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Restricted Access

There are old signs on the approach paths indicating that climbing is not allowed. However the crag is on CRoW designated land and as such climbing is a legally permitted activity.  However, climbers must not climb on, or belay from, the walls of the ruined chapel - this is a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument, and any damage to it would be a criminal offence.  Roche Rock is a SSSI for its unique geology and so damage to or removal of rock is not permitted - no fixed gear should be placed here.  

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17m.

Rockfax Description
A good independent upper section. Use the pocket and thin crack just right of the arete to reach the large pocket on Shorty's Folly and gain the break above. Climb the wall and fine groove out leftwards to finish at the top of the arete. © Rockfax

UKC Logbook Description
Page 186 cheesewring SE cornwall

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Guidebooks for Roche Rock

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West Country Climbs Cover
West Country Climbs (2022)
Rockfax
By Mark Glaister
Cheesewring & South East Cornwall: A Climbers' Guide Cover
Cheesewring & South East Cornwall: A Climbers' Guide (2012)
The St Ives Printing & Publishing Company
By Barnaby Carver and Sean Hawken
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Route of Interest
Getting some in between the showers. Luwi following Fraser up Shorty's Folly.
Shorty's Folly

Grade: HVS 4c ***
(Roche Rock)

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