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General Climbing (note: some of the Equipment Manufacturers also have smart "general climbing" sites!)

UK Regional A tour of related sites (including climbing walls)

Bouldering

General climbing

The BMC Useful. Information on access, insurance and other stuff. Also sells guidebooks.
chriscraggs From the guidebook writer. Updates from various areas - Majorca, Andalusia, Costa Blanca, Gritstone - and he sells his guides to these areas. Also has a photo gallery. A useful "pointer" when researching areas for holidays.
The Climbers' Club A useful site with guidebook info., tide timetables, news and more.
Cordee Guides The book/video distributors.
Coron.Com Swedish based site with topos for many of Europes climbing areas.
CLIMB GUIDE UK General UK guide. Lots of stuff.
CragX A magazine style site which looks quite nice and works. As with most magazines the quality of articles is variable. A new "issue" is out monthly (I think!).
8a.nu A top site for hard climbers (or aspiring hard climbers!).
Freak Climbing A good general site with up--to-date news and more...
www.huberbuam.de An interesting promotional site on the Huber Brothers' extremely impressive efforts around the globe.
Johnny Dawes An interesting site from the man who brought us E8 and E9; Mr.Dawes now gives performance coaching and here is the place to find further details.
John Dunne Flash site from the man! Professional
Jon Read's Webpages An interesting hard grit section, with essential details of many of the top grit routes.
Mountaindays ...rock climbing, mountaineering and hill walking in the UK and beyond. Includes news, weather, gear, routes, gallery, and more!
Planet Fear Climbing Developed by Shane Ohly and Adrian Berry ("Narrow Cast Media") this site is associated with OTE and High magazines. A good site which is run professionally. Very good for news reports and competition results.
Planet Mountain Very useful, interesting and diverse site! Lots of stuff. Italian with English version.
ROCKFAX Climbing Guidebooks Another useful site with details of Rockfax Guides, news, chatroom type thing.
Serious Clowning An insight into one of the country's most interesting and impressive climbers, John Redhead.
Slackjaw film From the folks who brought us The Hard Grit Video. Interesing info. on new films and esoteric other bits.
Simon's Climbing Website! Quite a lot of stuff. Well worth a look.
Sports Climbs Information on numerous bolted areas around the UK.
UKClimbing.com The busiest UK site(?), with an extremely popular forum/message board. A major site with lots of attractions.

Rock Climbing 4 U A useful resource with all sorts of info.
Google Web Directory - Recreation > Climbing A very useful directory for further searches
World Outdoor Web Some news and a useful way to get to find info. on other outdoor activities

General Other
The Brickyard Forums which could be interesting and useful to Volkswagen Van / Campervan owners or aspirant owners! Don't buy a VW T5 without having a look here first to find about common problems and faults!

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South West (and Jersey!)

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Rock Climbing around North Cornwall The bulk of information on Lee Bartrop's site has now been absorbed into javu.
The Climbers' Club An essential site for those coming to the South West as it contains TIDE TIMETABLE
Undercover Rock The well-known Bristol wall has a sometimes interesting website.
Exeter University Climbing Club A useful site by the boys! Exeter Uni news, ther local stuff and further afield!
Mendip Climbing New route info and much more from for the Mendip area
South Devon Mountaineering Club
www.christine-preis.de Some Cornish climbing shots and more can be found here...
Jersey Climbs Climbing in Jersey (... funnily enough!)
Blocs Penwith Andy Whall's site on bouldering in Cornwall - handy topos, videos, news...useful (even if it the Bosworlas topo doesn't include my problem Dreckly!!). (This has evolved from http://blocspenwith.blogspot.com)
X Boulders Some photos (mostly of the "notorious" Dave BIGGS) and stuff of bouldering in West Penwith showing more recent developments and some hard problems.

The Barn Climbing Wall Info on Simon Youngs Bude wall. Hold regular bouldering comps...
Simon's Climbing wesbite! Has some info on Cornwall.
Moorland Rambler Bit's and bob's on the popular Exeter shop!!
The Mill Adventure Centre Devon's premier climbing wall.
DartRock A potential new wall in Buckfastleigh, Devon. Keep checking to see how the wall's progressing.

other

iapetus An attractive website with some interesting bits and bobs. Well worth a look.
DartCom Webcam Positioned near Princetown this is useful see what the weather's doing on Dartmoor. The dartcom website also has very detailed weather conditions data, incluiding things like humidity and wind directions, so you can suss out what bouldering/route conditions are likely to be like!
BBC Webcams See what the weather is really like at different locations.
Lundy Island The place to go to find out about accommodation and how to get to this magic venue
Discovering Dartmoor Useful for those who don't know the area and need general information. Includes details on pubs, restaurants, accommodation etc.
Dartmoor and West Devon Some useful bits and bobs on accommodation, pubs, restaurants. They also have details of Military Firing Times on Dartmoor.
www.dartmoor-guide.co.uk Is the Dartmoor Tourist Association Website - some stuff on accommodation.
Safetech IRATA rope access courses run in the South West from Bude and Gloucester
Kayaks and Paddles A Plymouth based shop. They specialise in canoeing/kayaking but also stock a range of climbing gear.

