 4
50The Undertakerfont 5 3
 OVERHANGING WALL  
52The Furrow Variationf7A+ 1
53The Courting of Jilly Cooperf6A 1
 SQUARE FACED ARETE  
55Thingfont 4+ 2
56Lurchf6A 2
57Itfont 5+ 2
58Mortishaf7A+ 1
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Access notes
1.5 km north of Etal, farm track to Berryhill. Park in the farm lane. Ask permission at the farm. Go through the farmyard, through two gates at the left-hand end of the buildings. The crag is in the field behind the buildings. Go along the fence to the far end and cross via the wooden bit.
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Berry Hill is accessed through a working farm. There are only issues here if people are not thoughtful. There are no parking spaces as such you are parking on their lane so be aware that they might need access to machinery and silage etc. that they store here. Please ask at the farm and all will be fine. There are often rooks nesting in the crag but in an area you would not normally climb. They have all sorts of stock in the field, last time I was there there were some highland bullocks so I would be cautious re dogs but that is the case in many Northumberland crags. Ollie Active4seasons
Ollie Jay ? - 03/Apr/13

Planning on calling by in 2 weeks- anyone know if the access issues (parking and livestock) are sorted?
brynbobaggins ? - 07/May/12

I told the BMC so they know, they have just lambed and the wee things are all over the place cows are in the crag field at the moment.
jonnie3430 ? - 27/Feb/12

The rockfax Northern England recommended carpark has "no parking," signs even though there are two carparking spaces, it's still possible to park in front of the wee houses. Something falcon-like is nesting on Marcher Lord, I don't think eggs are present yet but are coming. It had cleared off before we arrived, but we heard it all day and saw it return to the crag after we had finished.
jonnie3430 ? - 27/Feb/12

April 12, 2007 Asked at the farm, the landlord is running a couple of bulls on the crag field- they haven't bothered people, but may bother a dog if you have one with you (we did, so we pottered off elsewhere for the day, where the dog was far better at getting up the damn rock than me, predicatbly). 4 years ago, not a problem, as the landlord ran sheep on the field at the time. Apparently there is a notice at the field about dogs, but we didn't go and see. Best regards Sarah
Sarah G - 16/Apr/07

worth a visit for marcher lord VS 5a best route for miles !
bongo - 03/Aug/06