Welcome to The Northumberland Climbing Wiki
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Together with our guidebooks this constitutes a definitive guide to climbing in Northumberland and provides the most regularly updated information about all aspects of rock-climbing in the North East area.
This guide compliments the definitive guides "Northumberland Climbing Guide" and "Northumberland Bouldering" published by the NMC.
- Full area map
- Sustainability
- Access
- Grades
- History
- Takeaway guides are available for all of the minor crags with recorded routes
- Additional information on the major crags
- First Ascent details, where known
- New routes and problems
- Details of some routes which never made it into the guidebooks
- Photos, including 1st ascent photos
- Up to date access information, maintained by the BMC access rep
- Camp sites
- "The crags before the climbers" - the archaeology of the crags, by Derek Cutts
- SSSI status of all crags is shown.
| Crag Name | Aspect | Routes | Average Length | PDF Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aid Crag | North | 17 | 9m | |
| Back Bowden Doors | West | 88 | 10m | |
| Back Harbottle Crag | ||||
| Beanley | ||||
| Keb | West | 1 | 6m | |
| Blaewearie | ||||
| Bowden Doors | West | 151 | 9m | |
| Rimside | South | 48 | 2m | Download |
| Aid Crag | North | 15 | ||
| Berryhill | S | 73 | ||
| Bizzle Crags | E | 21 | ||
| Bowden Doors | West | 302 | ||
| Boyes Quarry | SW | 6 | ||
| Bromlee Lough Crag | 3 | |||
| Callerhues | SW | 132 | ||
| Cawfields Crag | 2 | |||
| Coe Crag | North | 26 | ||
| Corbies Fortress | 14 | |||
| Corby's Crag | West | 123 | ||
| Crag Lough | North | 104 | ||
| Crag Point | 0 | |||
| Cullernose Point | S | 21 | ||
| Curtis Crag | NW | 42 | ||
| Drake Stone | 18 | |||
| Dunsdale Crag | 0 | |||
| East Woodburn | SW | 36 | ||
| Goats Buttress | 0 | |||
| Goats Crag | S | 104 | ||
| Great Dour Crag | W | 0 | ||
| Great Wanney | NW | 104 | ||
| Hard Heugh | 3 | |||
| Harehope Canyon | SE | 28 | ||
| Harehope Quarry | 1 | |||
| Hareshaw Lynn | 0 | |||
| Heckley Crag | E | 37 | ||
| Henhole Crags | S | 37 | ||
| Housey Crags | SW | 0 | ||
| Howlerhirst Crag | West | 29 | ||
| Jack Rock | North | 38 | ||
| Kyloe Crag (Kyloe Out) | SW | 152 | ||
| Kyloe-in-the-woods (Kyloe-In) | S | 169 | ||
| Langlee Crags | 0 | |||
| Linshiels One | S | 19 | ||
| Linshiels Three | North | 12 | ||
| Little Wanney | NW | 7 | ||
| Maiden Chambers | 7 | |||
| Old Stell Crag (Simonside) | 24 | |||
| Padda Crag | S | 46 | ||
| Peel crag | North | 92 | ||
| Potts Buttress (Simonside) | West | 27 | ||
| Queens Crag | NW | 103 | ||
| Ratcheugh Crag | West | 45 | ||
| Ravens Crag | West | 91 | ||
| Ravensheugh Crag | North | 150 | ||
| Rothley Crag | West | 234 | ||
| Sandy Crag | West | 41 | ||
| Selby's Cove | SW | 18 | ||
| Church Rock (Simonside) | North | 10 | ||
| Simonside North Face | North | 110 | ||
| South Yardhope Crag | NW | 40 | ||
| The Tipalt | North | 14 | ||
| Thrunton Crag | NW | 29 | ||
| Titlington Mount | 7 | |||
| Tosson Hill | 9 | |||
| Vindolanda Quarry | 26 | |||
| Whiteheugh Crag | SW | 20 | ||
| Wolf Crag | North | 41 |
| Crag Name | Aspect | Routes | Average Length | PDF Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesmond Dene | South & West | 6 | 2m | |
| Causey Quarry | North | 39 | 15m | |
| The Cove | East | 10 | 2m | |
| Cleadon Quarry | West | 34 | 5m | |
| Whickham Thorns | All | 52 | 5m |