Brimham Rocks

GritstoneFaces StradboulderingMod to E6 / f7C

A sprawling wonderland of weird and wonderful gritstone towers scattered across Nidderdale moorland. Hundreds of short routes and problems on wildly sculpted rock, with buttresses facing every direction so something is always in the sun or shade. A National Trust honeypot, but the rocks absorb the crowds.

Brimham Rocks, Gritstone — Brimham rocks from Flickr (A) 09 · Barney Moss, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Conditions right now

Classics

Route	Grade
Lover's Leap Chimney	VD
Hatter's Groove	HVS 5b
Joker's Wall	E4 6b

Access & approach

National Trust pay and display car park (free for members); short walks to all buttresses. No climbing on a small number of signed fragile formations.

Always check the BMC Regional Access Database (RAD)for current restrictions and seasonal bird bans before visiting. County: North Yorkshire. 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.

Brimham rocks from Flickr (A) 11 · Barney Moss, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Brimham rocks from Flickr (A) 12 · Barney Moss, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Brimham Rocks from Flickr (B) 08 · Barney Moss, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Brimham Rocks from Flickr (B) 09 · Barney Moss, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Brimham Rocks from Flickr J 07 · Barney Moss, CC BY 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.