The Roaches — 14°C, crisp friction, send temps
At the start of my Coast to Coast walk, the depressingly-familiar weather of west Cumbria. Taken with my mobile.

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Sandstone. V0–V8. Session planner, not a topo.

Peer Lawther (CC BY 2.0) · source

40+
Problems
8m
Max height
W
Aspect
Sandstone
Rock

Why go

Sandstone bouldering at St Bees. This is a session-planning record, not a topo — named problems below are a tick-list, not a guidebook reprint.

Access

Check BMC RAD before you travel. Nesting, erosion and landowner notes change. Do not take a forum post as permission. If you do not know, do not guess. BMC Regional Access Database for UK venues.

Getting there

Parking: Use established public parking or signed laybys. Do not block gates, driveways or passing places.

Approach: Follow established paths. Do not cut new lines through heather or crops.

Classics (not a topo)

  • West Cumbria sandstone — a different Lakes day to the fells

Rain day

Lakeland Climbing Centre, Ambleside Adventure

We do not publish problem-level pages. Buy a guidebook. Leave the crag better than you found it.