Kitchen Corner
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| Kitchen Corner | |
| Rock Type | Natural Carboniferous Limestone |
|---|---|
| Climbing Style | Trad |
| Approach Time | 30 minutes |
| Area | Gower |
| Sub Area | Rhossili |
| Local Area | Rhossili Sea Level Crags |
| Geodata | |
| WGS-84 Location | 51.563678, -4.306523 |
| OS Grid Ref. | SS 402 874 |
| WGS-84 Parking Location | 51.569301, -4.28840 |
| GR Parking Location | SS 415 880 |
| Parking Postcode | SA3 1PP |
| Base Elevation | 0 metres (Other) |
| General Info | |
| Faces Direction | North |
| Aspect | Rarely Sunny |
| Wind Sheltered | |
| Climbing Type | Normal |
| Seepage | Needs a short dry spell |
| Tidal | |
| Before/After Low Tide | 1.5 hours (See Note) |
| Crags Within 400m | |
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Black Buttress, Calcite Bay, Carbon Slab, Evening Wall, Fat Lady Wall, Keel Buttress, Kitchen Corner, Lifebuoy Buttress, Platform Area, Poser Buttress, Silent Fright Buttress, Silent Walls, Sinister Sister Zawn, Sinners Walls, Wedge Wall, Windy Buttress | |
Contents
Tidal Status
1.5 hours before/after low tide.
Bolting Policy
Preamble
The deep inlet at the end of the mainland.
Access
Access is by continuing along the bottom of the upper cliff line to reach easy ledges. The routes have not been checked for this guide and require abseil escapes.
Descents
The Routes
- Dove Crack 12m M
The wide chimney in the back of the cove. - Kitchen Slab 12m HS
The slab in the upper part of the cliff is gained and followed.[1]
First Ascents
- D.Jones, R.Owen, J.Edwards 00.00.1958
- D.Jones, R.Owen, J.Edwards 00.00.1958
Additional Photos
Notes
- ↑ The slab referred to here may be what is now known as Carbon Slab.
