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bouldering
Alderman
Den Lane
Running Hill Pits
Wimberry
Oven Stones
Duck Stones

Leading
Pots and Pans
Dovestones Lower
Den Lane
Running Hill Pits
Charnel Stones

Chew Valley - Wimberry boulders

Wimberry boulders are strewn across the hillside below Wimberry crag proper. The hillside faces north, but unlike the crag the boulders do receive some sun, especially the uphill faces. Thus the boulders vary from clean to green. That said the green ones still have good friction when dry and do not need heavy (wire) brushing for an ascent. Many of the boulders have suffered from heavy Victorian or Edwardian chipping. More recent chipping has also irrevocably altered some classic problems.

Approach: from Dovestones Reservoir car park (pay and display - strictly policed) follow the track round the right hand side of the reservoir, past the sailing club hut until a gate is reached. Go through the gate, keeping the woods to your right, follow the track until an opening in the wall (before the bridge) on your right reveals a path following the stream up to the first boulder, the Sugar Loaf. Approx 20 minutes.

sugar loaf (1) - sloping top (2) - the slab boulder (3) - the stream boulder (4) - the tank (5) - shellshot (6) - the groove boulder (7) - the scoop (8) - the whale (9) - the matterhorn (10) - the fish (11) - stream project (12) - top slab (13) - the mole