South Wales

From the Brecon Beacons through The Valleys and onto the Coast, this guide contains 1500 of the best routes in South Wales. With Limestone escarpments overlooking the mountains, hidden Sandstone quarries for your first steps climbing outside or projecting hard classics, and sea cliffs offering either a big adventure or pleasant day out, it's hard to beat the variety of climbing on offer. Featuring trad routes from Diff. to E6, sport routes from to F4 to F8a+, bouldering and Deep Water Solos, all made easy to find with topos & maps and packed full of inspirational photos throughout. This is a guidebook like no other, a hybrid guide that combines the convenience of a select book with the completeness of a comprehensive guide. We've tucked into these pages the best climbing this area has to offer, with links to the South Wales Climbing Wiki (swcw.org.uk) that records everything else that's been climbed. This means no more compromises on book size or information volume and when new routes get put up and old ones fall down, the Wiki will keep you up to date and in the know. 312 pages language english edition 2020 M. Woodfield, A. Rosier, R. Thomas, T. Hoddy Climbers Club

South Wales Sport Climbs covers the multitude of venues south of the Brecon Beacons, spanning the land and sea cliffs from the River Wye on the Welsh border to Pembrokeshire in the west. The climbing is easily split into four main areas - Valleys Sandstone, Gower, the inland and coastal limestone crags and Camarthenshire?s sea cliffs. This book will be the first book to bring together all these various crags into a single edition with many never having been covered in print before.Areas Covered;Carmarthenshire - Telpyn Point, Morfa Bychan, PendineGower - Rhossili Beach, Trial Wall Area, Rams Grove to Fetlock Zawn, Port Eynon, Oxwich in the Woods, Utopia Area, Watch House, Foxhole, Minchin Hole, Bowen's Parlour Area, Bosco's Gulch Area, Pwlldu Bay, Rams Tor, Barland Quarry.Inland and Coastal Limestone - Dinas Rock, Darren Fawr, Taffs Well, Taffs Well West, Gilwern East, Gilwern West, Witches Point, Temple Bay, Castle Upon Alun, Costa del Major.Valleys Sandstone - Craig Cwm, Dyffryn, Abbey Buttress, Pen Pych, Space Mountain, Treherbert Quarry, Gelli, Ferndale, Blaenllechau, Dan Dicks, Trebanog, Glynfach, Trehafod, The Darren, Cwmaman, Mountain Ash, Mount Pleasant, The Gap, Navigation Quarry, Abertysswg, Deri, Bargoed, Ridgeway, Llanbradach, Tyle y Coch, Sirhowy, Cox's Quarry, Cross Keys Quarry, Cwmcarn, Tirpentwys. 512 pages language english edition 2024 M. Glaister, R. Thomas, G. Ashmore, G. Gibson Rockfax - Warning: Increased shipping costs due to book weighing more than 1kg -

South Wales Sport covers the area to the south of the Brecon Beacons, spanning the land and sea cliffs from the River Wye on the Welsh border to Pembrokeshire in the west. The area is home to a wealth of sport climbing on a multitude of venues ranging from small inland quarries to extensive limestone sea cliffs. The climbing is easily split into four main areas - Valleys Sandstone, Gower, the inland and coastal limestone crags, and Carmarthenshire's sea cliffs. The variation in climbing on offer is remarkable for such a compact area and access is easy. This guidebook from Rockfax is the first to bring together these various crags into a single edition with many never having been properly covered in print before. Indeed, many of the crags are new, reflecting the increasing popularity of sport climbing. The book is illustrated with a large number of superb action photos and the latest full colour topos as well as up-to-date information on where to stay, eat, drink and relax. - Carmarthenshire - Telpyn Point, Morfa Bychan, Pendine - Gower - Rhossili Area, Third Sister to Paviland, Oxwich, Southgate Area, East and Inland Gower - Inland and Coastal Limestone - Dinas Rock, Taffs Well, Taffs Well West, Gilwern, Witches Point, Temple Bay, Castle Upon Alun - Valleys Sandstone - Treherbert, Gelli, Ton Pentre, Trebanog, Ferndale, Blaenllechau, Dan Dicks, Trehafod, Glynfach, Coed Ely, Cwmaman, Mountain Ash, The Gap,   Navigation Quarry, The Darren, Deri, Bargoed, Llanbradach, Tirpentwys, Crymlyn Quarry, Tyle y Coch, Sirhowy, Dyffryn, Abbey Buttress 384 pages language english edition 2016 M. Glaister, R. Thomas, G. Ashmore, G. Gibson Rockfax