Climbs 109
Rocktype Sandstone (hard)
Altitude 300m a.s.l
Faces NW
Mike hugging queen kong © Siobhann
Crag features
Not very high, excellent for high balls and hard bouldering on excellent fine-grained sandstone which might need a soft brush early in the year. There is a fine circuit of easier problems, while the classic problems are often high.
Approach notes
2 Miles east of Housteads on unmettaled road which heads North off the Military road and goes to Sewingshieds Farm.
Park by a copse of trees just past the farm on the left (usually a derelict land rover there). You might need to ask for permission and might be charged £5 (2025) for using the road, and in this case you can park carefully offroad down further down the rough track. The alternative is to park on the minor road further East of the farm track.
No Access Issues
The farmer has no objections to climbers using the track and parking in the usual places to access the crag. (This was last confirmed 0n 22/09/2020)
Etiquette is to call in at the large farmhouse. Jamie Murray is the farmer at Sewingshieds farm and will ask for a couple of quid to park there. If no one answers, please leave the offering on the doorstep/windowsill.
This is a working farm - please do not take dogs along during lambing season. Ground nesting birds are also present and so dogs must be kept on a leash.
| To hopefully alleviate some ambiguity around the approach I have added a picture to the crag which I hope will help others ( I approached from the wrong bit, and the guidebook as mentioned has a map which is rather confusing due to wildly inaccurate scale).
15 mins walk from furthest parking, add to this if your car won't make it that far.
Final point: when moving around the crag today we spotted 2 Adders, so just be aware! Grant.H - 16/Aug/25 |
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| Visited the crag on Friday 25th April 25 - the farmer now asking for £5 to use the road. Unvlenevs - 29/Apr/25 |
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| Farmer/Owner is dead canny. Their house is where the gate is - on the turn-off North off the Military road. From what he said its all on private land and appreciated that I was checking with him, so ask permission at the house beforehand. Having been I wouldn't want to visit frequently or in big groups, just to be respectful and maintain good relations. Harrison Trewhitt - Rockfax - 09/Jan/19 |
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| Guidebook map is a bit misleading. Continue down the road to the second cattle grid and then follow the drystone fence left to the crag. klimber - 19/Nov/17 |
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