Taddington Topo

1. Bag of ‘X’ (6c+)
Better than it looks with a short crux.

2. Xactly (6b)
Climb straight up face and leftwards through bulge.

3. X Box (6b)
Climb the bulge and slab to a steep exit.

4. X Marks the Spot (6a+)
The easiest route on the crag with a short crux over a bulge.

5. Ham and X (6b)
An easy start leads to a steep layaway finale.

6. Xtermination (6a+)
Easy climbing to a ledge is followed by a short technical wall.

7. Xageration (6b)
An easy start over ledges lead to a technical finish.

8. In the X Team (6b)
Again an easy start to intricate finish.

9. eXit Stage Left (6a)
A pleasant, shallow groove.

10. The X Files (6b+)
A tricky lower bulge.

11. eXtra Time (6b+)
Climb direct to the right through an intricate bulge.

12. Red X (6c+) ★
The best route off the platform with fine intricate climbing.

13. Great eXpectations (6c) ★★
Varied climbing and mid-height difficulties lead to an unusual finish.

14. Certificate X (7b) ★★
An unusual route with a technical delicate face and on/off finish.

15. Malcolm X (7b) ★
Now straightened out with mid-height difficulties.

16. Top MarX (7a+) ★
An excellent face with a long reach at the crux.

17. XXXX (7b) ★★
Perhaps the best on the crag. Superb sustained face climbing and fingery.

18. Little Blue Lies (7b+) ★
More open fingery climbing.

19. Y Should I? (7b+) ★
A tough little cookie, powerful, blind with a naughty finish.

20. Xcursion (7c+)
This route features a desperate crux through bulge.

21. X.T.C. (7a+)
A short, hard and innocuous crux.

22. X Partridge (7a+)
Climb through the mean bulge at right-hand side of crag.

Zed’s Dead Baby (7a)
Although not marked, this unusual route traverses across the upper parts of The X Files, Red X and into Great Expectations. The final difficult section lies ahead in gaining Certificate X before moving up into the break to reach the belay of MalcolmX.