Yorkshire's Finest Bouldering Circuit: Widdop

Widdop offers a compact and accessible circuit, with an impressive amount of classics within a small area. It also offers nice, flat landings with a good range of grades on exceptionally high-quality rock. If there was a caveat, it’s that it’s rough rock, really rough, so take your time, move slowly, and watch out for those pebbles - they’re sharp!
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[@jonbarford]

Glad that someone is going head to head with Wedge for quality content - it's about time. But seriously, great videos - loving this series. Went to Curbar after the last one!!

[@ukclimbingofficial]

We absolutely love what Wedge do, so that's high praise indeed - thanks 🙏

[@alzamirano2286]

Nothing better than a winter's day on the grit 😍

[@chrisstaniforth5629]

Loving this series of videos UKC!!! Perfect, cheers.

[@ukclimbingofficial]

Glad you like them!

[@MF-CLIMB]

Ash Head and Guisecliff offer some of the best slightly more esoteric circuits in Yorkshire, highly underrated crags.

[@ukclimbingofficial]

There's so many places we want to film. Hopefully we'll get to do another series sometime soon. I'd love to do Trust again - such a good problem!!

[@MF-CLIMB]

@@ukclimbingofficial yeah trust is superb. A little sparkle is one of the best 7a’s in the country 👀

[@paulnwt]

It's worth a trip to Widdop just for Pool Traverse, it's a great little problem! 👍

[@ukclimbingofficial]

It is isn’t it - tricky few moves to finish!

[@JohnWilson666-zd4uo]

Lovely stuff. You guys should come and check out the circuit up Blackstone edge.

[@buoyanProjects]

Loving these videos really nice stuff!

[@lewproffitt]

Brilliant crag, great video! So keen to get back on fight on black after it tore a hole in my thumb 😅

[@ukclimbingofficial]

It’s such a good problem, but we didn’t have it in us that day. Would have been great to have done it on film.

[@johnmckenna1091]

These videos get me so psyched to go bouldering! Although I'm glad spring is round the corner for slightly warmer temps that it looks like here!

[@MF-CLIMB]

Grit is crap in warm weather though 😅

[@ukclimbingofficial]

John, you’re welcome to come along on another one of our trips providing you promise not to burn us all off again 😂

[@TheMerryDwarf]

@@MF-CLIMBHard disagree - I love bouldering on grit in the summer - it's just not the same as in winter - in summer you can have a cruise round easier things, enjoying the warm. You also get weirdly decent conditions sometimes as the sun goes down, it's class. Winter is for try-hard days where you want to send you're projects or just do condition dependant problems. Summer is for enjoying playing out

[@MF-CLIMB]

@@TheMerryDwarf oh sorry I meant for grip purposes. Sunshine is always best to climb in 💪🏼

[@ukclimbingofficial]

I'm with you on this - I think people can get too particular about it having to be cold. A warm (midge free) summer evening can be a great time to do a circuit, especially if there's a bit of a breeze.

[@stampatron]

All this content is getting me psyched for Dartmoor! Thanks.

[@ukclimbingofficial]

We really wanted to come down to do some filming on Dartmoor, but the weather this winter never provided a window long enough for us to justify the trip. Combeshead/Down Tor is one of my all time favourite circuits anywhere in the world, but that's one of many great circuits - Bonehill, Hound Tor, Saddle Tor, and the Woods would all be great to film/feature. Hopefully we'll get to do it sometime 🤞

[@lukedavies900]

You boys are out here making some of the nicest gritstone content out, this series has been brilliant so far.

[@ukclimbingofficial]

Thanks Luke, we really appreciate the feedback. There’s an upcoming series where we shift the focus to routes, so it’ll be interesting to see how that goes down.

[@st0ttula]

Loving this channel. I grew up in the area and used to boulder at Widdop - it's a great place. Living in Sydney now and watching these videos to reminisce. Bridestones is nearby and maybe even better. What about visiting Bridestones and doing a video some time?

[@jacobrogers7286]

Bridestones isn't in the guide books these days due to degradation. I prefer it though probably and it's a good spot for us locals, catches the sun more in the winter as well and dries super quick

[@leegosling]

Watch out for the ticks in summer. At least one of the buggers is carrying Lyme disease. Got me the little fecker did.

[@ukclimbingofficial]

I hope you’re doing ok, Lymes is a horrible disease. Always worth a timely reminder about ticks as their numbers are definitely on the rise.

[@britinaday]

Lovely stuff, have enjoyed a tussle on all of these apart from I think Umpleby's.

[@ukclimbingofficial]

Umbleby's is quite an exciting one!! The other one we wanted to film was Pebble Wall, but none of us managed to get up it. I reckon that one is a benchmark 6C++++++++ 😅

[@hobi1kenobi112]

I implore everyone that when planning permission goes in in the summer of 2024 to turn the surrounding moors at Widdop (actually the plan comes right down to the reservoir itself) for a giant windfarm to sign up to Calderdale Council's planning portal and object. Or write in. This project is going to be a total blight on this fantastic place.

[@guitardan71]

Must’ve been a different Widdop, I don’t remember it being dry this year

[@ukclimbingofficial]

This winter has been so bad hasnt it?!?

[@jacobrogers7286]

Scout looked bathed in sunshine here though, I've just been heading to bridestones when it's sunny as it dries so quickly. Hopefully this crazy rain will stop one day

[@ukclimbingofficial]

It’s been a bad, bad winter hasn’t it?! 😭

[@richardbradley1532]

I would argue that both Bridestones and Caley have more to offer? 'Tis a great venue though.

[@ukclimbingofficial]

Caley was actually our first choice, but the weather this winter has made it quite tricky, as it's definitely somewhere that benefits from a few days of dry weather - and we haven't had much of that lately!!

[@ElliotLukeB]

I feel very lucky to have enjoyed a day like this up there

[@richardeden2073]

Better still head across the road in the sun Scout crag

[@ukclimbingofficial]

In retrospect that's probably what we should have done. The last time I went to Widdop I went to Scout Crag afterwards and had a great time.