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[ Print larger map ] – Grid Ref SK 295977 (OS Landranger #110)

Wharncliffe Crags

South Yorkshire, ENGLAND

Climbs 463 – Rocktype Gritstone – Altitude 250m a.s.l – Faces W

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More: mwis: Peak District & Yorkshire Dales – Met Office: Peak District

Guidebooks
Eastern Grit (2006), Burbage, Millstone and Beyond (2006), Peak District: Bouldering (2004), On Peak Rock (2003),
Out of print: Peak Gritstone East (2001), Peak Climbs - Stanage (1989)

Climbs at this crag

	Climb name	Grade	x

	THE DEEPCAR CRAGS
2	Tailor's Crack	VD	13
3	Gallipoli Rock	VS 4c	17
4	Insurrection	HVS 5b	5
5	Face Climb	VS 4c	14
6	The View From HQ *	HVD 4a	3
7	Gallipoli Chimney *	M	3
8	Heather Grooves	D	8
9	Steeltown	E5 6b *	1
10	The Moire	E5 6b *
11	Querp	E3 6b	1
12	Outside Route	HS 4b *	110
13	The Nose	VS 4c *	80
14	The Tip Test	E3 6b *	1
15	Inside Route	D *	99
16	Inside Edge	HVS 5b	3
17	Left Prow Chimney *	D	2
18	Prow to Prow	S 4a	5
19	Right Prow Chimney *	D	2
20	Green Arete	VS 4c	7
21	Exonian's Return	HVS 5b	11
22	Proud	E1 5c
23	Teresa's Slab	HVD 4a	32
24	Pylon Corner	D	67
25	Pylon Crack	D	105
26	Quern Crack	S 4a	72
27	Quern Crack Through Route/ Cave Inside Route	M	17
28	Jimmy Puttrell is a Legend	VS 4c	25
29	Hamlet's Climb	VD *	101
30	Hamlet's Climb (Direct Finish)	VS 4c	38
31	Hamlet's Traverse	VS 4b	22
32	Requiem of Hamlet's Ghost	E1 5b *	46
33	The Crack of Doom	S 4a *	59
34	Despair	E2 5c	3
35	Chockstone Climb	D	48
36	The Crack of Delight	M	9
37	Earth Blues	E5 6b
38	Scarlett's Wall Arete	VS 4c *	59
39	Scarlett's Climb	HS 4a *	88
40	Scarlett's Edge (The Scarlett Letter)	HS 4b	31
41	Scarlett's Chimney	D	27
42	Suspense	VS 5b	94
43	Mellicious	E1 5c	6
44	Tensile Test	E1 5c *	66
45	Elastic Limit (direct start)	V2 6a	7
46	Elastic Limit	E1 5c	32
47	Elastic Limit (direct finish)	V4 6a	4
48	Forget-me-not	S 4a	146
49	Abair	E1 5b	10
50	Handover Arete	HVS 4c *	107
51	Patricia's Wall	E1 5b	2
52	Patricia's Wall (with arete)	VS 4c	2
53	Cracked Arete	VD	52
54	Legover Arete	VS 4c	14
55	Monolith Crack/Foot and Back	VD	11
56	Mignon	VS 4c	4
57	Mantelshelf Pillar	HVS 5a	28
58	The Mantelshelf	HS 4b *	62
59	Back and Foot	VD	56
60	Unnamed Corner	VD	7
61	More Fool you	HVS 5b	1
62	Unnamed Groove *	M	4
63	Quicksilver	VS 5a	1
64	Rook Chimney	D	32
