Scotland
23 crags listed — dolerite, basalt, quartzite.
Auchinstarry Quarry
A flooded dolerite quarry beside the Forth and Clyde canal at Kilsyth, the central belt's favourite evening crag. Clean-cut cracks, grooves and walls up to 25m rise straight from landscaped paths, giving well-protected trad climbing minutes from Glasgow. The quarry pond and picnic benches lend it a friendly country-park feel.
Dumbarton Rock
A brooding volcanic plug on the Clyde beneath Dumbarton Castle, and the crucible of Scottish hard climbing. Its glassy basalt boulders bred generations of crimp strength, while the main face holds Dave Cunningham and Dave MacLeod history: Requiem and Rhapsody, the world's first E11. Urban, graffitied and utterly iconic.
Dunkeld (Craig a Barns)
The schist crags of Craig a Barns rise through the pines above Dunkeld, giving Perthshire's best roadside climbing. Polney Crag offers friendly slabs and grooves, while the steep Upper Cave Crag holds classic hard trad and Scotland's first generation of sport routes. A sheltered, quick-drying inland venue that works when the Highlands are wet.
Polldubh Crags (Glen Nevis)
Dozens of sunny schist outcrops scattered up the flank of lower Glen Nevis beneath Ben Nevis. Clean, quick-drying slabs and walls give the best roadside trad climbing in Lochaber, from beginner ridges to technical test-pieces. A traditional saviour when the high mountain crags are out of condition - just bring midge repellent in summer.
Above the Block
Comic Crags
Craig na h'Eighe
Lower Cave Crag
Old Man of Stoer
Pinnacle Ridge
Polney Crag
Repton Buttress
Road Buttress
Rosyth Quarry
Styx Butress
SW Buttress
The Block
The Whangie
Traprain Law
Upper Buttress
Upper Cave Crag
Upper Road Buttress
Wall End Crag