UK crags
351 UK crags, every one with a live "is it dry?" conditions check. Locations and rock data for 314 of them come fromOpenStreetMap — improve the map and this directory improves with it.
By region
Peak District
Agden Rocher · Back Forest Edge · Bad Landing Boulder · Bamford Edge …
South Wales
Black Buttress · Blaenllechau Quarry · Boiler Slab · Bosco's Den …
South West
Aquanaut Buttress · Avon Gorge · Bashers Harbour · Bishop Buttress …
Lake District
Birks Bridge Crag · Bowfell Buttress · Brown Howe Quarry · Cambridge Crags …
Scotland
Above the Block · Auchinstarry Quarry · Comic Crags · Craig na h'Eighe …
North Wales
Amphitheatre Buttress · Australia · Chwarel 5 · Clogwyn Du'r Arddu …
Northern Ireland
Annalong Buttress · Ballygalley Head · Dunsevrick · Fairhead …
Yorkshire
Adel Crags · Almscliff · Baildon Bank · Brimham Rocks …
Northumberland
Bowden Doors · Kyloe-in-the-Wood · Pathside · Peel Crags
Southern Sandstone
Bowles Rocks · Happy Valley Rocks · Harrison's Rocks · High Rocks
Pembroke
Huntsman's Leap · Saddle Head · Stennis Head
Midlands
Forest Rock
North West England
Warton Upper Crag
South East
Stone Farm Rocks
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Dow Crag
A great wall of buttresses and gullies above Goat's Water in the Coniston fells, one of the birthplaces of British rock climbing. Long mountain routes on sound, blocky rhyolite, with the multi-pitch classics of the Ordinary and Eliminate routes drawing climbers for over a century. North-easterly aspect keeps it cool and slow to dry.
Gimmer Crag
The finest crag in Langdale, a clean grey barrel of rock high on the flank of the Langdale Pikes. Perfect rough rhyolite gives sustained, delicate climbing with tremendous exposure, and the south-westerly aspect makes it one of the sunnier mountain crags. Kipling Groove is one of the great HVS pitches of Britain.
Shepherd's Crag
The ever-popular roadside crag of Borrowdale, minutes from the Lodore Falls with views over Derwentwater. Clean volcanic rock gives a dense collection of valley classics at amenable grades, including the much-loved Little Chamonix. Low altitude and a quick approach make it the Lakes' most reliable bad-weather-dodging trad venue.
Clogwyn Du'r Arddu
'Cloggy' - the black cliff of Snowdon and the most revered mountain crag in Britain. Huge overlapping slabs and walls of perfect rhyolite hold a roll-call of historic routes from Colton and Brown through to Dawes's Indian Face, the first E9. North-facing and high, it needs a proper dry spell but repays the wait like nowhere else.
Dinas Cromlech
The great open book of the Llanberis Pass, its rectangular walls framing Cenotaph Corner, the most famous corner in the world. The concentration of historic hard routes on the two walls is unmatched: Brown, Whillans, Livesey and Fawcett all left their masterpieces here. South-facing and quick to come into condition for a Pass crag.
Gogarth Main Cliff
The centrepiece of Britain's greatest adventure climbing area, a huge sweep of golden quartzite falling into the Irish Sea below Holyhead Mountain. Long, steep pitches on weird, creaky-looking but generally solid rock, with an atmosphere of commitment that defines 'Gogarth E-grades'. Sea, sun and seabirds all add to the experience.
Idwal Slabs
The great grey sweep of slabs above Llyn Idwal in Cwm Idwal, where generations of British climbers have learned their trade. Long, easy-angled padding up water-worn volcanic rock, with the harder walls above holding pre-war test-pieces like Suicide Wall. Drainage lines mean the slabs stay greasy for a while after rain.
Rainbow Slab Area (Llanberis Slate)
The jewel of the Dinorwig slate quarries: a vast, smooth purple slab rippled by a rainbow-shaped quartz vein. Slate climbing at its purest - tiny edges, perfect friction and serious run-outs - made famous by the 'slateheads' of the 1980s and Johnny Dawes's visionary routes. The industrial amphitheatre setting is like nowhere else in Britain.
Tremadog (Craig Bwlch y Moch)
The famous roadside dolerite crag above the Porthmadog road, blessed with its own dry microclimate in the rain shadow of Snowdonia. Steep, juggy and superbly protected climbing on immaculate rock, from multi-pitch V Diffs to Ron Fawcett's era-defining Strawberries. The traditional wet-weather saviour of North Wales.