65	Rook Chimney Caves *	D	3
66	Letter-Box Buttress	VD	23
67	Post Horn	VS 4c *	17
68	Tears before Bedtime (left hand)	E2 5b
69	Tears Before Bedtime	E4 6a *
70	Reveille	E4 6a	1
71	Curved Balls	VS 4c	6
72	Letter-Box Arete	VD	8
73	The Girdle Traverse	S 4a	5
74	Alisha's Slab	M	6
75	Rusty Peg Arete	HD	5
76	Blinkers	HD	8
77	Easter Saturday	M	6
78	Steps	M	9
79	Struggle	S 4a	3
80	Mantleshelf Slab Left	S 4a	4
81	Mantelshelf Slab Right	HS 4b	12
82	Mystery Mirror	HD	5
83	Mystery Route	VD	6
84	Cave Man	HVD 4a	4
85	Chock-a-block	HD	4
86	Corner Indirect	HS 4a	2
87	Addy's Addition	HVS 5c	11
88	Paraffin Jack	E1 5c	1
89	The Corner	VS 4c	25
90	Slab and Corner	HS 4a *	119
91	Photo Finish	E1 5b *	63
92	Dead Heat	E5 6a **	2
93	Renrock	E1 5a *	48
94	Renrock Chimney *	M	2
95	Slabby Groove	HD	4
96	Slabby Steps	HD	4
97	Black Wall	S 4a	91
98	Hard Cheese	E1 5b *	13
99	Cheese Cut	D	147
100	Cheese Cut Crack	D	166
101	Cheese Block	VS 4b *	80
102	Not Cheese Cut Flake/Cheese Cut Groove	M	79
103	Not Cheese Cut Flake Variation (right)	VD	4
104	Cheese Cut Flake Left	HVD *	82
105	Cheese Cut Flake	VD *	175
106	BLAN	D	4
107	BRAN	D	5
108	Bilberry Side Face	HS 4c	7
109	Bilberry Face	S	23
110	Bilberry Face Direct	HS 4b	10
111	Mosh-pit Exile	VS 5b	5
112	Owen's Dilemma	VS 4c	13
113	Imaginary Boulder Climb	HS 4c	39
114	Authentic Boulder Climb	VS 4c	16
115	Zigzag Climb	S 4a	9
116	Ocumen	HVS 5a	5
117	Zigzag Slab	M	7
118	Railway Wall	VS 4c	43
119	The Mourning After	VS 4b	1
120	Easy Groove	D	16
121	Chimney Groove	VD *	25
122	Pinnacle Arete	E1 5b	17
123	Cumberland Crack/Cumberland Groove	HVD	44
124	Subterranean Blues	HVS 5a	5
125	V Groove	VD	33
126	Wheelspin Wall	VS 5a	5
127	Wheelspin Wall Right	VS 5b	4
128	Cumberland Traverse *	S 3c	2
129	Gully Side	VS 5b	3
130	North Side Route	HVS 5a	5
131	Baal	E2 5c	5
132	Pete's Sake	HVS 5b *	23
133	Leftover Chimney/Thin Chimney	D	17
134	Overhanging Chimney	VD *	20
135	Ma'son	E2 5b *	7
136	Drum and Kicks	E1 5b	1
137	Overhanging Crack	VD *	29
138	The By-Pass	VS 4c	8
139	Pass By	E1 5c	3
140	En Passant	E1 6b
141	Passerine	V7 6c
142	Split Chimney	D	26
143	Splitter	E1 5b *	1
144	Split Chimney Wall	HVS 5b *	14
145	Delta	HS 4a	5
	GREAT BUTTRESS AREA
147	Omega Rib	VS 5a	3
148	Omega Chimney	D	6
149	Alpha Arete Start	D	25
150	Alpha Crack	M *	212
151	Alpha Plus, Beta Minus	VD *	19
152	Beta Plus	HS 4a	6
