LANCASHIRE ROCK

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

Main Wall

  • 3 - Win

    Grade: 4a | First Ascent: -1982
    Rating: 0

    Start at the right side of the buttress at a small letter-box and climb straight up to the top.

  • 4 - Roman Letocetum

    Grade: | First Ascent: -1982
    Rating: 0

    Start three metres left at a slightly higher level and climb the slab via a shallow scoop.

  • 5 - Bystander

    Grade: 5a | First Ascent: -1982
    Rating: 1

    Follow the obvious right-slanting fault which is the main feature of the wall.

  • 6 - The Watch

    Grade: 4b | First Ascent: -1982
    Rating: 1

    Follow Bystander until a move left leads to ledges and an easier finish.

  • 7 - Hall or Nothing

    Grade: 5b | First Ascent: (1990s)
    Rating: 0

    Climb the rib on the right side of the large overhang to a good slot above the lip, then finish up the wall above past a peg. Peg belay.

  • 8 - Stopwatch

    Grade: 4b | First Ascent: -1982
    Rating: 0

    Start at a slightly lower level at an inverted triangular niche. Climb the thin crack above to a large ledge, then traverse right with hands or feet on this ledge into a cave-like depression. Finish up the short, shallow corner above. Peg belay.