Cockerel Climbing & Mountaineering Books

Wilton Festival Special Offer

At this years festival, for every book you buy, choose one of these new books free of charge. This applies to every book sold!

I will be in the Wilton Festival Base Camp tomorrow, the 31st August 2024. I have many books for sale including the last copies of Selected Climbs and Bouldering in Wilton Quarries. Available with either a free copy of Deep Play or a guidebook bag for £14.00. Or, the book only at £12.00. Available only tomorrow at the festival.
In addition, everyone who buys any book will receive a free additional climbing book.

Signed copies available!
‘A unique and charming children’s guidebook’. Containing over three hundred boulder problems plus other adventures. The only UK climbing guidebook specifically catering for children.

Go unicorn spotting at The Roaches, swim with jellyfish at Cratcliffe, bury treasure at Birchen Edge or blast off into space over Derwent Edge. The Peak District National Park is a wonderful place for children to explore, get some exercise and have an adventure. This book gives you 10 walks that can be combined with some easy climbing and wildlife spotting with all the information on the same page that you need to get there, get round and get back home again with a collection of amazing stories to share with friends and family.

Adventures for Kids, Saul and Henry Taylor, Future Primitive Publishing, 2023,168 pages.
RRP £20.00 Wilton Fest price £16.00

Wilton Fest 2023 – new guidebooks, huge discount sale with up to 75% off RRP. Available on a first come first served basis.
We have a large number of climbing guidebooks at very low prices, these will be available at the Wilton Fest on the 2nd of September in Wilton Two, Scout Road, Bolton 11.00am to 6.00pm. All books are brand new (unless marked pre-owned) in perfect condition and individually wrapped for protection.
We have limited numbers, in some cases only one copy. If you would like to reserve a book just comment below or send a message. Please collect your order on the day by 1.00pm or the books will be sold.
Selected Climbs and Bouldering in Wilton Quarries £14.00 (RRP £20.00) includes a free copy of Deep Play by Paul Pritchard worth £12.99 or, a guidebook bag worth £13.99 or a copy of Troll Wall by Tony Howard worth £17.99.
General Guides
Moorland Grit, Paul Durkin, signed, Paul Durkin, Malc Baxter and Simon Royston, 2021, £20.00 Wilton Fest only £14.00
True Grit 2015 £9.99 now £8.00
Froggatt to Black Rocks, 2010, £24.00 now £12.00
Holyhead Mountain – Climbs on, David Durkan, 2022, signed copies £10.00
Churnet Bouldering, Stuart Brooks, Vertebrate Publishing, 2015, signed copies £8.00 RRP £14.95
West Cornwall – Bosigran, CC, 2016 £20.00
South West Climbs – Vol 1, CC 2012 £18.00
Borrowdale, F&RCC, 2016 £20.00
Northumberland Climbing Guide, 2004 £15.00
Snowdonia Scrambles, Mike Peacock £9.99
Forrest Blocks, 2021 £12.50
Oxford buildering, 2020 £5.00
GSY – TRAD supplement, 2021 £5.00
GSY – TRAD 2018 £25.00
Quarry Life, 2019 £16.00
Harpur Hill, Gary Gibson, 2021 £10.00
Yorkshire Limestone Recent Developments 2015-2020 Reprint, 2020 £10.00
Ballater Rock Climbs, Jules Lines, second edition, 2022 £15.00
Islay Rock, 2019 £12.00
Ballykeefe quarry £5.00
British and Irish Climbing Guidebooks, Alan Moss, BMC, 2012 £4.99
Lake District Climbs and Scrambles, Vertebrate Publishing, 2015 £9.95
Lake District Bouldering, Vertebrate Publishing, 2019 £19.95 RRP £36.95
Peak Bouldering, Vertebrate Publishing 2016 £15.00 RRP £27.95
Rock Climbing in Snowdonia £3.00
Lake District New Climbs, F&RCC supplement, 2018 £5.00
Snowdonia Scrambles £9.95
Yorkshire Limestone, YMC, 2005, signed by Nigel Baker & Dave Musgrove £14.95
Clogwyn Du’r Arddu, Climbers’ Club, 2004 £9.95
CWM Silyn & Cwellyn, Climbers’ Club, 1987 £9.95
North Devon and Cornwall, Climbers’ Club, 1987 £9.95
Scottish Rock - Volume 2 North, 2nd edition, 2014, signed by Garry Latter £12.00
Ben Nevis, SMC, 1986, current guide £18.00
Lancashire Rock definitive 2016 £28.00
Lancashire Rock definitive, 2016, Signed by: Nick Bond, Robin Muller, Geoff Milburn, Ian Lonsdale, Tim Greenhalgh, Les Ainsworth, Dave Cronshaw, Mike Hutton, Dave Mann & Rick Ginns £45.00
Lancashire Bouldering 2014, out of print £35.00
Rockfax
Eastern Grit 2006 £8.00 now £5.00
Eastern Grit 2006 signed by the author now £7.00
Eastern Grit 2015 £12.00 now £8.00
Eastern Grit 2015 signed by the author now £10.00
Clwyd Limestone 2005 £5.00 RRP £16.95
Southern Sandstone Climbs 2017 £20.00
West Country Climbs 2010 £10.00 now £7.00 RRP £24.95
Northern England 2008 £8.00
Spain Mallorca 2006 £5.00 now £3.00
Spain Mallorca 2011 £7.00 now £6.00
Spain Mallorca 2016 £15.00 now £12.00
France: Languedoc-Roussillon 2011 Wilton Fest only £7.00 RRP £24.95
North Wales Classics 2010 £8.00
Peak NE & Peak SE Pokketz 2007 RRP £19.90 the pair Wilton Fest only £5.00
Pre-owned
Lancashire Rock 1999 (The Brick) £45.00 signed by: Geoff Milburn, Ian Lonsdale, Les Ainsworth, Dave Cronshaw & Malc Baxter.
Rock Climbs in Lancashire and the North West, 1986, signed by: Dave Cronshaw, Phil Kelly & Malc Baxter £20.00
Narratives
Penguins on Everest, David Durkan, signed copies £10.00 RRP £12.99
Deep Play, Paul Pritchard £12.99 of free with Selected Climbs and Bouldering in Wilton Quarries
Troll Wall, Tony Howard, Vertebrate Publishing £12.99 of free with Selected Climbs and Bouldering in Wilton Quarries
Beyond Limits, Steve McClure, Vertebrate Publishing, 2104 £9.95
Menlove, Jim Perrin, Cicerone Press, 1993 £4.95
On High Lakeland Fells, Bob Allan, Pic Publications, 1987 £4.00

