Adjacent Areas
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A superb set of cracks and grooves including the magnificent sustained London Wall, the quality hand-crack of Bond Street and the lovely sustained bridging on Great Portland Street. One of the more sheltered sections of the quarry and often quite busy with good reason.
Route (click for voting and user comments) | Symbols | Grade | |
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Covent Garden Pleasant and mild at the grade, though the final arete is a bit on the airy side.1) 4b, 15m. A long groove leads via a... 8 user comments | 2 Stars | VS 4b |
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Bond Street The near-perfect jamming crack has hard moves to enter and leave the prominent niche. It will swallow all the heavy metal... 14 user comments | 3 Stars | HVS 5a |
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Monopoly A blank wall with a combination of technical climbing and little in the way of protection. The upper section, linking good... 2 user comments | 2 Stars Technical | E7 6b |
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Great Portland Street A tough stopper mantelshelf guards access to the lovely hanging groove. This gives excellent and well-protected bridging. 10 user comments | 3 Stars Technical | HVS 5b |
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White Wall The smooth wall left of the deep corner, linking ancient peg-holes via hard moves. The crux is reaching and passing the... 5 user comments | 3 Stars Technical | E5 6b |
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The Mall The sustained right-angled groove is quite hard at the grade, though protection is excellent. Beware the dusty shelving top. 21 user comments | 3 Stars Graunchy | VS 4c |
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London Wall One of the finest finger-cracks in the country sees many attempts and many failures. The initial leaning fissure is as hard as... 4 user comments | 3 Stars | E5 6a |
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Lambeth Chimney The shallow chimney on the right side of the wall leads to a ledge. Step around the airy arete on the left to enter and finish... 9 user comments | 1 Stars | HS 4b |