153	Beta Crack	S 4a **	437
154	Trapeze	HS 4a *	22
155	Trapezium	E1 5c	79
156	The Great Chimney (inside route)	D	25
157	The Great Chimney	HD *	49
158	Great Chimney Crack	S 4a	37
159	Thrown Away	E2 5c *	28
160	Great Buttress Arete	E1 5b ***	218
161	Great Buttress	VS 4c *	170
162	Just A Minute	E1 5b *	38
163	Romulus	VD	208
164	Remus	S 4a	285
165	Fly Wall	HS 4a	173
166	Fly Wall Gully	M	6
167	Central Traverse	HS 4b	2
168	Gold Leaf	HVS 5b *	22
169	Leaf Buttress	VS 4c *	57
170	Black Slab Left Chimney	D 4a	4
171	Chimney and Crack	HS 4b	9
172	The Warp	VS 4b	6
173	Black Slab Chimney	HD	9
174	Black Slab Left	VD *	251
175	Black Slab Centre	HD *	330
176	Black Slab Right	D *	266
177	Black Slab Right (direct start)	VD 4a	47
178	Black Finger	E2 5c	8
179	Diamond White	E3 5c *	1
180	Anzio Breakout/Pilgrimage	E4 6b *	1
181	Puttrell's Progress	S 4a **	392
182	The Flue	D	49
183	The Flue Direct	M	2
184	Helping Hand	E1 5c *	23
185	As You Like It	VD	86
186	Black Crack	VD	51
187	Beyond the Pale	HVS 5b	4
188	Black Cap	E2 6a	8
189	Ledger	HVD	2
190	Corker	S 4b	1
191	Corker wall 1	HD	2
192	Corker wall 2	HD	2
193	Corker wall 3	HVD 4b	1
194	Little Fellow	E2 5b	1
195	Bolster	E1 5b *	5
196	First Pillar Route 1	HVS 5a	1
197	First Pillar Route 2	E1 5a	4
198	Summer Lightning	E1 5b	4
199	Flake Climb	VS 4c *	20
200	Schard	E2 5b *	8
201	The Elf	HVS 5a
202	Dilemma Roof	V0+ 5b	4
203	Dilemma Elminate Wall (left)	V0 5b	1
204	Dilemma	VS 4c	8
205	Dilemma Elminate Wall (right)	V4 6a	1
206	Christa's Chimney	M	7
207	Christa's Twin	HD	11
208	Defile Left	S 4b	18
209	Brand New Nothing	E4 6a
210	The Blue Defile	VS 4b *	21
211	Blasphemy	E4 6b
212	Defile Chimney	D	2
213	Duplicate	E1 5b *
214	Groovy	HVD	6
	HIMMELSWILLEN AREA
216	Sidewinder	HS 4a	21
217	Frigging Saw	E3 6a
218	Himmelswillen	VS 4c ***	485
219	Serrated Edge	E1 5b *	26
220	Teufelsweg	D *	90
221	Y.M.C.A. Crack	VD	22
222	Wango Tango	E6 6c *
223	Dragon's Hoard	E6 6b **	3
224	Cardinal's Treasure	E4 6b **	3
225	Banana Wall	E3 6a *	50
226	Two Tier Climb	S 4a	4
227	Tower Face	HS 4b ***	510
228	Down to Earth	E4 5c *	5
229	On the Air	E5 6a **	6
230	Journey into Freedom	E7 6b *
231	Seconds Out	E5 6b *
232	Pointy Block Problem	V5 6b	7
233	Hell Gate Gully	M	60
234	News at Zen	E3 5c *	2
235	Desolation Angel	E6 6b ***	14
236	Hell Gate	VD **	168
237	Hell gate Variation *	VD 3c **	1

