Wenvoe Quarry

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Wenvoe Quarry
( Whitehall Quarry )
Rock Type Quarried Carboniferous Limestone
Climbing Style Trad
Approach Time
Area Inland Limestone
Geodata
WGS-84 Location 51.459783, -3.2550323
OS Grid Ref. ST 129 741
WGS-84 Parking Location
GR Parking Location
Base Elevation 81 metres (SRTM Estimation)
General Info
Faces Direction
Aspect
Wind Sheltered
Climbing Type
Seepage
Crags Within 10.0 km

Castle Quarry, Coedcaerau-bach, Llantrisant Drugs Cliff, Secret Taffs Well, Sully Island, Taffs Well, Taffs Well Pinnacle, Taffs Well West, Taffs West Railway Cutting, Tyn-y-coed, Wenvoe Quarry



PREAMBLE

This slabby quarry is now a landfill site and so will be lost in the future.

THE ROUTES

All these routes are defunct and are included as a matter of historical interest only.

  1. Rubble Rouser E2,5b (R.Thomas, S.Walsh 1987)
  2. Clean Sweep E2,5b (R.Thomas, G.Royle 1987)
  3. Left On Ice E2,5b (R.Thomas, G.Royle 1987)
  4. Here Comes The Sun E1,5b (R.Thomas, E.Thomas 1986)
  5. Horses Mouth HVS,5a (R.Thomas, S.Walsh 1987)
  6. Before I Go E3,5b (R.Thomas, G.Royle 1988)
  7. East Clintwood E3,6a (D.Meek, etc. 1986)
  8. The Way We Were E1,5a (G.Lewis, H.Griffiths 1987)
  9. Filoo E2,5c (R.Thomas, G.Royle 1987)
  10. The Gingerman E2,5c (R.Thomas, G.Royle 1987)
  11. That’s My Line E2,5c (R.Thomas, G.Royle 1986),
  12. The Meek, The Mad And The Ugly E3,6a (G.Lewis, S.Lewis, D.Meek 1986)
  13. The Meek, The Mad And The Ugly Direct (R.Thomas G.Royle 1989)
  14. Highly Strung E3,6a (M.Crocker, R.Thomas 1986)
  15. The Big Leek E2,5b (M.Crocker, R.Thomas 1986)
  16. Slow Seduction E1,5b (M.Ward, R.Thomas, M.Crocker 1986)
  17. Terminal E1,5a (H.Griffiths 1986)
  18. Statement Of Age E2,5b (H.Griffiths 1986)