LANCASHIRE ROCK

This site is a digital copy of the 1997 BMC guidebook to rock climbing in Lancashire

Small Quarry

  • 1 - Folklore

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    The left-hand crack.

  • 2 - Myths

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    The middle crack.

  • 3 - Legend

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    The right-hand crack.

  • 4 - The Silver Falcon

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    The wall immediately left of the arête.

  • 5 - In Praise of Idleness

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    The arête is climbed on its left side.

  • 6 - Life on Earth

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    Go up large steps to a crack finish.

  • 7 - Willy Visits the Square World

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    Climb the short wall immediately right, using just the low undercut to the top.

  • 8 - The Visitors

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    The short arête on the right.

  • 9 - This Game of Golf

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    The wall one metre right.

  • 10 - Success

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    The shallow groove.

  • 11 - More Magic

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    Start below and right of a block and climb the blunt arête on its right.

  • 12 - Great Wall of France

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    Climb the wall just right, with a thin pull.

  • 13 - The Proud Sheriff

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    Pull through the left-hand side of the overlap.

  • 14 - John Citizen and the Law

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    Pull through the left-hand side of the overlap and finish left of a thin crack.

  • 15 - Living Embryos

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    The thin crack on the right.

  • 16 - The Atom Rush

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    A bold problem up the wall on the right, using tiny holds.

  • 17 - Wildlife in Britain

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    Climb the arête.

  • 18 - Joy of Nature

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    The corner crack.

  • 19 - In the Blood

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    The arête to the right.

  • 20 - God, Genes and Destiny

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    Another scary problem up the wall to the right. The use of the big ledge at two-thirds-height is cheating.

  • 21 - The Rhesus Danger

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    The flake on the right can be laybacked.

  • 22 - Calculus Made Easy

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    Climb the wall two metres to the right.

  • 23 - Essentials of School Algebra

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    The wall just right of the crack.

  • 24 - The Betrothed

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    Traverse the wall leftwards from Essentials of School Algebra to Folklore.

  • 25 - Three Act Tragedy

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    The arête above the centre of the pond.

  • 26 - Narrow-boat Painting

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    The crack on the right.

  • 27 - Beers of the World

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    The wall right again.

  • 28 - The Ocean

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    The crack two metres to the right.

  • 29 - S.P.Q.R

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    The wall just right again.

  • 30 - Mating and Whelping of Dogs

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    The obvious mantelshelf problem.

  • 31 - Kidnapped

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    Make a thin pull up the wall to the right, avoiding the block on the right.

  • 32 - The Secret County

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    Climb the wall just left of a crack, past a diagonally sloping ledge.

  • 33 - Rainbow in the Sky

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    The short arête at the left side of the wall directly behind Folklore.

  • 34 - Cut Flowers and Bulbs for Pleasure

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    The crack on the right.

  • 35 - Leaf in the Storm

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    The wall on the right, passing a hole at two-thirds-height.

  • 36 - Bird of Paradise

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    Climb the wall on the right of the hole.

  • 37 - Things a Boy Can Make

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    Climb the green crack at the right-hand side of the wall.

  • 38 - Elements of Insurance

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    A small, isolated wall 10 metres right has an awkward exit.

  • 39 - The Cloud Above the Green

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    The short arête 10 metres farther right.

  • 40 - Feeding and Digestion in Animals

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    Climb the wall 10 metres to the right.

  • 41 - Intermediate Magnetism and Electricity

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    The crack on the last section of rock, immediately above the right side of the pool.

  • 42 - Insurance

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    The wall just to the right of the crack.

  • 43 - The Secret Country

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    Climb the wall at its left-hand side.