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This guide, produced in association with South Wales Climbing Wiki, contains 1500 of the best routes in South Wales. With Limestone escarpments overlooking the mountains, hidden Sandstone quarries for your first steps climbing outside or projecting hard classics, and sea cliffs offering either a big adventure or pleasant day out, it’s hard to beat the variety of climbing on offer. Featuring trad routes from Diff to E6, sport routes from F4 to F8a+, bouldering and Deep Water Solos, all made easy to find with topos & maps and packed full of inspirational photos throughout. This is a guide book like no other, a hybrid guide that combines the convenience of a select book with the completeness of a comprehensive guide. We’ve tucked into these pages the best climbing this area has to offer, with links to the South Wales Climbing Wiki that records everything else that’s been climbed. This means no more compromises on book size or information volume and when new routes get put up and old ones fall down, the Wiki will keep you up to date and in the know.
Caerphilly crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
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Abertysswg | 22 | Sandstone (hard) | SW |
Penallta | 58 | Sandstone (hard) | S |
Cardiff crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
Sully Island | 255 | Limestone | S |
Taff's Well | 127 | Limestone | W |
Taff's Well West | 63 | Limestone | N |
Gwent crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
Crymlyn Quarries | 55 | Sandstone (hard) | W |
Cwmcarn Quarry | 41 | Sandstone (hard) | SW |
Gilwern | 259 | Limestone | E |
New Tredegar | 18 | Sandstone (hard) | ? |
Ridgeway | 9 | Sandstone (hard) | SE |
Sirhowy | 81 | Sandstone (hard) | W |
Tirpentwys | 33 | Sandstone (hard) | SW |
Tyle y Coch | 27 | Sandstone (hard) | E |
Merthyr Tydfil crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
Darren Fawr | 44 | Limestone | ? |
Morlais Quarries | 112 | Limestone | NW |
Twynau Gwynion Quarries | 92 | Limestone | NE |
Mid Glamorgan crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
Bargoed | 32 | Sandstone (hard) | W |
Box Bay | 106 | Limestone | W |
Neath Port Talbot crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
Abbey Buttress | 28 | Sandstone (hard) | SW |
Cilfrew Edge | 110 | Sandstone (hard) | SE |
Crag Craig Fawr | 11 | Sandstone (hard) | S |
Dyffryn | 47 | Sandstone (hard) | E |
Powys crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
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Llangattock Escarpment (Chwar Pant y Rhiw) | 131 | Limestone | NW |
Llangattock Escarpment (Craig y Castell) | 63 | Limestone | NE |
Llangattock Escarpment (Eastern Edge) | 88 | Limestone | N |
Rhondda Cynon Taff crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
Blaenllechau | 19 | Sandstone (hard) | W |
Cwmaman | 36 | Sandstone (hard) | W |
Ferndale | 79 | Sandstone (hard) | E |
Gelli | 53 | Sandstone (hard) | NW |
Mount Pleasant X1 | 73 | Sandstone (hard) | W |
Mountain Ash | 85 | Sandstone (hard) | W |
Navigation Quarry | 84 | Sandstone (hard) | SW |
Pen Pych | 12 | Sandstone (hard) | SW |
The Darren | 37 | Sandstone (hard) | SW |
The Gap | 160 | Sandstone (hard) | NE |
Trebanog | 70 | Sandstone (hard) | S |
Treherbert Quarrry (Rhondda Pillar) | 61 | Sandstone (hard) | NW |
Swansea crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
Dinas Rock | 288 | Limestone | SW |
Vale of Glamorgan crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
Castle Upon Alun Quarry | 57 | Limestone | NE |
Ogmore (Main) | 187 | Limestone | S |
Ogmore Bouldering | 162 | Limestone | SW |
Witches Point | 229 | Limestone | SW |