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[ Print larger map ] – Grid Ref NU 069325 (OS Landranger #75)

Bowden Doors

Northumberland, ENGLAND

Climbs 279 – Rocktype Sandstone (hard) – Altitude 170m a.s.l – Faces W

Crag features
A half-mile or so of superb 7-15m climbs, of all grades, but tending to the technical. The crag is a local summit, rarely wet and quick drying; ideal for year-round exercise. At the northern end, the rock is overhung in the shape of a breaking wave - really rather eerie. Good views of the coast from the top. Bowden is part of the same outcrop as Back Bowden Doors (about a mile away), and Kyloe Crags (10km north; 15km by road). [Simon Smith]

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

Climbs at this crag

	Climb name	Grade	x

	THE BOULDERS
2	Ravine Slopers	f6B	3
3	Ravine Flake	f6A	7
4	Problem 35	f6B	2
5	Born Lippy	f8A *	1
6	Pulp Friction	f7C+ *	1
7	The Fan Left	f6A	4
8	The Fan Central	f6A	5
9	The Fan Right	f6A	4
10	Outer Limits Direct Finish	E2 5c	2
11	Outer Limits	E2 5c **	3
12	Childs Play	f6B **	167
13	Playtime	f6A	15
14	Offwidth	font 4	3
15	Parisienne Walkways	f6C	5
16	Entrebaillement	f6A	59
17	Bottom	f6A	8
18	Problem 24	f6A	5
19	Problem 23	font 5+	19
20	Problem 22 (Bottom Area)	font 4	21
21	Problem 21	font 5	12
22	Sandy Scoop	f6A	5
23	Alfie Thornton	f7C+	2
24	The Crack SS	f8A+	1
25	The Crack	f7C+ **	8
26	The Whack	f6B	1
27	The Lightbulb	f6A	164
28	Sheep Pen Traverse	font 4	31
29	Corner	font 4	66
30	Blind Seam	font 5	77
31	Dreaming of Heuco	font 4	83
32	Paw Prints	font 3	85
33	Hanging Rib	font 4	76
34	Sheep Pen Scoop	font 3	72
35	Semantron	f7B+ **
36	The Mantleshelf	f7A	57
37	Sandy Rib	font 5+	82
38	Scooped Wall	f6B ***	152
39	Sandy Arete	font 4+	33
40	Scooped Wall LH	font 4+	30
41	Scooped Wall RH	font 5	23
42	Apple Crumble	f6A *	2
43	LH Flake	font 4	49
44	RH Flake	font 5	36
45	Black Wall	font 5+	8
46	Pathside Boulder Traverse	f6A	5
	WARM UP WALL
48	Warmed up and Worn Out Circuit	f6C	2
49	Warm Up Traverse	f6A	17
50	End	font 5+	33
51	Wall	font 5	42
52	The Crescent Flake	f6A	26
53	Groove	font 4	45
54	Short Slab	font 5	39
55	Evening Wall	MS 4b	60
	THE SCOOPS
57	Another Heap of it	HVS 5c	6
58	Finale Wall	E1 5c	6
59	Scoop Three	E1 5b	30
60	Liberty	E3 6a	1
61	Scoop Two	E1 5c *	25
62	Toffs Variation Start	E3 6b	2
63	Toffs	f7A	10
64	Toffs (full route)	E3 6b	1
65	Toff's Jump	f7A	14
66	Bourgeoisie	f8A+ **
67	Working Class	f8A+ ***	5
68	Working Class SS	f8B **	2
69	Second Class	f7C	1
70	Poverty (full route)	E5 6c *	3
71	Poverty	f7A+ *	16
72	Poverty Right-Hand	f7B **	15
73	His Eminence	f7A+ ***	52
74	His Eminence (start only)	f6B *	62
75	Stu's Variation	f7A	9
76	Scoop One	E1 5b *	31
77	The Judge	E3 6a *	4
78	The Trial	E3 5c ***	66
79	The Jury	E3 5c *	8
80	Bloody Crack	VS 5a *	13
81	Arete	font 5	21
82	Bloody Nose	HS 5a *	150
83	The Shiner	VS 5b	47
	THE WAVE
85	The Skate	E1 5c	9
86	Flying Fish	f6A+ *	43
87	Flying Stag	f7B	2
88	The Sting	E3 5c ***	10
89	Honeycomb Wall	f7C+ *	1
90	Honeycomb wall SS	f8A+ ***
91	Manuka	f8A **
92	Manta LH	f7B	31
93	Manta Direct	f6C	9
94	Manta RH	f6B	42
95	The Manta	E3 6a ***	28
96	Vienna	f7B+ ***	28
97	Vienna SS	f8A	1
98	Undertow	f7C	1
99	Rising Damp	E4 6b **	1
100	Inner Space	E5 6b **	1
101	High Tide	E5 6a **	1
102	The Wave	E5 6a **	1
103	Captain Haddock LH	f7A *	5
104	Captain Haddock	f7B *	30
105	Rough Passage	E6 6b ***	1
106	Poseidon Adventure	E4 6a ***	36
107	Narcosis	E6 6c	1
108	Growlers	f8A	1
109	The Bends	E5 6c *	4
110	Rip the Lip	E6 6a	1
111	Green Crack	E1 5b *	11
	BARBARIAN
113	Atilla	f7C
114	Staggered	f7B ***	19
115	Staggered SS	f8A **	1
116	Jimbo's off to Oz	f7B+	1
117	Barbarian	E5 6b ***	2
	THE CAVE
119	Underdog Traverse	f8A+	1
120	Sprung	f7C *	25
121	Cave LH Problem	f6B **	66
122	Cave Central LH	f7A **	19
123	Cave Central RH	f6C+ **	15
124	V Crimps	f7C ***	15
125	Cave RH Problem	f6B+ **	60
126	Cave Traverse	font 5+	17
127	See you in Disneyland	E3 6a	1
128	Giants Ear	VS 5a	31
129	Shoulders of Giants	f7C	1
130	Shoulders of Giants Dyno	f7A	5
131	Bulls Lug	E2 6a	2
132	Robbers Rib	VS 5b	8
	CRUNCHE WALL
134	RH Arete	font 4+	24
135	Middle Problem	font 4	42
136	LH Problem	font 4+	33
137	Little Boulder Traverse	f6A	9
138	Arrow Crack	VD	49
139	Billy Liar	E2 5c	4
140	Crunchie Traverse	font 5	59
141	Crunchie (full route)	E2 5c **	46
142	Crunchie	f6A+ **	29
143	Temptation (full route)	E3 6b *	4
144	Temptation	f7B+ **	15
145	Blind Wall	S 4a *	64
146	Hanging Crack	E1 5b *	34