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The South
Dorset Climbing.com
Southern Sandstone
The Climbers' Club The link here is for the TIDE TIMETABLE
Mile End Climbing Wall Friendly London Climbing Wall.
The Castle London Climbing Wall.
Evolution Climbing Wall Crowborough, East Sussex

London Buildering Climbing man-made features in the capital!

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The Midlands
West Midlands Rock Doug Kerr's website has details from the now out-of-print guide. Includes supplement guides in PDF format.

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The North
Jon Read's Webpages An essential visit if you're interested in The Peak. Contains good info. on Hard Grit routes.
The Edge Climbing Centre
The Leeds Wall
Northern Rock Facts/Smart Boys Online A good and useful site!
Megagrip Has a lot of new route information, particularly to bolted quarries in The Peak District. Also contains stuff on associated activities (mountain biking, walking and running)

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Wales
The beacon Climbing Centre
The Climbers' Club - The leading UK rock climbing and mountaineering club
Welsh International Climbing Centre
Pete's Eats North Wales new routes can be found here!
Terry Taylors Southern Snowdonia Site! Has some useful bouldering info and much more...

North Wales Bouldering Simon Panton's site. Must visit for those into bouldering!

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The Lake District
Needle Sports Lakes info and online shop
Fell and Rock Climbing Club (FRCC)
Kendal Climbing Wall
Lakesbloc Lakes/South Lakes Bouldering.

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Scotland
Scottish Climbing Archive - Climbing in Scotland

Scottish Climbs A good site with lots of scottish info. Guides, new routes, message boards etc
The Mountaineering Council of Scotland
Orcadian Sea-stacks Useful if you're planning a trip sea stack bagging!
Wild West Topos Wester Ross site. Some new route info. etc also sell topos.

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Ireland
Irish Climbing On-line Homepage
MCI - The Mountaineering Council of Ireland
TheShortSpan Dave Flanagan's site on Bouldering in Ireland.

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Europe

Sardinia
Sardinia Climbing Useful information on this excellent island.
More Sardinia Stuff Useful resource.

Appartments in Cala Gonone A range of excellent and comfortable appartments with an English speaking contact. Recommended.

France
SOeScalade Le cordonnier des falaises
Bleau.Direttissima.com: Bouldering in Fontainebleau Very good looking with useful stuff! A must visit for those into Fontainebleau (or just bouldering in general).
CosiRock
Annotabloc A useful site about a smart-looking sandstone bouldering venue near Verdon. French.
Climb France A range of professional guiding/courses from some top UK climbers!
Climbing in the Pyrenees

Sweden
The Swedish climbing site
Kjugekull Bouldering

German
Climber Portal German portal site. Very extensive list of links. Available in English.

Spain
Costa Blanca Climbing
Finca Los Llanos Self catering holiday cottage in Alora, Andalucia (just down the road from El Chorro)

Other
Kalymnos Very useful.

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World

New Zealand
www.freeclimb.co.nz free topos to most of the better crags in the Central N.Island and Wharepapa area.
www.rockclimb.co.nz sponsor of the above and home of Bryce Martin. Gear shop, accomodation, bouldering wall etc. Bryce is a N.Island institution,
he's very friendly and has forthright views on anything climbing related. Keep the kids out of earshot!
www.mountainz.co.nz general Kiwi/Global mountaineering site
www.41174.org.nz Wellington-centric bouldering blog/site. A bit "local" but good if you're in the capital for a few days.
www.mojozone.co.nz general rock info and NZ's answer to Rocktalk (just don't expect your posts to get read v.often)

Onsight Photography (Simon Carter) From the man who did the photos in Rock Climbing in Australia. For those who don't know, these are good!
Climbing in Thailand, Ao Nang, Krabi - Simon Foley
SACIN - South African Climbing Info Network
Arapiles.com Australian Climbing

Gripped Canadian site

Rock and Ice American magazine
Camp 4 American news and articles

www.cariboumountainadventures.ca Canadian Company "offering logistical support service for independent outdoor adventure enthusiasts" - might be useful if you're going to Canada on holiday!