Limited edition prints — Wilton Fest special offers.
Prices available for one day only on the 3rd of September at the Wilton Fest basecamp, Wilton Two, Bolton 11.00am to 6.00pm.

Numbers are limited so to reserve a copy simply send us a message or comment below.

Scout Wall, Wilton Two, published in Selected Climbs and Bouldering in Wilton Quarries by David Price, 2021. Limited edition print, limited to 60 copies, 258mm × 345mm, signed by Malc Baxter RRP £30.00
Wilton Fest only £15.00

The Prow, Wilton One, published in Selected Climbs and Bouldering in Wilton Quarries by David Price, 2021. Limited edition print, limited to 60 copies, 258mm × 345mm, signed by Malc Baxter RRP £30.00
Wilton Fest only £20.00

Rappel Wall Area, Wilton Three, published in Selected Climbs and Bouldering in Wilton Quarries by David Price, 2021. Limited edition print, limited to 60 copies, 258mm × 345mm, signed by Malc Baxter RRP £30.00
Wilton Fest only £15.00

Ben Nevis, published in Hard Rock by Ian Parnell, 2020.
An ‘artist proof’ limited to 15 copies, 420mm × 295mm,
signed by Malc Baxter RRP £27.00
Wilton Fest only £15.00

Clogwyn Du’r Arddu, published in Hard Rock by Ian Parnell, 2020.
An ‘artist proof’ limited to 15 copies, 420mm × 295mm,
signed by Malc Baxter RRP £27.00
Wilton Fest only £15.00

Leaning Block, Higgar Tor, limited edition print signed and numbered by Malc Baxter. Published to thank the contributors and volunteers to the 1991 Froggatt BMC guide book. The drawing was published on pages 108 & 109 of the 1991 Froggatt guide book. A limited edition of 230 copies. RRP £37.50
Wilton Fest only £20.00

Wilton Fest 2022 – new guidebooks, huge discount sale with up to 75% off RRP. Available on a first come first served basis.

