The Roaches — 14°C, crisp friction, send temps
From Cratcliffe towards Birchover. This area is mainly open farmland with a few small coppices and is shown here from Cratcliffe Tor. Cratcliffe is renowned for good climbing and t

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Cratcliffe

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

Sam Styles (CC BY-SA 2.0) · source

30+
Problems
10m
Max height
S
Aspect
Gritstone
Rock

Why go

Gritstone bouldering at Cratcliffe. 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)

  • Robin Hood’s Stride neighbourhood — grit with a hermit’s cave

Rain day

The Climbing Works, The Peak Climbing Wall, Awesome Walls Stoke

We do not publish problem-level pages.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