	Climb name	Grade	x

238	Gavel Neese	E2 5b **	55
239	Lucifer	E3 6a *	23
240	Hell Gate Crack	HS 4b **	242
241	Joie-De-Vivre	E1 5c	2
242	Primal Void	VS 5a *	11
243	Ce ne Fait Rien	HVS 5b	8
244	Well Now It Is	E2 6a
245	Wheelbrace	VS 4c	8
246	Green Groove	D	12
247	Footloose	VS 5a	3
248	Pleasantry	HVD	9
249	Obscenity	HS 4b	30
250	Falkway	VS 5b	2
251	Amnesiac	HS 4c	1
252	Amnesiac (direct finish)	HVS 5b	1
253	Central Route	VS 4b	9
254	Bay Wall	E2 5b
255	Central Route Direct	E1 5c
256	Ganto's Axe	E2 5c *
257	Problem Bulge	E1 5b	1
	HOLLY CRACK AREA
259	Hollyoaks Crack	VD	1
260	Hollyoaks Slab	HVS 5b	2
261	Hollyoaks	VS 4b *	2
262	Holly Crack	VD *	8
263	Holly Scoop	E2 5c *	3
264	The Thorn	E1 5a	1
265	Upwardly Mobile	E1 5a	1
266	Unnamed Crack	S 4b	1
267	Unnamed Crank	V4 6a
268	Wienie Roast	HVS 5a	1
269	Hanging Rock	HVS 5a *	1
270	Picnic	HS 4a	2
271	Missed Me!	VS 4b	1
272	Crack One	D	2
273	Second Crack	VD	2
274	Crack Three	VD	2
275	Short Wall	V0 5a	1
276	Mad as a Mad Thing	VS 4c	3
277	A Moment of Madness	E1 5a	1
278	Charred	VD	2
279	Two Tree Trip	S 4a	1
280	Footin Mouth	HVS 5a
281	Too Wide for Some	S	1
282	Bring Back the Birch	HVS 5a
283	Notice Board Left Hand Buttress	VS 4c	1
284	Notice Board Slab	HS 4a	2
285	Lundy Calling	E1 5b
286	Awkward Finish	VS 4b	1
287	Just Commit	E1 5a *
288	Pentovis	D	6
289	Rib Tickler	HS 4a	2
290	Paper Birch	E1 5b
291	Nardil	E3 6a	2
	LONG JOHN'S STRIDE
293	October Climb	S 4a	24
294	October Arete Original	HVS 5a *	12
295	October Arete	E2 5c *	32
296	Autumn Wall	E4 6a **	28
297	Deepcar Named Desire	E5 6b *
298	Equinox	E3 5c *
299	Chockstone Chimney	VD	16
300	Tiered Pillar	HVS 5a
301	V-Chimney	VD	15
302	V for Victory	E1 5a
303	Waxing Lyrical	VS 4b	2
304	The Candle Snuffer	HVD	15
305	Long John's Ordinary	S 4a	9
306	Vapona	E2 5c
307	Spider Cracks	VS 5b	5
308	Grammarian's Progress	VS 4b **	47
309	Gwyn	E2 5c *	12
310	Grammarians Face Variant	E1 5a	1
311	Grammarian's Face	E2 5b *	16
312	Long John's Eliminate	E2 5b *	10
313	Cannae	E2 5b	2
314	Long John's Super Direct	E2 5b *
315	Long John's Short Chimney	VD	3
316	Impish	E1 6b *	10
317	Impish Wall	V3 6a	3
318	Long Chimney	D *	25
319	Long Chimney Variation	VD *	7
320	Inclusion	HVS 5b	3
321	Richard's Revenge	VS 5a **	125
322	Lord of the Dance	E3 6a
323	Face Dance	E4 6a	1
324	Lincoln Crack	HVD *	82
325	Long John's Arete	V4 6a	6
326	Big Bird	HS 4b	3
	THE CENTRAL SECTION (UPPER TIER)
328	Harrison's Half Hour	VS 5b	1
329	Puttrell and Watson's Route	S 4b *	9
330	Greenwood Side	VS 5a	1
331	Little Wing	E4 6a *
	HOLLY ROUTE AREA
333	Changeling	E2 6a *
334	Mark	E2 5b *
335	S.M.O.	E2 5c
336	Holly Route	D	3
337	Emma	E1 5c	2
338	Chimney and Crack	VD	2
339	Spanish Caravan	E1 5c
340	La Mancha	E2 6a
341	Contemporary	HVS 5a *
342	Same Rain	HVS 5a	1
343	Antique	E2 5c	1
344	Traditional	D	5
345	Hanging Chimney	S 4b	3
346	Gone for a Burton	VD	3
347	Bill	D	2
348	Ben	D	2
349	Big Corner	VD	1
350	Mr Mojo Risin'	E5 6a **
351	Easy Gully	D	3
352	Ridge Climb	HS 4b	1
353	Just a Little Bit	E2 5b
354	Rainbow Crack	D	4
355	Corner Climb	VD	1
356	Crack and Wall	S
357	Trouser Browser	HS 4a
358	Fizz	VS 4b
359	Even Chance	HVS 5b
360	Long Odds	E5 6b
361	Toss Up	E5 6a *
362	Chancer Wall	S 4a	1
363	Chancer	VS 4c	1
364	Chancer Crack	D	1
	THE LOWER ROCKS
366	Cascade Climb	VS 5b	2
367	Cascade Climb Variation *	HS 4a *	1
368	Flying Angel	E1 5b	4
369	Fountain of Youth	E2 5b
370	Watson's Crack	HS 4b *	5
