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Northern Limestone  

by Alan James, Mark Glaister and Chris Craggs
Published July 2004
Price - £19.95 - -

Northern Limestone is the most comprehensive guide ever published to limestone in England – weighing in at 384 pages and covering every major limestone crag between Dove Dale in the south, and Chapel Head Scar in the north. With over 2500 routes described in detail, this book will keep any ardent climber busy for years. The format is the similar to that used in the well-received Peak Gritstone East and the Western Grit volumes.

The Peak section gives trad routes and sport routes equal coverage with locations like Harpur Hill and Horseshoe quarries sitting alongside places like Aldery Cliff, High Tor, Harborough Rocks and Beeston Tor. In Yorkshire and Cumbria the emphasis is more on sport routes although plenty of trad routes are also included at the crags covered.

384 Pages 41 Crags 2500+ Routes Full colour throughout

Format - Wherever possible a new set of high quality digital photographs has been produced, and where this has proved impossible, detailed full-colour topos have been used. Factor in all the feedback from the databases we have used and the 50+ dramatic action photographs and this book should set the standard for some years to come.

Crags included

Links take you to the correct section of the Rockfax Route Database.

Peak Limestone - Stoney Middleton, Horseshoe Quarry, Harpur Hill, Staden Quarry, Chee Dale Upper, Chee Dale Lower, Raven Tor, Water-cum-Jolly, Ravensdale, Taddington, Rhienstor, Aldery Cliff, Wolfscote Dale, Thor's Cave, Beeston Tor, Dove Dale, Harborough Rocks, Halldale Quarry, Pic Tor, High Tor, Wild Cat, Willersley.

Yorkshire Limestone - Trollers Gill, Loup Scar, Dib Scar, Kilnsey, Blue Scar, Yew Cogar, Malham, Gordale, Attermire, Giggleswick South, Giggleswick North, Robin Proctor's Scar, Trow Gill.

South Lakes Limestone - Scout Scar, Chapel Head Scar, Millside Scar, Humphrey Head, Trowbarrow.

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ASSOCIATED PUBLICATIONS

Peak Lime Extra   by Alan James and Chris Craggs Published - July 2004 (version 1.10) Price - FREE - This small MiniGuide is intended to supplement the coverage given by the Northern Limestone Rockfax. It contains 8 crags from the Peak Area which didn't quite make the cut for inclusion in the printed guidebook, however they do contain some worthwhile climbing. - -

Peak Limestone   by Alan James Published - August 1992 The third ever ROCKFAX which covered Peak District limestone, an area which was sadly neglected by both climbers and guidebook writers duing the 90s (perhaps these two facts are connected?). Now updated and covered in Northern Limestone. - -

Yorkshire Limestone   by Mick Ryan, Ben Walker and Greg Rimmer Published - January 1990 The opening publication from ROCKFAX was to the fast-developing area of Yorkshire Limestone and featured photo-topos, very basic descriptions and was the guidebook that broke the mould for British guidebooks. It was briefly updated in 1993 with an orange Yorkshire Limestone topo-card by Alan James and Mick Ryan. Now updated and covered in Northern Limestone. - -

The Lakes   by Andy Hyslop and Paul Cornforth Published - August 1994 Price - £6.95 - - A varied guidebook covering the accessible sport and traditional climbing in the Lakes. The Limestone section has now been superseded by Northern Limestone. -