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Climbing

Lancashire has more than 6,600 rock-climbing routes - making it a popular destination for climbers.

Follow the footsteps of many rock stars, by choosing your location and climbing to your own limits, at a grade to suit you. Lancashire is the place for real adventure climbing.

A sample of Lancashire's climbing opportunities....

Wilton One
Grid ref: SD 699134 (Landranger Map 109).
Rocktype: Grit (quarried).
Routes: 210, traditional (D-E7).

Trowbarrow, Silverdale
Grid Ref: SD 481758 (Landranger Map 97).
Rocktype: Limestone.
Routes: 115, traditional (D-E6).

Hoghton Crag, West Pennine Moors
Grid Ref: SD 626265 (Landranger Maps 103, 102).
Rocktype: Gritstone.
Routes: 100, traditional (VD-E6).