We have a large number of climbing guidebooks at very low prices, these will be available at the Wilton Fest on the 4th September in Wilton Two, Scout Road, Bolton 11.00am to 6.00pm. All books are brand new (unless marked pre-owned) in perfect condition and individually wrapped for protection.

We have limited numbers, in some cases only one copy. If you would like to reserve a book just comment below or send a message. Please collect your order on the day by 1.00pm or the books will be sold.

Selected Climbs and Bouldering in Wilton Quarries £14.00 (RRP £20.00) includes a free copy of Deep Play by Paul Pritchard worth £12.99 or, a guidebook bag worth £13.99 or a copy of Troll Wall by Tony Howard worth £17.99.

General Guides
Moorland Grit, Paul Durkin, signed, Paul Durkin, Malc Baxter and Simon Royston, 2021, £20.00 Wilton Fest only £14.00
True Grit 2015 £9.99 now £8.00
Froggatt to Black Rocks, 2010, £24.00 now £12.00
Holyhead Mountain – Climbs on, David Durkan, 2022, signed copies £10.00
Churnet Bouldering, Stuart Brooks, Vertebrate Publishing, 2015, signed copies £8.00 RRP £14.95
West Cornwall – Bosigran, CC, 2016 £20.00
South West Climbs – Vol 1, CC 2012 £18.00
Borrowdale, F&RCC, 2016 £20.00
Northumberland Climbing Guide, 2004 £15.00
Snowdonia Scrambles, Mike Peacock £9.99
Forrest Blocks, 2021 £12.50
Oxford buildering, 2020 £5.00
GSY – TRAD supplement, 2021 £5.00
GSY – TRAD 2018 £25.00
Quarry Life, 2019 £16.00
Harpur Hill, Gary Gibson, 2021 £10.00
Yorkshire Limestone Recent Developments 2015-2020 Reprint, 2020 £10.00
Ballater Rock Climbs, Jules Lines, second edition, 2022 £15.00
Islay Rock, 2019 £12.00
Ballykeefe quarry £5.00
British and Irish Climbing Guidebooks, Alan Moss, BMC, 2012 £4.99
Lake District Climbs and Scrambles, Vertebrate Publishing, 2015 £9.95
Lake District Bouldering, Vertebrate Publishing, 2019 £19.95 RRP £36.95
Peak Bouldering, Vertebrate Publishing 2016 £15.00 RRP £27.95
Rock Climbing in Snowdonia £3.00
Lake District New Climbs, F&RCC supplement, 2018 £5.00
Snowdonia Scrambles £9.95
Yorkshire Limestone, YMC, 2005, signed by Nigel Baker & Dave Musgrove £14.95
Clogwyn Du’r Arddu, Climbers’ Club, 2004 £9.95
CWM Silyn & Cwellyn, Climbers’ Club, 1987 £9.95
North Devon and Cornwall, Climbers’ Club, 1987 £9.95
Scottish Rock - Volume 2 North, 2nd edition, 2014, signed by Garry Latter £12.00
Ben Nevis, SMC, 1986, current guide £18.00
Lancashire Rock definitive 2016 £28.00
Lancashire Rock definitive, 2016, Signed by: Nick Bond, Robin Muller, Geoff Milburn, Ian Lonsdale, Tim Greenhalgh, Les Ainsworth, Dave Cronshaw, Mike Hutton, Dave Mann & Rick Ginns £45.00
Lancashire Bouldering 2014, out of print £35.00
Rockfax
Eastern Grit 2006 £8.00 now £5.00
Eastern Grit 2006 signed by the author now £7.00
Eastern Grit 2015 £12.00 now £8.00
Eastern Grit 2015 signed by the author now £10.00
Clwyd Limestone 2005 £5.00 RRP £16.95
Southern Sandstone Climbs 2017 £20.00
West Country Climbs 2010 £10.00 now £7.00 RRP £24.95
Northern England 2008 £8.00
Spain Mallorca 2006 £5.00 now £3.00
Spain Mallorca 2011 £7.00 now £6.00
Spain Mallorca 2016 £15.00 now £12.00
France: Languedoc-Roussillon 2011 Wilton Fest only £7.00 RRP £24.95
North Wales Classics 2010 £8.00
Peak NE & Peak SE Pokketz 2007 RRP £19.90 the pair Wilton Fest only £5.00
Pre-owned
Lancashire Rock 1999 (The Brick) £45.00 signed by: Geoff Milburn, Ian Lonsdale, Les Ainsworth, Dave Cronshaw & Malc Baxter.
Rock Climbs in Lancashire and the North West, 1986, signed by: Dave Cronshaw, Phil Kelly & Malc Baxter £20.00
Narratives
Penguins on Everest, David Durkan, signed copies £10.00 RRP £12.99
Deep Play, Paul Pritchard £12.99 of free with Selected Climbs and Bouldering in Wilton Quarries
Troll Wall, Tony Howard, Vertebrate Publishing £12.99 of free with Selected Climbs and Bouldering in Wilton Quarries
Beyond Limits, Steve McClure, Vertebrate Publishing, 2104 £9.95
Menlove, Jim Perrin, Cicerone Press, 1993 £4.95
On High Lakeland Fells, Bob Allan, Pic Publications, 1987 £4.00

