A55 Sport Climbs

These 18 sport climbing crags are, with the one exception of Tyddyn Hywel, situated between junctions 16 and 31 on the A55 and a short hop from the expressway. They are only one and a half hours from Manchester and three quarters of an hour by car from Llanberis and Gogarth. Easy route finding, technical climbing, and bolted routes maes for a fun day out. It’s a great way to bag a few routes on the way back from Anglesey or Snowdonia or enjoy a full day of varied and fun climbing with short walk-ins.

The new third edition features 157 new routes, 6 new crags and 8 new sectors. All 437 routes (from F2 to F8c, including a handful of trad) are accessible single pitch sport venues with varied aspects and are either situated a short walk from car parking or are accessible by rail and bike.

Author Biography

Michael Doyle was born in 1950 abn brough up in Newcastle-on-Tyne. He jooined the RAF aged 18 and spent the next 7 and a half years in the air force, latterly in North Wales at RAF Sealand. He discovered climbing during a chance posting to RAF Waddington near Lincoln in 1969 and spent much of the next decade climbing, including the great classics such as Cenotaph Corner and Diagonal. Although much of his climbing was in North Wales, he also made expeditions to the Alps witht eh RAF – to Kenya and South America. After a break of several years he returned to climbing, discovering a passion for sport climbing that took him, amongst other places, to Portland, France, Spain, Kalymnos and Italy.