Esoteric Bouldering In The Bristol Region

Author Mark Davies
Published Great Western Rock (2021)
ISBN 978-1-80049-831-0

Website greatwesternrock.co.uk

Review

GWR 05 - this time for the local Bouldering. Featuring all manner of local venues:

Bristol, Costa del Severn, The Mendips, Wye Valley & Forest of Dean, The Cotswolds

Crags covered by this Guide

Avon crags	# climbs	Rocktype	Faces
Avon Gorge (Sea Walls Area)	469	Limestone	SW
Avon Valley Sandstone	159	Sandstone (hard)	?
Backhill Point	106	Sandstone (soft)	NW
Blaise Castle Gorge	166	Limestone	W
Bourton Combe	54	Limestone	?
Brown's Folly	42	Limestone	W
Castle Park	22	Artificial	?
Conham Woods	26	Sandstone (hard)	S
Gollums Cave	110	Limestone	SW
Huckford Quarry	38	Sandstone (hard)	?
Ladye Bay (Clevedon)	109	Limestone	W
Leigh Woods	313	Limestone	all
Long Ashton Woods	44	-	S
Merchant Venturers Compost Corner	21	Limestone	SW
Oldbury Court	130	Sandstone (hard)	N
Sally in the Woods	222	Limestone	W
Snuff Mills Park	221	Sandstone (hard)	SE
Wick Quarry	16	Limestone	NW

Gloucestershire crags	# climbs	Rocktype	Faces

Ellwood	71	Sandstone (hard)	?
Gandalf's Crag	40	Limestone	?
Hambrook	132	Sandstone (hard)	?
Haresfield Beacon	41	Limestone	?
Hope Mansel	86	Sandstone (soft)	NW
Madgett Hill Quarry	20	Limestone	?
Nailbridge	39	Artificial	?
Rodge Wood	51	Sandstone (soft)	NW

Herefordshire crags	# climbs	Rocktype	Faces
Biblins Cave	74	Limestone	SW
Huntsham Crags	412	Sandstone (hard)	E
The Wyastone	110	Conglomerate	SW

Somerset crags	# climbs	Rocktype	Faces
Bedlam	13	-	?
Croscombe Valley Cliffs	58	Limestone	W
Draycott Sleights	24	Limestone	S
Meds Cave	21	Limestone	SE
Sand Point	270	Limestone	N
Shipham Wall	11	Limestone	W
Toll Road Crags	145	Limestone	NW