Rockfax - Northern Limestone

by Alan James, Mark Glaister and Chris Craggs

Published July 2004

Northern Limestone is the most comprehensive guide ever published to limestone in England – weighing in at 384 pages and covering every major limestone crag between Dove Dale in the south, and Chapel Head Scar in the north.
With over 2500 routes described in detail, this book will keep any ardent climber busy for years.
The format is the similar to that used in the well-received Peak Gritstone East and the Western Grit volumes.

The Peak section gives trad routes and sport routes equal coverage with locations like Harpur Hill and Horseshoe quarries sitting alongside places like Aldery Cliff, High Tor, Harborough Rocks and Beeston Tor. In Yorkshire and Cumbria the emphasis is more on sport routes although plenty of trad routes are also included at the crags covered.

Wherever possible a new set of high quality digital photographs has been produced, and where this has proved impossible, detailed full-colour topos have been used. Factor in all the feedback from the databases we have used and the 50+ dramatic action photographs and this book should set the standard for some years to come.

Crags included:
Peak Limestone - Stoney Middleton, Horseshoe Quarry, Harpur Hill, Staden Quarry, Chee Dale Upper, Chee Dale Lower, Raven Tor, Water-cum-Jolly, Ravensdale, Taddington, Rhienstor, Aldery Cliff, Wolfscote Dale, Thor's Cave, Beeston Tor, Dove Dale, Harborough Rocks, Halldale Quarry, Pic Tor, High Tor, Wild Cat, Willersley.
Yorkshire Limestone - Trollers Gill, Loup Scar, Dib Scar, Kilnsey, Blue Scar, Yew Cogar, Malham, Gordale, Attermire, Giggleswick South, Giggleswick North, Robin Proctor's Scar, Trow Gill.
South Lakes Limestone - Scout Scar, Chapel Head Scar, Millside Scar, Humphrey Head, Trowbarrow.

+ 384 Pages
+ 41 Crags
+ 2500+ Routes
+ Full colour throughout