Lake District Bouldering is the long-awaited guide to bouldering in the Lake District National Park, written by Greg Chapman, probably the most prolific boulderer in the Lakes and webmaster of LakesBloc.
It features almost 3,000 individually numbered problems and dozens of variations and linkups at over 70 venues. Greg created the LakesBloc website in 2003 with the sole aim of providing the very best online information relating to bouldering in the Lakes and surrounding areas. Lake District Bouldering builds on LakesBloc and brings together this huge amount of information in a comprehensive guidebook for the very first time.
The guide is split into five sections: South-East, South-West, North-East, North-West and South Lakes Limestone. Featured crags include old-school venues such as the Langdale Boulders, the Bowderstone, Woodwell and Armathwaite, recently developed areas such as the Harter Gold Boulders in Dunnerdale and the Stirrup Stones in Wasdale, and nationally significant spots including Carrock Fell, Kentmere and St Bees Head. Each crag features detailed access and approach information, including GPS coordinates for parking and crag grid references, together with conditions information and local knowledge.
Contents:
South Lakes Limestone: Warton Crag, Hyning Wood, Cringlebarrow, Woodwell, Trowbarrow Quarry, Fairy Steps & Shuck’s Lair, Farleton Fell & Newbiggin Crags,Hell Moss, Minor Areas.
South-East: Kentmere, Settle Earth Boulders (Longsleddale), Brant Fell, Langdale Boulders, Chapel Stile Circuit, Little Langdale & Wrynose, Blake Rigg Boulders, Long Crag, Long Scar & Black Crag Boulders, Cold Pike, Virtual Crag, Lad Stones, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Dow Crag Circuit, Minor Areas.
South-West: Humphrey Head, Birkrigg Quarry, Stonestar Boulder, Seathwaite Circuit, Dunnerdale Circuit, Harter Gold Boulders, Horsehow Crags Boulders, Heron Stones, Sampson’s Stones, Miterdale Forest Boulders, Eskdale Fisherground, Mon Boulder, Overbeck Boulder, Stirrup Stones, Minor Areas.
North-West: The Bowderstone, Langstrath Boulders & Cam Crag Boulders, Sour Milk Gill & Gillercombe Boulders, Honister Pass, Ennerdale, St Bees Head: North, Fleswick Bay & South, Minor Areas.
North-East: Gouther Crag, Threshthwaite Cove & Rolling Rock, Thirlmere Boulders, Binka Stone, Swarthbeck Boulders, Carrock Fell, Armathwaite, Minor Areas.
Alongside superb action photography, there are over 700 colour photo topos, plus overview and topo maps. A reference section with Ordnance Survey maps is included for selected mountain crags, and a detailed appendix includes everything you need to plan a visit: tourist information centres, cafes and pubs, campsites and accommodation, gear shops, climbing walls, and useful websites.
By Greg Chapman.
Card cover, 21cm x 15cm, 560 pages.
Published 2019 by Vertebrate Publishing. Reprinted with minor amendments 2024.
ISBN: 978-1-910240-73-1.