LANCASHIRE ROCK

This site is a digital copy of the 1997 BMC guidebook to rock climbing in Lancashire

Family Planning Centre

  • 8 - The Coil

    Grade: 6c | First Ascent: -1984
    Rating: 0

    A desperate problem up the thin, right-slanting, intermittent crack in the centre of the wall. Finish up The Pill.

  • 9 - The Pill

    Grade: 5b | First Ascent: -1976
    Rating: 1

    Follow The Family Way to the break, then hand-traverse right for two metres until it is possible to pull over the bulge at an area of crozzly rock.

  • 10 - The Family Way

    Grade: 5a | First Ascent: -1968
    Rating: 0

    The left side of the wall is split by an obvious flake crack. Climb this and the cracks above.

  • 11 - Chastity

    Grade: 4c | First Ascent: -1990
    Rating: 0

    Start just right of and below a conspicuous stump on the face one metre to the left of Family Way. Climb the bulging wall on good, but small, holds past the sapling to reach a good ledge. Continue up the V-groove above.