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At Up and Under in Cardiff, UK, we stock a wide range of Climbers' Club guidebooks, covering top climbing destinations across England and Wales. Whether you're planning a trip to Pembroke, Eryri (Snowdonia), the Peak District, or the South West, these authoritative guides are essential for any serious climber.

The Climbers' Club is the UK’s leading publisher of definitive climbing guidebooks, with over 26 detailed titles in print. Known for their clear route descriptions, high-quality maps, topos, and inspirational photography, these compact, field-ready books offer reliable, trusted information for climbers of all levels. In addition to publishing, the Climbers’ Club also supports the climbing community with eight well-maintained climbing huts in iconic locations across the UK and continues to promote access, safety, and traditional climbing values.

Why Choose Climbers’ Club Guidebooks?
Definitive coverage of major UK climbing areas
Detailed, accurate route information by local experts
Pocket-sized and durable for use on the crag
Historically significant, producing guides since 1909

Stop by Up and Under to browse our full range of Climbers’ Club guidebooks and get expert advice on choosing the right one for your next climbing trip, or order online with fast UK delivery.

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Pen Llyn

The Climbers Club Pen Llyn guidebook offers stunning photography, detailed maps, accurate topos, and comprehensive route descriptions, making it easy to use and ensuring an accessible climbing experience. With nearly 700 routes, Pen Llyn provides unmatched variety: from granite outcrops and towering sea cliffs to the impressive walls of Cilan Head and Craig Dorys, suntrap zawns of Trwyn Maen Melyn, and the quarries of Tyyn Tywyn. Featuring both new trad and sport climbs, there's something for everyone.

£27.50 inc. VAT £26.75 inc. VAT

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Culm & Baggy

Climbers Club Culm & Baggy is an extensively researched guide that's been put together by local activists with many years of rock climbing experience in the region. The book features detailed phototopos and some fine action shots. The best of the boulder problems in the area are included.

£30.00 inc. VAT £29.18 inc. VAT

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Moelwynion

A Climbers’ Club guide to Moelwynion, Cwm Lledr, Cwm Teigl, The Migneint and Town Crags around Blaenau Ffestiniog & Tanygrisiau. A comprehensive guide to rock climbing on the cliffs and crags surrounding Blaenau Ffestiniog and Dolwyddelan, this new guidebook showcases an often overlooked area of Snowdonia.

£25.00 inc. VAT £24.31 inc. VAT

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South Wales Rock

From the Brecon Beacons through The Valleys and onto the Coast by Matt Woodfield, Alan Rosier, Roy Thomas and Tim Hoddy - This guide contains 1500 of the best routes in South Wales. With Limestone escarpments overlooking the mountains, hidden Sandstone quarries for your first steps climbing outside or projecting hard classics, and sea cliffs offering either a big adventure or pleasant day out, it’s hard to beat the variety of climbing on offer.

£30.00 inc. VAT £29.18 inc. VAT

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Pembroke Range West (Vol 2) Milford Haven to Perimeter Bays

Pembroke Range West – volume 2 – is the last in the definitive series (but by Range West devotees is not viewed as the least). As the name suggests it covers the part of Castlemartin Range extending westwards from Stack Rocks car park.

£10.00 inc. VAT £9.73 inc. VAT

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Ogwen

A very thorough reassessment of the climbing on the south side of the A5, based around the ever-popular Tryfan and Cwm Idwal areas, including some 140 new routes climbed since the last guide, and many ‘rediscovered’ older climbs. The new routes are at all grades and on both old and new crags.

£25.00 inc. VAT £24.31 inc. VAT

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Llanberis

The guide contains descriptions of the most popular bouldering areas in the Pass written by local bouldering guru Simon Panton, and illustrated by 14 of his own photo topos and a number of action photos.

£25.00 inc. VAT £24.31 inc. VAT

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Pembroke Range East (Vol 3) Stack Rocks to Hollow Caves Bay

From the sombre cliffs and stacks near the Green Bridge of Wales via the imposing Mewsford Point all the way to Hollow Caves Bay this guidebook has it all. The sunny and open Crystal Slabs and Crickmail Point; the serious cliffs of the Stack Rocks area and the Cauldron, the variety of the Castle with routes from VD to E7 and, if you want to get your kit off, there’s even some DWS.