FOR ONE DAY ONLY – WILTON FEST 2022 SPECIAL OFFER!

Available at the basecamp in Wilton Two on the 3rd September 2022 from 11.00am.

Buy a copy of Selected Climbs and Bouldering in Wilton Quarries for £14.00 (RRP £20.00) and, receive free of charge, one of the following:

A copy of Troll Wall by Tony Howard (RRP £17.99) an exceptional book about the first British ascent of Troll Wall in Norway. Read my review here: https://cockerelbooks.com/Review.aspx?id=1

Or

A copy of Deep Play by Paul Pritchard (RRP £12.99) A Boardman Tasker winning book which I highly recommend. Paul lived next to Wilton One as a child and is responsible for many first ascents across all four quarries.

Or

A high quality Cockerel Books neoprene guidebook bag (RRP £13.99) Protect you valuable guidebooks, the bags are showerproof and will hold most modern A5 books.

Selected Climbs and Bouldering in Wilton Quarries, by David Price and Illustrated by Malc Baxter. A limited edition of just five hundred individually numbered copies, signed by David Malc. A one off publication to celebrate Malc's sixty years illustrating UK climbing guidebooks. This book contains 60 boulder problems and 189 trad routes across all four quarries, nineteen original drawings, photographs and an illustrated narrative about Malc’s career. Published jointly by Cockerel Books and Vertebrate Publishing, 2021, 72 page perfect bound paperback, 246 mm × 174 mm in landscape format.

To reserve a book for collection from Wilton Fest, simply send us a message with your preferred free gift. In addition, we will have hundreds of climbing guidebooks for sale at up to 75% off RRP.

It was a great pleasure to meet David Durkan this week. Pictured signing copies of his new guidebook to Holyhead Mountain.

A quirky definitive to Holyhead Mountain by David Durkan who, in 1967 wrote the first guide to the crag. I have a small number of signed copies available, message me if you would like a one.

Holyhead Mountain Climbs on ... with Gogarth & Rhoscolyn by David Durkan, published by Swami Kailash Publications, June 2022, 59 page perfect bound paperback, W 152mm × H 229mm, £10.00 + £1.95 P+P.

‘In 1967, whilst stationed at RAF Valley, David Durkan published his first guidebook to Holyhead Mountain. Some fifty-five years later a new definitive guidebook takes a sentimental look back at David’s association and the history of the crag. This quirky fifty-nine page book describes 144 routes over fifteen sectors; a labour of love, if I have ever seen one.’ David Price.

Holyhead Mountain is one of North Wales most popular fair weather crags, and has a history that goes back to pre-Roman times. Its summit was surrounded by a Celtic fortress. Climbing began around 1955, mainly by Mountain Rescue Team members stationed at RAF Valley.

