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  Warwickshire Climbs

Grand Union Canal

Rumour has it that Warwickshire's first ice routes were put up during the 'Beast from the East' of Feburary/March 2018. An ice fall formed on the  Avon Aqueduct which carries the Grand Union Canal over the River Avon (GPS Coordinates). Two lines were top-roped.

The Main Wall (WI-4+) - The wall of ice to the hideous mantel moves. Properly easier if there is 'ever' more ice?

The Corner (WI-4) - To the right of The Wall, in the corner. Steady climbing leads ends with a crux mantel move.

The aqueduct is also known for being the location from which J. M. W. Turner made a sketch of Warwick.
Picture

Photos copyright to an anonymous contributor.

The Avon Aqueduct takes the Warwick and Napton Canal over the River Avon by means of a heavy three arch sandstone aqueduct, erected in 1799. The concrete parapet was added in 1909.
- Industrial Monuments Survey, K. A. Falconer (1980)
There are four seasons of the year. For real climbers there is only one - Summer. Of course, there are also idiots who climb in Spring and Autumn as well. There are even bearded types who don weird apparel and climb in Winter's snow and ice - utterly mad, all of them.
- The Owl and the Cragrat, M. Chrysanthou and G. Stainforth (2004)
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  • Home
  • About The Guide
  • Map
  • ⠀
  • Baxterley Quarry
  • Burton Dassett Hills
  • Compton Verney
  • Corley Rocks
  • Gibbet Hill Middle Quarry
  • Grand Union Canal
  • Guy's Cliffe
  • Napton Hill Doggers
  • North Woodloes Quarry
  • The Old Quarry
  • Rock Mill Quarry
  • Warwick Castle Drive
  • ⠀
  • Ashlawn Road Railway Bridge
  • Bath Place Viaducts
  • Catesby Road Railway Bridge
  • The Herbert
  • Hockley Flyover Underpass
  • Radford Railway Viaduct No 33A
  • Robo's Bridge
  • Spring
  • University of Warwick
  • The Warp Pipe
  • Wedgnock Lane Bridge 50A
  • Woodcote Lane Bridge
  • ⠀
  • Bibliography