	Climb name	Grade	x

147	Cruel Dude	E4 5c	1
148	Boomer	E4 5c *	1
149	No Surrender	E4 6a	1
150	Brothers in Arms	E5 6b	1
151	Retreat	E1 5b	4
	BANANA WALL + TIGER WALL
153	Wall End	VD	54
154	Wall End Direct	HS 4c *	55
155	Yellow Peril	E2 5c	16
156	The Runnel	HVS 5a *	184
157	Banana Wall	MVS 4c **	305
158	Abanana	E1 5c **	82
159	Abanana Wall	font 5+ *	15
160	Banana Groove	HVS 5a	46
161	Black Crack	VD	153
162	Red Crack	HS 4c	49
163	Leo	E2 5b *	11
164	Tiger's Wall	VS 5a ***	373
165	Tigers Wall Circuit	font 5+	10
166	The Cheetah	E2 5c	5
167	The Rajah	E5 6b ***	7
168	The Radgy	f7C **
169	Antihydral	f8A	1
170	Imagery	E4 6b	1
171	Slab Crack	E1 5b *	16
	LORRAINE
173	Don't Let Go Arete	f7C	1
174	Don't Let Go Direct Start	E2 6c	2
175	Don't Let Go	E2 5c *	25
176	Dont Let Go Variation	font 5+	1
177	Lorraine Wall Traverse	f6A	8
178	Lorraine	VS 4c ***	426
179	Lorraine (start only)	font 5 ***	21
180	Little Red Rooster	E1 5c *	74
181	Runt	VS 5a	32
182	Pride Before a Fall	VS 5a	15
183	Crescent Wall	MS 4b *	113
184	Pitchfork	E2 5c	5
185	Pitcher Wall	HVS 5a *	44
186	Picher Wall Direct	E1 5c	11
187	The Keep	E1 5b	5
188	The Belford Pie Shop	E3 6a	3
189	Castle Crack	VD ***	682
190	Bella	E2 5c	6
191	Sue Direct	HVS 5b	46
192	Sue	S 4c *	207
193	Flake Wall	D	94
194	Flake Chimney	D	52
	CASTLE WALL + SCORPION
196	Castle Wall	MS 4b	203
197	Wall Crack	MVS 4c	44
198	Triple Cracks	HS 4b *	214
199	Short Crack	VD	42
200	Creepy Crawly	f6A	8
201	The Harvest Bug	f6A	17
202	Listen to the Rain	E4 5c	5
203	Woolman's Wall	VS 5a *	82
204	The Lobster	E2 5c	16
205	Crab Wall	HS 4b *	217
206	Scorpion	VS 4c **	526
207	Nutcracker	HVS 5c	59
208	Brutally Handsome	E2 5c	13
209	Nose Chimney	D	39
210	Broken Crack	E2 5c	9
	LEANING GROOVES
212	Blocked Chimney Corner	HS 4c	94
213	Second Leaning Groove	VS 5a **	232
214	First Leaning Groove	HVS 5a **	146
215	Street Runner	E4 5c *	5
216	The Big Splash Direct Finish	E3 5c	4
217	The Big Splash	E2 5c	19
218	Hanging Flake	f6A	5
219	Flake Eliminate	f7A **	13
220	Long John	S 4c	59
221	Transformer LH	f7B+ **	34
222	Transformer Direct Start	f7A **	64
223	Transformer (full route)	E2 5c *	15
224	Transformer	f6A+ **	85
225	Transformer RH	f6C	21
226	Jackdaw Crack	HVS 5b *	18
227	Long Crack	HVS 5a **	97
228	First Century	E3 6a *	3
229	Klondyke Wall	E2 5c **	138
230	Canada Crack	HVS 5a ***	408
231	Quatra Twinkley	E3 6a	2
232	Dog Eat Dog	f7A **	108
233	One Move	f7A+ *	7
234	Canada Dry	VS 5a	42
235	Family Pressure	E1 5c	37
236	Heaven Can Wait	E6 6b	2
	OVERHANGING CRACK
238	Go To Hell	f7A+ **	3
239	Nature's Angry	f7B+ ***
240	Death Knell	f7B	3
