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Ilkley (Cow and Calf)

Gritstone. V0–V9. Session planner, not a topo.

Tim Green (CC BY 2.0) · source

60+
Problems
10m
Max height
S
Aspect
Gritstone
Rock

Why go

Gritstone bouldering at Ilkley (Cow and Calf). 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)

  • Cow and Calf plus the moor boulders — a Yorkshire classic venue

Rain day

CityBloc, The Climbing Hangar Leeds, Harrogate Climbing Centre

We do not publish problem-level pages.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