Drumau Road

Drumau Road
Rock Type	Quarried Sandstone
Climbing Style	Bouldering
Approach Time
Area	Sandstone
Sub Area	Sandstone Far Western Valleys
Geodata
WGS-84 Location	51.665426, -3.846663
OS Grid Ref.	SS 723 97
WGS-84 Parking Location
GR Parking Location
Base Elevation	123 metres (SRTM Estimation)
General Info
Faces Direction
Aspect
Wind Sheltered
Climbing Type
Seepage
Crags Within 5.0 km
Cilfrew Main Crag, Cilfrew Outlying Areas, Cilfrew Ravens Cliff, Craig y Pal-Glais, Drumau Road, Dyffryn Woods Crag, Gelliwastad, Graigola, Kilvey Quarry, Llandarcy, Neath Abbey Quarry, Red Jacket Pill, Seacombe Slab

PREAMBLE

A short abandoned quarry developed by Ollie Keynes in an urban setting close to Skewen train station. Abandoned sandstone quarry plus some natural outcrops amongst oak trees with a variety of highballs/microroutes & a few longer pitches. Top outs may be leafy after autumn so might need brushing before an ascent. There are several short gullys along the crag providing access to top/for getting back down.

Climbs are described from south (Ruined Workhouse area) to north (Slot Wall area). No fixed gear at present.

ACCESS

Do not park roadside by crag as it will block access for larger vehicles. Possible to park south for a short downhill road walk to the crag but this is in a turning circle for local large vehicles so best to park at bottom of the hill in a residential area and then make a short 5min walk uphill to the crag.

DESCENTS

Various obvious points for short trad and boulder problems.

THE ROUTES at DRUMAU ROAD

The Ruined Workhouse Area

1. Ugy Ugy Ugy Roy Roy Roy - f4
   
   
2. Tom's Climb - f4
   
   
3. Boulderers Don't Do Jamming - f6a
   
   
4. Mark's Route 1 - HVS, 5a *
   
   
5. If you tolerate this your children will be next - E2, 5b
   
   
6. Quarry Tramps - f4+
   
   
7. Under Suspicion - f5
   
   
8. Fly Tipped - f5+
   
   
9. Hoystoyle Hiphop - f7a
   
   
10. Hoy! - f4
    
    
11. No Dumping - f5
    
    
12. Blast Off - f5+ **
    
    
13. Bold as Love - f6c ***
    
    
14. Glyn - f6b **
    
    

Rooftown Area

1. Jenga Wall - E3, 5c
   
   
2. Rock Mover - VS, 4c
   
   
3. Root Finder - f6a *
   
   
4. Ivy Ivy Ivy - f5+
   
   
5. Rooftown Vol. 2 - E2, 5b
   
   
6. Rooftown Direct - E4, 5c *
   
   
7. Rooftown - E2, 5b **
   
   
8. Steve Loves Lyn - HVS, 5b
   
   

In The Middle

1. It's Not What We're Used To - XS, 4a
   
   
2. Anti Facist Arête - HS, 4a *
   
   
3. Ivy League Wall - E1, 5c
   
   
4. Shrew Killer - f6a *
   
   
5. Sorry For the Shrews (Left Hand) - f6a
   
   
6. Sorry For the Shrews - f5
   
   
7. E15 - f5
   
   

Policies of Power Area

1. However You Vote the Government Wins - f6a *
   
   
2. Champagne Campaign - E1, 5b *
   
   
3. Policies of Power - E2, 5c **
   
   
4. Sunday Bumbles - f4
   
   
5. Arêtes are Us - D *
   
   
6. The Aa - f4+
   
   
7. Dehydration Soup - E1, 5c *
   
   
8. Twilight Arête - E4, 6a *
   
   
9. The Watering - f5
   
   

Slot Wall Area

1. One Move Wonderboy - f4+
   
   
2. One Hot Day - f6a *
   
   
3. Mark's Pod - f5+ *
   
   
4. To Gri-Gri or Not to Gr-Gri - f5+
   
   
5. San Peregrino - f4+
   
   
6. Tim's Climb 1 - f4
   
   
7. Tim's Climb 2 - f5
   
   
8. I Lava You - f6a+
   
   
9. Mysterious Noises - f5
   
   
10. Crimp Town - E2, 5b
    
    
11. Slot Wall - E3, 6a *
    
    
12. Slot Machine - VS, 4b **
    
    

FIRST ASCENTS

Mostly Guy Xavier, Ollie Keynes, Mark Davies more details when info forthcoming.