371	Spring Tide	E2 6b
372	Bedrock	E5 6b *
373	Puttrell's Crack	VD *	5
374	Pocket Buttress	VS 4b **	10
375	Pocket Buttress Direct	E5 6a **
376	Deep Chimney	VD	6
377	Deep Chimney Variation *	D	1
378	Cadence	E1 5b *	2
379	Penis Town	E1 5c
380	First Clean Arete	HS 4b
381	Envy	S 4a
382	The George Formby Appreciation Society	E2 5c
	THE OUTLOOK
384	Outlook Lip	V3 6a	2
385	The Gruelling Mantel	V4 6b	1
386	BM&B Problem 3/Outllook Roof	V2 6a	5
387	Pete's Route	HVS 6a
388	Pete's Route (bouldering)	V2 6a	2
389	PDB Outlook Area Problem 5	f6B
390	Kim Span	V6 6b	2
391	Lembas	E4 6b	1
392	Lembas (bouldering)	V5 6b	4
393	Pixie's Arete	VS 4c	5
394	Pixie's Arete (bouldering)	V0- 4c	6
395	Pockets	V3 6b
396	Pockets (sit start)	V6 6b
397	BM&B Problem 9	V3 6a
398	BM&B Problem 10	V3 6a	1
399	BM&B Problem 11	V7 6b
	THE BASS ROCK
401	Confidence Trick	E1 5b
402	Sleight of Hand	HVS 5b
403	This Year's Model	E5 6a
404	Andrew	HVS 5a	1
405	Harvey	S 4a	1
406	Mind Game	E1 5a
407	Split Decision	E1 5b
408	Norwand	HVS 5b	2
409	Byne's Route	S 4a **	17
410	Rossiter's Route	HVS 5b	2
411	Scarlett's Crack	VS 5a **	17
412	Bass Relief	HVS 5b
413	Brooks' Route	HVS 5a *	11
414	Dorenuts	E1 5a
415	Southern Route	S 4a	4
416	Top Heavy	VS 4c	1
	LODGE BUTTRESS AREA
418	Blu Wig Sheep	font 5	1
419	Fishboy	V6 6b	1
420	Jellyeyes left arete	V2 6a
421	Jellyeyes	V8 6c	1
422	Jellyeyes (with undercut)	V6 6c
423	Jellyeyes right groove	V1 5b
424	The Arete	V3 6a
425	The Bear Pit	V8 6c
426	Dragon Slayer	V7 6c	10
427	PDB Lodge Buttress Left Problem 1	font 3	1
428	The Skylight Climb	M *	3
429	The Dragon's Den	V3 6a	22
430	The Big Flake	V0- 4b	8
431	PDB Dragons Den Problem 4a	f6A+	5
432	Jorge	V8 6c	2
433	Jorge Jr	f6C	3
434	Crouching Tiger	V7 6c	1
435	Blunted	V7 6b	3
436	Blunted (high start)	V4 6b	1
437	Blunted (with footblock) *	f7A	1
438	Sweet Release	V9 6c	1
439	PDB Lodge Buttress Problem 14	font 3	3
440	PDB Lodge Buttress Problem 13	font 3	2
441	PDB Lodge Buttress Problem 12	font 3	5
442	Famine Cracks	HS 4a	2
443	Ogilvie's Corner	HVS 5a	4
444	Ogilvie's Corner (direct start)	HVS 6a	5
445	Curvaceous	f7A+	1
446	Middle Way	E1 6a **	1
447	Nightjar	E3 5c *	2
448	Angus	HVS 5a	1
449	Lodge Buttress Direct	VS 4c	5
450	Opportunist	E2 5c	1
451	Clean Hands Mick	E1 5c
452	Clean Hands Mick Start	V1 5c	1
453	PDB Ewden Wall Problem 6	font 4	1
454	Windfall	E2 5c
455	Ewden Edge	VS 4c	3
456	Ewden Wall	VS 4b	3
457	Crazy Legs Crane	V4 6b	1
458	The Parson's Finch	V8 6c	1
459	PDB The Slab Problem 1	font 4
460	PDB The Slab Problem 2	font 4+
461	PDB The Slab Problem 3	font 3
462	Cockyx	f6A *	1
463	Monolith Cleft †	M	1
464	Wet arete *	HS 4b *	2
465	Belle Vue chimney *	M	1
466	Forget -me- Not *	HS 4a	10
467	Leaf that crack alone *	VS 5b **	2
468	Not for old men *	E1 5c	5
469	The Moire *	V6 *
470	Handover Gully *	M	2
471	Handover Chimney *	D	3
472	Sneaky Little Fingers *	V6	3
473	Slab and the Beanstalk *	f6A+	1
474	Alpha *	D *	3

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

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Excellent crag for beginners and experienced climbers
danrhodes1987

- 12/May/09

Good crag. If your looking for a bit of solitude you may just find it here, except for the motocross bikes and the noise of the road.
Jonathan T - 02/May/04

Wharncliffe is a great crag and provides a wonderful evenings soloing.
Michael birkby - 04/Sep/03

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