Portland is justifiably famous for the wealth of quality sport climbing available on its lofty white cliffs. The West Coast in particular has now become one of the UK's best venues for well-bolted sport routes across the grades. The East Coast offers bouldering and deep water soloing into the mix as well as serving up its own excellent set of sport routes including many in the easier grades.
This database contains all the routes from the 2005 Dorset Rockfax. It is up to date to June 2005 and the grades, stars and page references are all synchronised with that edition of the book.

ROUTES
32 trad routes (VS...E7)
859 sport routes (2...8b)
162 boulder problems (V0-...V10)
99 dws routes (HS...V2)
50 of the Best Routes
Graded List of Routes
List of First Ascents

Crag (click for details)	No. of Routes	Grade Range	Route Type	Sunshine or shade	Approach walk	Other	Page
Blacknor North Blacknor North is justifiably one of the most popular areas on the Isle with...	50				10 mins		54
Blacknor Central Blacknor Central faces south east and is a good-morning-sun venue. It suffers...	56				15 mins		58
Blacknor South Blacknor South has had many good new additions with some particularly useful...	65				12 mins		64
Blacknor Far South Blacknor Far South area has received a complete overhaul and is now one of the...	47				14 mins		70
Battleship Edge This was the first area to be retro-bolted and it has become the most popular...	53				10 mins		78
Battleship Back Cliff The Back Cliff has some superb long pitches with fingery flints and...	49				15 mins		82
Wallsend North Wallsend is the largest and arguably best cliff on Portland. Wallsend North...	87				10 mins		89
Wallsend South Some of the biggest and best routes on Portland are situated on the huge walls...	99				20 mins		98
Coastguard North Coastguard North is best known for its collection of steep and powerful hard...	43				8 mins		108
Coastguard South Coastguard South displays a wide grade range with routes for everybody, with...	69				20 mins		112
White Hole This area of relatively short cliffs near Portland Bill has a set of good...	55				5 mins		122
Lighthouse Area On the east coast of the southern tip of the Isle are four small areas nestling...	51				5 mins		131
Cave Hole Cave Hole is a long low line of super-steep sea cliffs that are tucked away on...	74				15 mins		135
Beeston Cliff Beeston Cliff is a fine series of interesting and secluded bays with some...	55				20 mins		142
Cheyne Wears Area The section of coast near Southwell and the large Cheyne Weares car park, has a...	122				3 mins		148
The Cuttings The Cuttings is an excellent and popular inland crag with a fine aspect looking...	177				8 mins		160
			What do these symbols mean? Averages, based on the largest buttress at each crag

Unstuck on You (Flowstone Shuffle) (Blacknor Central)
"Deserves at least a star. Thought the line was actually independent from Actual..." 01/Feb

Hall of Mirrors (The Cuttings)
"awesome line! the jug from under the roof has gone now so the rest is not quite ..." 30/Jan

Pregnant Pause (Blacknor Central)
"Excellent, thanks for the info. I thought it felt more like 6b than 6a+. Must go..." 27/Dec

The Accelerator (Cheyne Wears Area)
"this route has never ever seen 7a, more like 6b" 05/Dec

Pregnant Pause (Blacknor Central)
"Paws for Thought (6b) done May 2007 by Gary Gibson" 26/Nov

Pregnant Pause (Blacknor Central)
"Hi John, I was in portland in august and I climbed PP then and had to question w..." 25/Nov

Southern Soul (The Cuttings)
"i did a direct line up this, from two crimps by the big hole.. up to the lip and..." 25/Oct

Screw the Roses, Send me the Thorns (Blacknor Central)
"Run out easy sections, mar excellent well-protected climbing on the hard bits. M..." 19/Oct

Ausfahrt (Blacknor Central)
"Not difficult, but potentially, dangeour start (nothing new, in Portland), then,..." 18/Oct

Opus (The Cuttings)
"There is currently a wasps nest in the crack so climb with caution." 17/Oct

The Racing Line (Battleship Back Cliff)
"we meet again paul! yer zinc should be first its MEGA!!!!!!" 15/Oct

The Racing Line (Battleship Back Cliff)
"I shall have a play once Z.O.M has been successfully despatched..." 14/Oct

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