241	Hangover Wall	E5 6b	1
242	The Overhanging Crack	E2 5c ***	133
243	Scoop Traverse	f7A **	29
244	Russet Groove	VD ***	951
245	Red Nose	VS 4c	39
246	Exhibition Crack	HS 4c *	342
247	Brown Ale Wall	E1 5b	25
248	Guards Exit	VD *	270
249	Guards Exit Direct	f6A	7
250	Pinkie Peeler	VS 5a	17
251	Girdle Traverse of the Main Wall	VS 4c	16
252	The Corner	HVS 5a	53
	MAIN WALL
254	Maginot Line	E3 6a	1
255	Crater Maker	E4 6a	5
256	Flake Crack	S 4b	290
257	A Grave Mask	E4 6a	1
258	Goose Step	E3 6a **	6
259	Kaiser Bill	E4 6b *	4
260	Grovel Grove Variation Finish	HVS 5a	21
261	Grovel Groove	MS *	459
262	Please Stop Me Before I Kill Myself	E3 6b	1
263	The Gauleiter	E3 6a **	7
264	The Scoop	VS ***	620
265	Red Wall Traverse	font 5+	4
266	Black and Tan Direct	E2 6a	22
267	Black and Tan Alternative Finish	HVS 5a	41
268	Black and Tan	S 4b **	618
269	Black and Tan Direct	f6B+	2
270	Jock Strap (Y-Front LH Finish)	f6B+	24
271	Y-Front SS	f6B	10
272	Y-Front	f6A+ **	201
273	Y-Front Direct	f7A ***	63
274	Y-Front Arete	f7B+	6
275	X-Fire	f6C+	3
276	Second Staircase	D	269
277	Deception Crack	VD	272
278	Stretcher Wall	E1 5c *	111
279	The Twud	E1 5b *	4
280	The Viper	E1 6a	40
281	Hissing Sid	E1 5c	10
282	Main Wall Eliminate	HVS 5b	115
283	Main Wall	HVS 5b ***	354
284	Handrail Eliminate	font 5+	9
285	Handrail Eliminate	HVS 5c	27
286	Handrail	VS 4c ***	250
287	Eliminate SS	f6A	5
288	Eliminate	font 5	11
289	Introductory Staircase	M	166
290	Banister Crack	VD	72
291	Main Wall Traverse	font 5	7
292	Main Wall Low Level Traverse	f7A	3

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Access notes
From the A1, the crag lies to the west. Find Belford (25Km south of Berwick, 15km north of Alnwick) and take the B6349 signed to Wooler, from the centre of the village. After passing a right turn (or fork) after 4km, continue for 200 yards or so until you surmount a small hill and reach a short plateau; park on the grass verge. The crags - not particularly obvious from the road - are through a farm gate on the right, set back 100 yards across a cow-field.

>From the A697, the crag lies to the east. Find Wooler, and take the B6348 signed to Belford. After about 3.5km, the road takes a 90 degree right turn, and after another 300 yards or so, you should take a left turn onto the B6349 signed Belford. Continue for about 6km until you climb a small hill and find the plateau; park on the verge. The crag is to your left. [Simon Smith]

Do not block the gates to the fields as they are in constant use by the farmer.
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