£10.00 inc. VAT £9.73 inc. VAT

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Pembroke Range East (Vol 4) Saddle Head to St Govan's

Over 1,000 routes between VD and E10 all within 15 minutes flat walk of the car park, what more could you want? Within its covers this guidebook includes the stupendous cleft of Huntsman’s Leap, the stunning west wall of Stennis Ford and the more amenable Saddle Head and Stennis Head.

£10.00 inc. VAT £9.73 inc. VAT

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Pembroke Range East (Vol 5) Stackpole & Lydstep

The new Pembroke Stackpole / Lydstep describes over 1100 routes over a fifteen mile stretch of the Pembrokeshire coastline – idyllic coves separated by picturesque beaches characterise much of the climbing in this area.

£10.00 inc. VAT £9.73 inc. VAT

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Pembroke North (Vol 1) Cardigan Bay to Milford Haven

Pembroke North – volume 1 – but fourth to appear – covers the area from Ceredigeon in the north (slightly outside the county!) to Milford Haven. The variety and quality of the climbing on offer beautifully compliments the stunning scenery. Traditional climbing remains the main focus with the classic crags, Carey-y-Barcud, Porthclais, and Caerfai rightly taking pride of place, although St David’s Head is now given the prominence it deserves.

£10.00 inc. VAT £9.73 inc. VAT

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South Devon

Climbing guide for South Devon- Torbryan, Plymouth, Exmoor and Inland crags. South Devon has a plethora of climbing crags, from Exmoor down to Plymouth with many more crags in between! The rock varies from granite to limestone, from bouldering and trad to sport and deep water soloing, it has it all! This book includes details of 74 crags and over 1,800 routes including many recent developments developments.

£30.00 inc. VAT £29.18 inc. VAT

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Cornwall: Chair Ladder, the South Coast and The Lizard - Climbers' Club Guides to West Cornwall Volu

The is the second instalment of the Climbers Club Cornwall and covers areas including the Chair Ladder, the South Coast and The Lizard. The area has been extensively researched by local activists with years of rock climbing experience of the coat of West Cornwall. The guidebook includes 2000 routes at all grades, plus detailed maps and access information.

£30.00 inc. VAT £29.18 inc. VAT

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Cornwall: Bosigran and the North Coast - Climbers' Club Guides to West Cornwall Volume 1

The definitive guidebook for the North Coast of West Cornwall, including Land's End, Sennen and Bosigran. The area has been extensively researched by local activists with decades of climbing experience in the region and the book has been thoroughly revised for the latest edition.

£25.00 inc. VAT £24.31 inc. VAT

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Avon Gorge

The definitive guidebook for the Avon Gorge area, including Leigh Woods Nature Reserve and suspension Bridge Area. This guidebook is a great asset to anyone looking to get on the rock just West of Bristol. This book covers all areas in the Leigh Woods Nature Reserve and along the East wall of the gorge from the suspension bridge area to the sea walls.

£27.50 inc. VAT £27.27 inc. VAT

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Dartmoor

This rock climbing and bouldering guide to Dartmoor covers the granite boulders in the South West of England. Descriptive guide to the classic routes! The eagerly anticipated new definitive Dartmoor guide is packed with tongue-in-cheek Devonian wit and banter plus some 600 routes and 1200 boulder problems with full photos. These are partnered with stunning action shots showcasing this unique and fantastic area at its finest.

£27.50 inc. VAT £26.75 inc. VAT

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South West Climbs: Vol 2 - Devon, Cornwall, The Granite Isles

The second edition of rock climbing in the South West of England. he second volume covers the Granite of West Penwith, Dartmoor, the Channel Islands and Lundy - The guide also covers the North Cornish and North Devon coasts.

£25.00 inc. VAT £22.74 inc. VAT

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Clogwyn Du'r Arddu

A fully researched and rewritten full colour guidebook to this most hallowed of cliffs. Instead of the usual Historical, the extended Ascents Anthology has been expanded further with historical commentary by the author and numerous quotes and opinions on the routes from a number of Cloggy enthusiasts.

