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West Country Climbs - NEW  

by Mark Glaister
Published July 2010
Price - £24.95 - -

West Country Climbs is a major new Rockfax guide to one of the UK’s most celebrated, sunny and diverse climbing regions. The book is fashioned in Rockfax’s award-winning layout and design, and copiously illustrated with action photographs of the climbs and cliffs that reflect the quality and variety of climbing experiences to be had on offer in the UK’s most popular holiday destination - the West Country. Many of these cliffs have never been illustrated so clearly before and this book has some of the best crag photographs ever taken.

The book covers around 900 of the West Country’s most popular and highest calibre climbs, which span the full spectrum of climbing styles and grades; from committing multi-pitch sea cliff routes, to easy-going inland sport climbs. The rock ranges from the moorland and sea cliff granites of Dartmoor and West Penwith, through the geological weirdness of North Devon and Cornwall, to the multitude of limestone’s on parade in Devon, Somerset, Avon and Dorset.

West Country Climbs is an essential reference book to the climbing available in the region. The guidebook appeals to the holidaying or regular visitor to the West Country whilst also offering a vast amount of up-to-date and inspirational coverage for the local climber.

Format - The book is A5 in size and produced in the same style and layout of the award-winning Lofoten and Western Grit books.

Crags Included

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

North Devon and the Culm Coast
Baggy Point, Lundy (introduction only), Blackchurch, Smoothlands, Dyer's Lookout, Screda Point, Speke's Mill Mouth, Gull Rock, Cornakey Cliff, Vicarage Cliff, Oldwalls' Point, Lower Sharpnose, Compass Point

Inland Cornwall
Cheesewring Quarry, The Devil's Jump, Roche Rock

The Atlantic Coast
Tintagel, Doyden Point, Pentire Head, Carn Gowla

West Penwith
Zennor Cliff, Gurnard's Head, Carn Gloose, Robin's Rocks, Bosigran, Great Zawn and Bosigran Ridge ( - free sample chapter download), Kenidjack, Sennen, Land's End, Pordenack Point, Carn Les Boel, Zawn Kellys, Carn Barra, Fox Promontory, Chair Ladder, Porthgwarra, Hella Point, Vessacks West, St. Levan's Wall, Cribba Head, St. Loy, Tater Du

The Lizard
Trewavas Head, Coastguard Cliff, Pen Olver, Bass Point

Inland Devon and Dartmoor
Chudleigh, Torbryan Quarry, Haytor, Hound Tor, Bench Tor, Sheeps Tor, The Dewerstone

Torbay
Berry Head, Daddyhole, Anstey's Cove, Long Quarry Point

Dorset
Portland, Swanage (selected routes only at these two large destinations)

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Great Zawn NEW   by Mark Glaister Published - June 2010 (version 1.00) Price - FREE - A sample chapter from West Country Climbs which covers the classic route Bosigran Ridge and the atmospheric Great Zawn. -

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Dorset   by Pete Oxley and Mark Glaister Published - July 2005 Price - £19.95 - - A superb and very popular guide covering all the best sport and trad routes from Portland and Swanage, plus deep water soloing and bouldering. Includes a bonus Devon Sport section. - -

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