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Hey looking for recommendations for the best slabs in lancs, 

I want to do my first E5 this year, so anything up to that would be great 

Thanks in advance!

No idea what the best is, and Lancs is not reknown for slabs due to most quarries giving wall climbing. But... try Trowbarrow? On the Assagai wall there are routes like A Sense of Doubt (E4 6b)and Doubting Thomas (E5 6b). There's also the Asylum wall. They could be what you're after?

Col Kingshott also cleaned up the low extremes at Warton Main and added a harder slab... might be worth getting in touch with him to ask. If you're at Trowbarrow, you'll bump into him because he's found there more frequently than fossils.

Slab Central for Lancashire is probably Noggarth. No idea what it's like as I've not been but the photos look nice.

Noggarth is good fun, it's an odd spot tho

Not really the county for slabs, but Cameo (E1 5a) ? Cheat (E3 5b) ? They're both pretty good. Cheat is a bit bold at the top but by then it's easy and really obvious.

Was playing about on Cheat last weekend, what prompted me to ask if there's anything else similar 😁

Thorn crag has good slabs but more bouldering than routes 

Dayatona wall at cows mouth maybe as well

Try a slab of Eccles cake with unsalted butter, traditional Lancashire 

The hard initial bit of Daytona Wall is overhanging I remember. It's great, but not a slab.

'A Moment of Sanity' has a good slab section on it (the crux is on the slab section) and is E5 

A Moment Of Sanity (E5 6b)

As well as the ones mentioned at Trowbarrow there's 'Torture Garden' at Warton Main ( might be bird banned at the moment though) The Torture Garden (E6 6b) which is a bit slabby, good pegs.

There's also Gaskins 8b slab at Stanworth! Spitting Image has a good slab but finishes through a roof.

Is Lazy Friday at Wilton 1 a Slab? 

Yeah it will be

I'll go have a look next week

Cheers Pete, I'll go and have a play

Might be worth looking at Monty’s Axe in Lower Montcliffe. I think it probably counts  as a slab -as much as some of the other suggestions anyway!

A tricky little test piece slab is Nova at Troy Quarry. 

So much fun!

Concave Wall, Denham Quarry. Routes from Severe to E4. Warning, popular dog walking venue.

End of time one of my favourite climbs 😁

Got the crux clean on T/R yesterday - cracking suggestion 

Great news, thanks for letting us know 👍