Along came a motley group of Holyhead schoolboys who, after one day climbing on the Milestone Buttress bought a rope, one sling and a screwgate carabiner. Two routes were climbed that first day, Hat and Plimsoll both graded V.Diff. David Durkan with the rest of his school hill-walking club soon established over thirty climbs. Inspired by Alan Blackshaws book Mountaineering, the then bible of climbing techniques. 'That we survived those early days is a miracle in itself’ notes the author.

The locals did not claim first ascents, feeling most lines to be so obvious that someone had probably climbed them already. However, they did name them, often in association with their first ascents which were often epic! Along came grades, lengths and descriptions. This led to Durkan’s first guidebook, Holyhead Mountain, a twelve page pamphlet published in 1967. Four years later he produced MONA, the first commercially printed guide to the mountain and an introduction to the newly discovered Rhoscolyn Cliffs. MONA also included local articles in the spirit of a club journal.

Holyhead Mountain Climbs on ..., was originally to be named Mona Revisited as the guide follows the same club journal style with articles on Gogarth and Rhoscolyn intertwined. And, a novelty in today's guidebook world, narrative on how many of the routes got their names – something Chris Bonington notes in his afterword, 'A nice twist – to a lovely little guide.'

Thank you to everyone who bought a copy of Recent Developments in and Around Saddleworth by Tony Howard. We recently sent a donation of £500.00 to Community Action Nepal. All revenue from the guidebook will go to the charity without deduction.

Copies are available here: https://cockerelbooks.com/MiniGuides.aspx

A preview can be viewed here: https://cockerelbooks.com/FreeDownload.aspx?id=21

Jersey Climbs 1960 – 2022 by Kevin Eloury £29.95 + 3.35 P+P or collect from Bolton.

I ordered a small number of copies. To order one, simply send me a message!

This is the first definitive guide to Jersey published since 2004. Paperback, A5 (210mm x 148mm), 380 Pages.

A PDF preview is available here:https://www.jerseyclimbs.com/documents/jersey_climbs_1960_2022_sample.pdf

Charity guidebook – Please share.

The full sale price of £8.00 will be donated to Community Action Nepal without deduction.

We are delighted to publish this climbing guide. Written by Tony Howard and illustrated by Malc Baxter, the booklet documents three crags in and around the Saddleworth area: Castle Dean Rocks, Delph Donkey Crag and Running Hill Rocks. It contains descriptions plus four annotated line drawings and one photo topo; it took over four hundred hours to produce. The print bill was paid by Needle Sports, Outside of Hathersage and Cockerel Books. The full cover price of £8.00 will be donated without deduction to Community Action Nepal

Recent Developments in and Around Saddleworth by Tony Howard with the assistance of Dave Boeckstyns and Mick Shaw, illustrated by Malc Baxter, published by Cockerel Books, 2022, 26 page card covered A5 pamphlet. Published in aid of Community Action Nepal (CAN), Registered Charity number: 1067772. £8.00 plus £1.95 P+P

Only 200 copies available.

A preview can be downloaded from here: https://cockerelbooks.com/FreeDownload.aspx?id=21
You can order a copy here: https://cockerelbooks.com/miniguides.aspx
Regular customers send me a message to secure a signed copy (five signatures with very limited availability).
Callers welcome by appointment only.
Copies are also available at Needle Sports and Outside of Hathersage.

Many people contributed to this book. I wish to thank the following, as without their help it would not have happened: Dave Boeckstyns and Tony Whitworth Hilton for their contribution to Castle Dean Rocks. For images and photography advice Louis Barrass, Rachel Marston, Bruce Mills, Martin Simpson, and Di Taylor. Malc Baxter I Peak District Artist Artist supported by his wife Eileen for his outstanding crag diagrams. In addition, for their general help and encouragement, Paul Braithwaite, Joseph Eckersley, Petra Ernst John Smith, Will Evans, Adrian Garlick, Rick Gibbon, Chris Harle, Martin Kocsis, Linda Orritt, Stephen Reid, Mick Shaw, John Smith and Mark Stevenson. Thank you also to Outside and Needle Sports who helped pay the print bill. Last but not least, I thank you, the buyer of this supplement, for supporting Community Action Nepal.

