Lodges Quarry, Border

Lodges Quarry is an old sandstone quarry which faces north-west across the valley of the River Irthing near Low Row, on the A69 road, 5 miles east of Brampton. The quarry is about 100 metres long and 12 metres high along its central section. Despite much gardening by the first ascentionists, the rock still tends to be dirty and loose due to little traffic in the event of information being unobtainable until now. It is hoped that increased traffic will improve the
situation as it could provide useful entertainment for local climbers.The climbing itself is quite
reasonable and the situation on fine evenings is far from unpleasant. Protection is often sparse, but an abundance of tree stumps along the top, can with care, provide ideal anchors for belaying/top-roping.

Approaches & Access
Five miles East of Brampton on the A69, just beyond the Low Row junction is a filling station.The quarry, which faces north-west, is set below a clump of trees, across the field behind and to the right of the filling station. To reach the quarry, drive past the filling station and park on the wide grass verge on the left just before a small white building which is an electricity sub-station. From the car, walk back towards the filling station until a gate leads into the field. Cross the field towards a solitary hawthorn tree, then turn right, and follow the side of the wall until it turns a corner and goes downhill. At the bottom of the hill is a gate on the left, which enters the quarry at its left-hand end. On no account should any walls be climbed.

NB:Lodges Quarry is "Now totally overgrown and in a thriving wood - suggest deletion from guides." according to one recent visitor.

For a PDF of the the climbs recorded at Lodges Quarry, from the long out of print Stewart Wilson's North of England Rock Climbs (1992) please click here.