Bowles Rocks

SandstoneFaces Sbouldering2a to 6b

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.

Bowles Rocks, Sandstone — Eridge Lake - geograph.org.uk - 1492381 · Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Soft sandstone — never climb here when the rock is wet or damp. Wet sandstone is permanently damaged by climbing.

Conditions right now

Classics

Route	Grade
Fandango	4c
Serenade Arete	5a
Pig's Ear	5b

Access & approach

Privately owned by the Bowles Rocks Trust; climbers welcome for a small day fee - pay at the centre. Top-roping and soloing only, no wet-rock climbing, use the fixed anchors.

Always check the BMC Regional Access Database (RAD)for current restrictions and seasonal bird bans before visiting. County: East Sussex. View on OpenStreetMap ↗

Photos

Freely-licensed photographs taken at or near the crag. Rock changes less than websites do, but check the date — an approach can silt up or a path can be diverted.

Eridge Old Park - geograph.org.uk - 1802960 · Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Where this entry comes from

This is one of our editorial seed entries — written to get the conditions engine working, not sourced from a guidebook or an open database. Treat the details as a starting point and check them yourself.