Avon and Cheddar
Author Martin Crocker
Published Climbers' Club (2004)
ISBN 0-901601-75-6
Published Climbers' Club (2004)
ISBN 0-901601-75-6
This Guidebook is now out of print, and unavailable
Website climbers-club.co.uk
Review
Seasoned guidebook author Martin Crocker's second Avon and Cheddar guide, which, as well as reappraising existing routes, describes over 500 new ones. These include, for example, The Quiet Mind (E7 6a/b), with its blind and reachy crux, and the sport route Academic (F8a), both at Avon. Holcombe Quarry in the Mendips has provided over 50 sport routes, Brean Down nearly twice that number of mainly trad offerings. Cheddar is the scene for three F8a+ testpieces: Homegrown, The Empire Strikes Back, and Bristol Weed, as well as the E8 free version of Fornicator Simulator. Not all the additions are at cutting-edge grades however; Cheddar has a host of sub-E1 additions.
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Crags covered by this Guide
| Avon crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Gorge (Main Area) | 263 | Limestone | W |
| Avon Gorge (Sea Walls Area) | 418 | Limestone | SW |
| Avon Gorge (Suspension Bridge Area) | 196 | Limestone | W |
| Blaise Castle Gorge | 163 | Limestone | W |
| Bourton Combe | 49 | Limestone | ? |
| Charlcombe Cornice | 10 | Sandstone (hard) | NW |
| Goblin Combe | 197 | Limestone | S |
| Ladye Bay (Clevedon) | 92 | Limestone | W |
| Merchant Venturers Compost Corner | 21 | Limestone | SW |
| Portishead Quarry | 88 | Limestone | SE |
| Snuff Mills Park | 212 | Sandstone (hard) | SE |
| Winterbourne Down | 76 | Sandstone (hard) | N |
| Somerset crags | # climbs | Rocktype | Faces |
| Ashwick Grove | 12 | Limestone | SE |
| Axe Quarry | 11 | Limestone | NE |
| Black Rocks Quarry | 38 | Limestone | S |
| Brean Down | 100 | Limestone | S |
| Brean Down (Fort Crags) | 140 | Limestone | S |
| Cheddar Gorge North | 401 | Limestone | S |
| Cheddar Gorge South | 615 | Limestone | N |
| Churchill Rocks | 31 | Limestone | S |
| Croscombe Valley Cliffs | 54 | Limestone | W |
| Curious Holes Quarry | 7 | Limestone | N |
| Dinder Wood | 74 | Limestone | SE |
| Ham Hill Quarry | 52 | Limestone | S |
| Horrington Hill Quarry | 15 | Limestone | S |
| Leigh Quarry | 31 | Limestone | ? |
| Mells | 30 | Limestone | SW |
| Nancy Camel's Hump. | 8 | Limestone | SW |
| North Quarry | 43 | Limestone | NE |
| Rock of Ages (Burrington Combe) | 37 | Limestone | S |
| Sand Point | 247 | Limestone | N |
| Sandford Quarry | 143 | Limestone | ? |
| Split Rock (Milton Hill Quarry) | 38 | Limestone | NW |
| The Holcombe Quarries | 64 | Limestone | ? |
| Toll Road Crags | 140 | Limestone | NW |
| Uphill Quarry | 59 | Limestone | W |
| Vallis Vale | 41 | Limestone | SW |
| Westdown Quarry | 32 | Limestone | E |
| Woodlane Quarry | 13 | - | ? |
| Writhlington Sports Centre | 36 | Artificial | ? |
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