LANCASHIRE ROCK

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

Stronstrey Bank

  • 50 - Beyond the Realms of Death

    Grade: 4b | First Ascent: -1980
    Rating: 0

    Start at a short corner capped by a square-cut overhang. From the overhang, move left on to a sloping ledge and follow a crack to a ledge on the arête. Move up and right to another ledge and a short wall to finish past a bolt at the top.

  • 51 - Banker

    Grade: | First Ascent: -1995
    Rating: 0

    Start as for Beyond the Realms and take a direct line past the right side of the overhang to a pedestal. Step left on to the ledge above and climb on to the top at a bolt.

  • 52 - Anthem

    Grade: | First Ascent: -1980
    Rating: 0

    Start four metres to the right and gain a triangular ledge at two metres. Finish up the crack directly above the right side of the ledge.

  • 53 - The S-Bend

    Grade: | First Ascent: -1980
    Rating: 0

    The chimney on the right.

  • 54 - Bleak Outlook

    Grade: 5b | First Ascent: -1981
    Rating: 0

    The arête at the far end of the bay, on its left-hand side.