Webclimbing Curently being updated (11/02/06)

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UK Bouldering

Fat Sloper Action A site dedicated to guess what ...sell a range of products
UkBouldering.com A fine site with a popular massage forum.
South Wales Bouldering A useful looking site to bouldering in South Wales.
Boulder Guide Part of Climb Guide UK. Good and interesting.
Northern Rock Facts Not just bouldering. Good
Lakesbloc Lakes/South Lakes Bouldering.
Yorkshire Grit Bouldering in Yorkshire - funny that!!
NMC Bouldering in Northumberland This site compliments the 2 definitive guidebooks.
North Wales Bouldering Simon Panton's site. Must visit for those into bouldering!
TheShortSpan Irish bouldering

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World Bouldering

8a.nu A top site for hard climbers with quite a bit of bouldering stuff.

France
Bleau.Direttissima Very good looking with useful stuff! A must visit for those into Fontainebleau (or just bouldering in general)
Bleau ! Jo Montchausee's site - a good site from someone with plenty of Fontainebleau knowledge.
Annotabloc A useful site about a smart-looking sandstone bouldering venue near Verdon. French.

Sweden
Kjugekull Bouldering All about bouldering at Sweden's premier venue. Mostly in Swedish but with some general info in English as well. Don't forget to buy the excellent bouldering film Tjugo på Kju.

Finland; Slouppi.net Finnish bouldering
: Italy
sezzaman.com Climbing and bouldering near Rome, info, photos and more...

America
Mikes Website!
Webclimbing Currently being updated 11/02/06.
New England Bouldering

Australia
Vi Bouldering Strewth bruce a nice Australian site

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travel
Cheap flights guess what these people sell!
Fare base The Low Fares Website
Go British airways budget option is said to have good bargains
British Airways
Easyjet You've probably all heard of them...here's where you can buy a flight
Ryan Air
STA Travel for cheap and discount student travel and flights
Bargainholidays.com: Holidays, Cheap Flights, Packages & Last Minute Holiday Deals
Eurotunnel and cross channel ferries at discount prices on one site - book online

Speedferries Very efficient and cheap Channel crossings from Dover - Boulogne. The way forward if driving to the continent!.

Holiday Autos car hire and car rental

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Equipment manufacturers

Hardware Black Diamond Equipment | Wild Country | DMM | Petzl (useful info!)

Footwear Scarpa UK | Red Chili | Five Ten | Boreal

Climbing Wall Manufacture Bendcrete

Paramo Clothing for the UK climate.

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Weather
Online Weather
Met Office
BBC Online

Insurance
The BMC - Travel and activity insurance
Snowcard

Shops

Needle Sports Suppliers of Specialist Climbing and Mountaineering Equipment. Needle Sports offer an excellent range of high quality technical gear on their website and delivery is free.
Mountain Warehouse "The UK's Best Value Outdoor Stores." Outdoor clothing, footwear and equipment from Berghaus, Karrimor, Sprayway and other leading brands.
Moorland Rambler Exeter based outdoor gear retailer!
Outback Trading Helston Based outdoor gear retailer!

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Maps
streetmap.co.uk A handy site, allowing you to search for places by name, by GridRef, Postcode etc. Handy for finding out where people live!...and useful for finding crags if you have their GR. Useful. This is the UK specific one:
streetmap.com/ provides a more global selection!
ordnancesurvey You can view maps online, buy maps and even view old maps. Useful.

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Course Providers/Training

Recreational
Spirit of Adventure Devon based company who also operate abroad and throughout the UK; provide some interesting-looking trekking holidays, Amazon paddling trips, paddling in Lapland, Dog Sledding, Whale Watching etc etc.
Ben Bradford Devonshire climber running climbing courses.
Manor Activity Centre A centre in St. Issey, North Cornwall. Provide a large range of courses.
Plas Y Brenin Top UK centre for most things outdoors. Also with nice accomodation and a climbing wall.
Compass West A range of courses from The Edwards' in Spain and Cornwall. Also has some other bits and bobs.
Llanberis Guides Headed by IFMGA mountain guides Libby Peter and Ric Potter. Specialising in climbing and mountaineering guiding/coaching in Wales, with highly qualified and experienced local guides.

Outdoor Leaders Handbook Some useful bits for those who work in outdoor pursuits.

Vocational
Plas Y Brenin These geezas will sort out all your instructor Climbing/Mountain/Kayaking
Mountain Training Board These geezas are the "co-ordinating body for all mountain training schemes in the UK" and an essential visit if you wish to find out more about the Mountain/climbing instructing business

First Aid
Bear Training Providers of hands on, jargon free, practical First Aid and Outdoor Training. Our 2 day Outdoor First Aid course is the benchmark for all Outdoor Instructors who need to keep their National Governing Body Award qualifications valid.

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