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Restricted Access

Fly Wall and Woodcroft Quarry: the current owners have not given permission to climb on this section of crag. If you do climb on this part of the crag, please be careful not to damage any fences in the area.

GO Wall: topping out now allowed year round for all routes from Feline/Jackal leftwards. King Kong ab. bolts removed. No topping out any time for right hand end – ab. stations in place where required. A large rockfall has recently (Jan 2013) been reported at the righthand side of the Pedestal on Go Wall - care should be taken with any remaining loose rock that may still be in place in this area.

North Wall: following a change of ownership of the house above this section of crag, the previous arrangement to exit through it’s garden is not longer possible. Please do not top out on any North Wall routes - only abseil descent from below the top of the crag is allowed. For those who don't wan't to climb above the Great Ledge, an abseil descent can be made from one of the two bolted abseil stations above The Tap or Joe’s Route. Two further abseil stations have been established just below the top of North Wall (using rope slings and rings around trees) allowing the last pitch of the more popular routes to be climbed and an abseil descent to the Great Ledge be made. 

All rock north of the North Buttress and south of Fly Wall is privately owned and all climbing is prohibited.

Seasonal Restrictions

Dates: 1 March to 15 June

Reason: Nesting Birds

Ravens nesting on Wurlitzer. The restriction applies to all routes on Fly Wall between Flypast and Gendarmerie.

Peregrins nesting on North Wall. Avoid top pithes of left hand route (from the great ledge)

Rockfax Description
The main line of weakness above the central ledge roughly follows the abseil descent line. The pitch is regularly climbed but the loss of pegs means that this is now a fairly serious undertaking. Begin at a clean ledge in the middle of the central ledge (this where the abseil descent meets the ledge). Move up to a position just right of an overhang (cam and site of missing peg). Pull up past a small bush and head up leftwards to level with a shattered overhang and bush. Now climb up rightwards past a peg to reach the long upper corner line that is climbed past a short difficult section to the Great Ledge. © Rockfax

UKC Logbook Description
Pitch 2 of 'Great North Wall Route'

J.Grieve Apr/1963.

Ticklists

CC Wye Valley and Forest of Dean trad stars, blue list (VS and HVS)

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βeta: Needs lots of draws, slings and small nuts.
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Tigers Don't Cry

Grade: HVS 5b ***
(Shorn Cliff)

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