A former ironstone quarry and inspiration for Tellytubby World (GPS Coordinates). The best climbing at the crag looks to be the Beacon itself. Obviously you should not actually climb this.
Area 1 (Left)
Magical Event (3) - Sit start the separate block at the far end of Area 1.
Tubbytronic Superdome (4) - At the far left end of Area 1. Sit start the 'wall'.
Naughty Noo Noo (3) - Left of the prow. Sit start the arête.
Sit Start Prow (3) - Sit down in the BBQ and climb the prow.
Tinky Winky (3) - Sit start the tallest section of Area 1 (left).
Tubbytronic Superdome (4) - At the far left end of Area 1. Sit start the 'wall'.
Naughty Noo Noo (3) - Left of the prow. Sit start the arête.
Sit Start Prow (3) - Sit down in the BBQ and climb the prow.
Tinky Winky (3) - Sit start the tallest section of Area 1 (left).
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Area 1 (Right)
Waste of Time (3) - On the left as you enter the rockier area.
On the Lamb (3) - Visible next to the road on the left as you look towards Area 1 (Right) from Area 1 (Left). Sit start the boulder.
On the Lamb (3) - Visible next to the road on the left as you look towards Area 1 (Right) from Area 1 (Left). Sit start the boulder.
Area 2
Impossible to find and, according to reports, has fallen over.
I Hope Nobody's Watching (3) - On the right, apparently.
I Actually Paid For Parking (3) - Right at the back, supposedly.
I Hope Nobody's Watching (3) - On the right, apparently.
I Actually Paid For Parking (3) - Right at the back, supposedly.
Area 3
Is This a Joke? (3) - The left crack peters out to a VERY earthy finish.
Comedy Tour (4+) - Traverse the wall from left to right.
Comedy Tour (4+) - Traverse the wall from left to right.
The old 15th century Beacon on the Burton Dassett Hill is probably almost a unique representative of the ancient system of alarm signals.
- Shakespeare's Land, C. J. Ribton-Turner (1893)
In such a region as this mellow, conservative Warwickshire an appreciative American finds the small things quite as suggestive as the great.
- Portraits of Places, Henry James (1883)
What is meritorious is to achieve the best allowed and to rest content in that; just as we who climb the mountains of earth, and who have looked for the highest in physical height, come to realize that it is not height which matters, but happiness, at whatever level it be granted.
- Scholar Mountaineers, Wilfrid Noyce (1949)
In geological time, of course, even El Cap is a sandcastle.
- The Ordinary Route, Harold Drasdo (1997)
Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.