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This whole area is popular with the general public due to its folly, viewpoints etc. The National Trust has concerns over the state of the rock and dangers to the public. Do not climb on The Old Man (it continues to shed rock and lean with increasing angle each year). In addition, the area also contains a few disused quarries inc; Millstone Quarry is not NT land and ownership is uncertain. If you climb here be sensitive to the privacy of the people in the bungalows to the north.

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15m. The beautifully disgusting bird-limed crack to the left.

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oldmanofmow 31 May, 2020 Show βeta
βeta: Pete Williams and ano borrowed my artificial aids pegs and wedges and made an ascent in 1961 		βeta?
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βeta: Pete Williams and ano borrowed my artificial aids pegs and wedges and made an ascent in 1961

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Guidebooks for Mow Cop

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Staffordshire Gritstone, The Roaches Cover
Staffordshire Gritstone, The Roaches (2009)
British Mountaineering Council
By Niall Grimes
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A view of The Roaches from Central Climb, Hen Cloud
Central Climb

Grade: VS 4c ***
(Hen Cloud)

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