Burning Spirits (6b+), Spectre Walls.
Southern Discomfort (6c+), Spectre Walls.
Situation
This crag, which is very easy to locate, is situated on the hillside above the railway station in Matlock. It is obvious by the quarry entrance on the left-hand side of the road when travelling towards Snitterton from the new Sainsburys in Matlock: it is the first layby at the top of the hill just after a left-hand turn.
Character
This is a very expansive quarry with a lot of poor rock. There is, however, a very compact wall on the middle tier complete with an overlap and good quality, high friction rock.
Approach
This is relatively straightforward. When travelling down the A6 from Bakewell, turn right at the new roundabout in Matlock and take the first right into Sainsbury’s. Turn immediately right before the petrol station and follow the road up the hill until the new tarmac disappears. The entrance to the quarry is just on the left beyond the obvious layby: an old board, now removed used to mark the quarry entrance.
Quarry Layout
The quarry is vast and contains a helicopter landing pad in its centre. To reach the second tier skirt left via a track on the left just before this landing pad and follow it round to the obvious wall with a strip overhang in its centre. Other routes are to be found in the close proximity to this and are described in text.
NB. Blowing Wind, Street Cred and Coldfish sectors are all together on the Street Cred Walls page.
Access
It should be made clear that Tarmac does not consent to any climbing activity on its property and that this site in no way encourages any climber to so do.