British Mountaineering Council
At Up and Under in Cardiff, UK, we stock a selected range of BMC climbing guidebooks, including Lancashire Rock, Peak Limestone South, and Eastern Gritstone. These essential titles are perfect for climbers seeking the most accurate and up-to-date information on routes across England and Wales.
The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) is the national representative body for climbers, hill walkers, mountaineers, and ski mountaineers in England and Wales. With over 85,000 members, the BMC champions sustainable access, promotes safety and skills, and publishes some of the most trusted climbing literature in the UK.
Explore our selection of BMC guidebooks and take your climbing adventures to new heights with reliable, expert-backed route information, whether you're scaling gritstone edges or limestone cliffs.
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Peak Limestone South
British Mountaineering Council Peak Limestone South is a blockbuster of a book that brings to life the magnificent crags of the south Peak. Sport climbing, trad climbing, bouldering, quarries, tors and caves run through its pages endlessly. Crags you know, crags you don’t; old friends and new discoveries; mighty cliffs and mini craglets.
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Lancashire Rock
British Mountaineering Council's Lancashire Rock guidebook is the 2016 edition of the definitive guide from the BMC, it covers all the routes across Lancashire in one volume. There are 3200 routes in total, ranging from Mod to E9 across 95 different crags throughout the county.
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Eastern Edges North: Burbage Millstone & Beyond - The Definitive Gritstone Guide
The definitive gritstone guide book that covers the best areas of the Peak District and has a wide range of grades and venues.
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Stanage: The Definitive Guide - All The Routes All The Bouldering
The perfect guidebook for bouldering and trad climbing in the Peak District. Features the classic climbs in the area such as Brad Pitt and Crescent Arete. These will lead even the most jaded Stanage devotee to areas and problems they have never seen before, giving unique and tiring days out.
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Cheshire & Merseyside Sandstone
The crags, quarries and bluffs of Cheshire and Merseyside sandstone have a charm and beautiful variety all their own. From the heights of Helsby to the pits of Pex, from Frogsmouth sport to Frodsham solos, it's all here.
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Eastern Gritstone: Froggatt to Black Rocks - The Definitive Guide
Rock Climbing Guide- Froggatt to Black Rocks, England Peak District. The stretch from Curbar and Froggart in the north to the black rocks in the south, is a fantastic selection of varied gritstone rock.
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Staffordshire Gritstone: The Roaches - The Definitive Guide
Paperback. A 2009 edition of the rock climbing and bouldering guidebook on Staffordshire grit. It covers the Roaches; Hen Cloud; Ramshaw Rocks; Newstones to Black Forest; the Churnet; and outlying crags.