Climbs 15
Rocktype Sandstone (hard)
Altitude 183m a.s.l
Topping out on a new line at Shitlington © SteveSBlake
Crag features
This crag consists of quite small south and west facing buttresses on good quality rock. There is a right of access under the CRoW act to the westmost buttresses, marked as 'Shitlington Crags' on the OS 1:25000 maps. Many boulder problems and route-lets have been done - NMC Bouldering Guide p.425
No Access Issues
Prior to the CRoW Act, the local farmer banned climbing, citing an incident where gates were left open and stock escaped onto the road. Since the implimentation of CroW however, much of the crag is accessible.
The area where climbing remains forbidden is (within) the prominent drystone wall above the farm complex shown as Shillafield on the 1:50,000 map. (This is not the farm directly below the Pennine Way 'notch').
Climbers have on occassion been told by an unidentified farmer/shepherd that they cannot climb on the crag west of the drystone wall, this is not the case as these rocks are on open access land.
It is worth checking the Natural England open access land maps on line to check for any local restrictions. In the absence of any, then climbing west of the wall is allowed.
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