After 6 years of work by a team of over 100 dedicated local volunteers, the long-awaited Northern Rock is here! 608 pages filled to bursting with the best trad, sport and bouldering that Yorkshire Grit, Yorkshire Limestone, Northumberland, Lancashire and the North York Moors have to offer.

The latest in the series from Wired Guides, Northern Rock assembles the expertise of the local activists behind each area's definitive guides to bring you beautiful selective coverage. All of the familiar stomping grounds are included among the book's 63 crags: Almscliff, Brimham, Malham, Giggleswick, Wilton, Anglezarke, Scugdale, Great Wanney and the Bowdens. The guide also showcases some of the quieter spots – the windswept majesty of Callerhues, the adventurous chasms of Strans and Crook Gill, and the recently revamped Egerton Quarry among them.

Northern Rock champions multi-disciplinary climbing. There are heaps of trad and sport climbs within its pages but those who prefer pad to trad will not be wanting, with the world-class circuits of Caley, Slipstones and Kyloe in the Woods being just a few of the bouldering spots given detailed coverage.

Each crag is documented with beautiful topos, super-accurate maps and stunning action photos that will get you psyched like you've never been before! Clear, detailed approach descriptions will lead you to the crag without getting lost; easy-to-use symbols provide buttress and boulder-specific information on conditions (such as aspect, seepage and whether climbs stay dry in the rain), allowing you to get the most out of a day's climbing. For those who love a list there are the Little Gems to work through (a tenner to the first person to complete them all!) and, in case it rains, then yes! There is a history section!

Wired Guides

Wired Guides are published by a co-operative of UK definitive guidebook publishers including: the British Mountaineering Council; The Climbers' Club; the Fell & Rock Climbing Club; the Northumbrian Mountaineering Club; the Scottish Mountaineering Club; and the Yorkshire Mountaineering Club. Wired guidebooks bring you the accuracy and depth of knowledge found in definitive guidebooks in a familiar, easy-to-use select guide format.

Profits from Wired books directly contribute to maintaining our crags, access, and sport. When you buy a Wired guide you are supporting projects that benefit the whole climbing community. For example:

• The Yorkshire Mountaineering Club contributed to the upgrade of the Almscliff path and to the repair of the damaged Rylstone monument.
• The Northumbrian Mountaineering Club is leading the clear-up of Storm Arwen damage at several County crags, paying for chainsaw operators to tidy away wind-felled trees.
• When arriving on Lundy, repairs to the concrete road from the landing jetty were part-funded from The Climbers' Club's Colin Kirkus Guidebook Fund.
• Alongside commitments to protect access such as owning and managing three of the crags in this book (Wilton One, Craig y Longridge and Crookrise), when ascending Mam Tor's Great Ridge one is stepping on work funded by the BMC's Mend our Mountains campaign.
• The Fell & Rock Climbing Club's Access and Conservation Fund actively supports projects including Fix the Fells and the John Muir Trust.

Keep an eye out for the next exciting instalment of the Wired series, Scottish Rock, coming in Spring 2022!