West Country Climbs
Published Rockfax (2022)
ISBN 978-1-873341-88-9
Website rockfax.com
Review
The West Country is home to some of the finest sea cliffs in the country plus many varied inland crags offering an almost unrivaled variety of climbing styles and rock types. Traditional and sport limestone around the Bristol area, beautiful slabs of the Culm Coast, epic big cliffs on the Atlantic Coast, immaculate granite at West Penwith and on The Lizard, the stunning tors of Dartmoor, and more spectacular limestone around Torbay.
The new edition of this best-selling book to the superb climbing in the southwest of England. The book builds on the extensive coverage of its predecessor with many new crags and routes added. Virtually all the crags have been re-photographed using the latest techniques and there are new much more detailed maps as well as the expected stunning set of inspirational action photographs. It is the only single book available for the full area and has a proven track record of sustained sales for its previous edition over the last 12 years.
Other editions of this guidebook
West Country Climbs Rockfax (2010)
| Avon crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Gorge (Main Area) | 259 | Limestone | W |
| Avon Gorge (Sea Walls Area) | 415 | Limestone | SW |
| Avon Gorge (Suspension Bridge Area) | 187 | Limestone | W |
| Goblin Combe | 197 | Limestone | S |
| Portishead Quarry | 78 | Limestone | SE |
| Cornwall crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| Bass Point | 85 | Mica schist | W |
| Black Head Area | 43 | Greenstone | SE |
| Bosigran | 168 | Granite | W |
| Bosigran Ridge Area | 28 | Granite | W |
| Carn Barra | 152 | Granite | SW |
| Carn Gowla | 167 | Greenstone | W |
| Carn Lês Boel Area | 54 | Granite | S |
| Chair Ladder | 169 | Granite | S |
| Cheesewring Quarry | 189 | Granite | S |
| Coastguard Cliffs | 49 | Mica schist | SE |
| Compass Point (Bude) | 67 | Culm | S |
| Cornakey Cliff | 23 | Culm | SW |
| Cribba Head | 38 | Granite | SW |
| Doyden Point | 13 | Pillow lava | W |
| Fox Promontory | 45 | Granite | SW |
| Great Zawn | 50 | Granite | W |
| Gull Rock - Marsland | 52 | Culm | W |
| Gurnard's Head | 39 | Greenstone | W |
| Halldrine Cove | 19 | Granite | W |
| Kenidjack Cliffs | 47 | Killas slate | SE |
| Lands End | 183 | Granite | W |
| Lower Sharpnose Point | 102 | Culm | ? |
| Oldwalls' Point | 9 | Culm | N |
| Pedn-mên-an-mere | 67 | Granite | SW |
| Pen Olver | 80 | Amphibiolite & S | SW |
| Pentire Point | 143 | Pillow lava | N |
| Pordenack Point Area | 83 | Granite | SW |
| Porthgwarra Buttress and Hella Point | 39 | Granite | S |
| Robin's Rocks | 19 | Greenstone | NW |
| Roche Rock | 76 | Granite | ? |
| Sennen | 180 | Granite | W |
| St. Loy Cliff | 74 | Granite | S |
| Tater-du | 101 | Greenstone | S |
| Tintagel Head | 25 | Volcanic tuff | W |
| Trewavas | 140 | Granite | S |
| Vessacks West | 28 | Granite | SW |
| Vicarage Cliff | 63 | Culm | W |
| Wicca Pillar | 15 | Granite | W |
| Zawn Duel and Carn Gloose Area | 27 | Killas slate | NW |
| Zawn Kellys Area | 28 | Granite | W |
| Zennor Cliff | 40 | Killas slate | W |
| Devon crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anstey's Cove | 154 | Limestone | S |
| Babbacombe Crags | 98 | Limestone | NE |
| Baggy Point | 186 | Culm | SW |
| Bench Tor | 39 | Granite | all |
| Berry Head - Coastguard Cliffs | 180 | Limestone | S |
| Berry Head - The Old Redoubt | 132 | Limestone | E |
| Blackchurch | 44 | Culm | NW |
| Chinkwell Tor | 11 | Granite | all |
| Chudleigh Rocks - South Face | 190 | Limestone | S |
| Churston Quarries | 71 | Limestone | N |
| Daddyhole Main Cliff | 54 | Limestone | E |
| Dyers Lookout | 51 | Culm | W |
| Haytor | 77 | Granite | all |
| Hound Tor | 217 | Granite | all |
| London Bridge | 43 | Limestone | all |
| Long Quarry Point | 100 | Limestone | E |
| Luckey Tor | 1 | Granite | all |
| Luckey Tor (aka Eagle Rock) | 17 | Granite | S |
| Meadfoot Quarry | 26 | Limestone | SE |
| Plimsoll Line Cliff | 14 | Limestone | S |
| Sanctuary Wall | 33 | Limestone | S |
| Screda Point | 42 | Culm | S |
| Sheeps Tor | 43 | Granite | all |
| Smoothlands | 45 | Culm | NW |
| Spekes Mill Mouth and Brownspear Point | 52 | Culm | N |
| Telegraph Hole | 38 | Limestone | SE |
| The Dewerstone | 162 | Granite | S |
| Torbryan Quarry | 46 | Limestone | W |
| Valley of Rocks | 34 | Culm | S |
| Gloucestershire crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| Ban-y-gor | 243 | Limestone | NW |
| Shakemantle Quarry (Ruspidge Slab Quarry) | 43 | Limestone | all |
| Shorn Cliff | 176 | Limestone | W |
| Symonds Yat | 544 | Limestone | NW |
| Wintour's Leap | 446 | Limestone | W |
| Monmouthshire crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| Wynd Cliff | 75 | Limestone | S |
| Wyndcliff Quarry | 199 | Limestone | SW |
| Somerset crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| Brean Down | 98 | Limestone | S |
| Fairy Cave Quarry | 174 | Limestone | all |
| Split Rock (Milton Hill Quarry) | 37 | Limestone | NW |
| Uphill Quarry | 59 | Limestone | W |
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