Guide Books

Lakes Bouldering: Rockfax

This guide does not cover as many areas as the LakesBloc guides but, as the name suggests, covers most of the popular areas within the Lake District National Park. There are few areas that this guide covers in more detail than LakesBloc, however, it does offer more in depth information for the Langdale Boulders, Brant Fell, the Thirlmere Boulders, Fleswick Bay Crag (although it does not cover the Fleswick Bay boulders) and Gouther Crag.

Published: 2006.

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Eastern Crags: FRCC

This predominantly routes orientated definitive guide, offers a fairly thin selection of problems to the Carrock Fell boulders, as well as slightly better coverage of Badger Rock and the Garburn Pass Boulder of Kentmere.

Published: 2011.

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Lake District Rock: FRCC

This predominantly routes orientated selective guide, offers decent topos and descriptions for the Bowderstone and Langdale Boulders.

Published: 2003.

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Buttermere & St Bees: FRCC

This predominantly routes orientated definitive guide, offers a disappointingly small selection of problems at St. Bees Head - North (Apiary Wall only), as well as most of the excellent, if mainly easier boulder problems along the base (Pass Boulders) of Honister Pass.

Published: 2008.

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Borrowdale: FRCC

This predominantly routes orientated definitive guide, has an extensive, if out of date, section covering the Bowderstone. Worth checking out if only for some of the old school eliminates not recorded in other guides.

Published: 2000.

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Langdale: FRCC

This predominantly routes orientated definitive guide, offers a basic overview topo for the ever popular Langdale Boulders.

Published: 1999.

This guide is now OUT OF PRINT.

Buttermere & Eastern Crags: FRCC

This predominantly routes orientated definitive guide, offers a good selection of problems on Badger Rock (Kentmere). It has been superseded by two newer guides - 'Buttermere & St. Bees' and the imminent 'Eastern Crags' (see above), both by the FRCC.

Published: 1992.

This guide is now OUT OF PRINT.

The Lakes: Rockfax

This predominantly routes orientated select guide centred on much of the more sport orientated climbing in the Lakes. It was one of the first guides to offer a more extensive selection of bouldering, however this still focussed on the traditional venues of Badger Rock (Kentmere), the Langdale Boulders, the Bowderstone.

Published: 1994.

This guide is now OUT OF PRINT.