The Roaches (OS)
Climbing Sections:
- bengal buttress (0)
- blushing buttress (0)
- central massif (0)
- chicken run (0)
- elegy area (3)
- Elegy Slab (1)
- great slab (1)
- Kestrel Buttress (4)
- lower tier far right hand sect (3)
- lower tier left hand section (4)
- main area,upper tier (2)
- mauds garden (0)
- mincer area (0)
- skyline ridge (4)
- upper tier right hand (0)
- valkyrie area (0)
About The Roaches (OS):
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An extremely popular gritstone crag. There is plenty for everyone here...slabs, cracks, roofs and excellent boulder problems. Over 300 routes covering every grade imaginable. There are two tiers, but the bottom one tends to stay wet. Well worth a visit, especially on a warm day. |
| Nearest town or city: | Leek |
| Directions: | OS 119 GR SK 002 629 Alt. 450m 4 miles NNE of Leek. Take A53 for 3 miles to Upper Hulme, turn left past the Rock Inn, and follow the road around past an outcrop (Hen Cloud) to a car park in half a mile. The Roaches are high up on the right after a bit of a walk. The crag beneath the ridge of The Roaches is The Five Clouds. |
| Latitude, Longitude: | 53.16294, -1.99702 |
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| Quantity of Climbs: | Lifetime |