£15.00 inc. VAT £14.59 inc. VAT

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West Cornwall Chair Ladder & Bosigran

Climbing Guide for the area West Cornwall, Chair Ladder and Bosigran. Highlighting the best trad areas and venues to climb at in the area. This guide gives updated descriptions for the cliffs previously covered by the CC's Bosigran and Chair Ladder guidebooks as well as the crags of the Lizard Peninsula. It thus provides complete coverage to the climbing in this popular holiday area.

£20.00 inc. VAT £19.45 inc. VAT

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Tremadog

The new definitive Tremadog guidebook is a complete modern revision incorporating a number of new and colourful aids to help climbers select their climbing adventures. All this bringing new life to this important, popular, and exciting area within one of the world’s best traditional climbing venues – Snowdonia.

£25.00 inc. VAT £24.31 inc. VAT

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South West Climbs: Vol 1 - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset

For this edition, the climbs of the South West have been split into two volumes; this, the first, covering areas close to centres of population such as the Avon Gorge, Wye Valley. and Dorset.

£25.00 inc. VAT £22.74 inc. VAT

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Cwm Silyn & Cwellyn & Eifionydd

This book covers a large area west of Snowdon, including Llechog, Castell Cidwm, Craig y Bera, Cwm Silyn, Cwm Pennant, and Moel Hebog. Climbs range from Diffs that can be climbed in boots and take you to summit ridges to the more recent mega-routes of Pat Littlejohn and others on Cidwm and Craig y Bera.

£15.00 inc. VAT £14.59 inc. VAT

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Lliwedd

Once regarded as one of the most important cliffs in North Wales, Lliwedd has in more recent times languished well down the list of “must visit” crags. However a wave of exploration in the 1990s not repeated since the early part of the 20th Century now means that the cliff can boast modern climbs up to E4. The early history of climbing on Lliwedd is inextricably linked with some of the best climbers of their age (The Abraham brothers, Mallory,Winthrop Young) and with the early history of the Climbers’ Club.

£12.50 inc. VAT £12.16 inc. VAT

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Lundy

A fantastic, well researched and beautifully illustrated guidebook to the unique granite playground of Lundy Island, situated in the Bristol Channel.

£25.00 inc. VAT £24.31 inc. VAT

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North Devon & Cornwall

Perfect gift for any local Rock Climber, or if you want to visit the area. The long-awaited successor to Iain Peters’s 1988 guide (out of print since April 1996) was published in June 2000. This covers the popular and mainly conventional climbing at Baggy Point, the adventurous and far from conventional climbing on the Culm Coast (inc. Lower Sharpnose), and the serious adventure climbing on the Atlantic Coast of Cornwall (inc. Tintagel, Pentire, and Carn Gowla).

£17.50 inc. VAT £17.02 inc. VAT

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Southern Sandstone and the Sea Cliffs of South-East England

The guide comprehensively covers all the popular areas including Harrison's Rocks, High Rocks and Bowles Rocks and some very exoteric chalk climbing!

£22.50 inc. VAT £21.88 inc. VAT

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Symonds Yat

Definitive collection of books for anyone trad or sport climbing in the Forest of Dean or Wye Valley

£20.00 inc. VAT £19.45 inc. VAT

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The Sandstone Outcrops of the Forest of Dean

One of three 'Climbers Club' guides to the Wye Valley area - this volume, written by Martin Crocker, describes the short “grit-like” sandstone boulders / cliffs that abound in the area. The 'Forest of Dean' experience is one of soft, leafy and shady surrounds where the heady mix of grit-like solo-bouldering of up to 10m has great appeal particularly for those who can't face or are unwilling to travel the 160 miles or so to the Peak.

£12.50 inc. VAT £12.16 inc. VAT

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Lower Wye Valley

A guide covering the mass amounts of climbing just north of Chepstow. The 432 pages are printed in full colour throughout in the new Climbers' Club guidebook design, and the book is generously illustrated with maps, photodiagrams, and a wide selection of action photos.

£25.00 inc. VAT £24.31 inc. VAT

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Portland - The Definitive Guidebook

The Climbers Club continue with their impressive publication schedule with this new guide to Portland containing a mixture of pure sport routes, some great trad climbing and loads of bouldering.

£20.00 inc. VAT £19.45 inc. VAT