Southern Sandstone
4 crags listed — sandstone.
Bowles Rocks
A sunny, south-facing sandstone escarpment in the grounds of the Bowles outdoor centre near Eridge. The cleanest and quickest-drying of the southern sandstone crags, with well-maintained faces, cracks and aretes that suit beginners and technicians alike. Like all Wealden sandstone it is soft and must be treated gently and never climbed wet.
Harrison's Rocks
The most famous of the southern sandstone outcrops, a long wooded edge of soft Wealden rock near Groombridge. Generations of south-east climbers, including a young Joe Brown era of Londoners, learned to climb on its rounded walls and cracks. Climbing is strictly top-rope or solo: the fragile rock must never be led on gear or climbed wet.
High Rocks
The tallest and most atmospheric of the southern sandstone outcrops, a maze of mossy walls and canyons near Tunbridge Wells. Its shady faces hold the area's most celebrated hard problems and steepest walls, but the sheltered woodland setting means the soft rock stays green and damp for long periods. Strictly top-roping and soloing, and only when bone dry.
Happy Valley Rocks