What a privilege to receive my seventh bespoke Christmas card from Nigel Baker. These are very special and unique. Many thanks Mr Baker, you're very kind!

Wow, just wow! Last week, I finally made the effort to visit Liverpool Central Library. It was a great pleasure and the building itself is sensational. An outrageous combination of the old and new architecture which complements beautifully. The library has a good selection of climbing and mountaineering narratives and guidebooks. I highly recommend a visit!

Wilton Fest 2021 – new guidebooks, huge discount sale with up to 60% off. Available on a first come first served basis.

We have a large number of climbing guidebooks at very low prices, these will be available at the Wilton Fest on the 4th September in Wilton Two, Scout Road, Bolton 11.00am to 6.00pm.

All books are brand new in perfect condition and individually wrapped for protection.

We have limited numbers, in some cases only one copy. If you would like to reserve a book just comment below or send a message. Please collect your order on the day by 1.00pm or they will be sold.

If you cannot make the festival please email or message us for the price of postage, specifying your requirements: [email protected]

Selected Climbs and Bouldering in Wilton Quarries £14.00 (RRP £20.00) includes a free copy of Deep Play by Paul Pritchard worth £12.99 or, a guidebook bag worth £13.99
Rockfax
Eastern Grit 2006 £8.00
Eastern Grit 2015 £12.00
Clwyd Limestone 2005 £5.00
Clwyd Limestone 2015 £16.50
Pembroke 2009 £8.00
South Wales Sports Climbs 2016 £15.00
North Wales Climbs 2013 £15.00
Southern Sandstone Climbs 2017 £20.00
West Country Climbs 2010 £10.00
Dorset 2005 £5.00
Northern Limestone 2015 £15.00
Peak Limestone 2012 £12.00
Western Grit 2009 £10.00
Northern England 2008 £8.00
Kalymnos 2018 £18.00
Spain Mallorca 2006 £5.00
Spain Mallorca 20161£7.00
Spain Mallorca 2016 £15.00
Lofoten Climbs 2017 £15.00
France: Cote d'Azur 2010 £9.00
France: Ariege 2012 £9.00
France: Languedoc-Roussillon 2011 £9.00
North Wales Classics 2010 £8.00
Peak NE & Peak SE Pokketz 2007 £8.00 the pair
General Guides
Moorland Grit, Paul Durkin, Signed, Paul Durkin, Malc Baxter and Simon Royston, 2021 £15.99
One only, Moorland Grit, Paul Durkin, Signed, Paul Durkin, Malc Baxter and Simon Royston, (slight bump to cover) £13.99
True Grit 2015 £9.99
Lancashire Supplement 2020 £8.00
Lancashire Supplement 2019 £8.00
2019 & 2020 Lancashire Supplements, the pair £12.00
Lancashire Rock definitive 2016 £20.00
Lancashire Bouldering 2014 £20.00
Froggatt to Black Rocks 2010 £12.00
Peak District Gritstone, Vertebrate Publishing, 2021, signed by Graham Hooey £23.00
Churnet Bouldering, Vertebrate Publishing, 2015 £9.95
Peak District Grit, BMC, 2021 £23.00
West Cornwall – Bosigran, CC, 2016 £20.00
Avon Gorge, CC, 2017 £20.00
Dartmoor, CC, 2017 £20.00
South West Climbs – Vol 1, CC 2012 £18.00
Chasing the Ephemeral, 2016 £20.00
Borrowdale, F&RCC, 2016 £20.00
Northumberland Climbing Guide, 2004 £15.00
Shetland Climbing, Al Whitworth, 2016 £19.95
Forrest Blocks, 2021 £12.50
Oxford buildering, 2020 £5.00
GSY – TRAD supplement, 2021 £5.00
GSY – TRAD 2018 £25.00
Quarry Life, 2019 £16.00
Harpur Hill, Gary Gibson, 2021 £12.00
Yorkshire Limestone Recent Developments 2015-2020 Reprint, 2020 £10.00
A Historic Guide to Climbs at Giggleswick Quarry second edition £5.95
A Historic Guide to Climbs at Giggleswick Quarry first edition £14.95
Ballater Rock Climbs, Jules Lines, 2021 £11.00
Islay Rock, 2019 £15.00
Rock Climbing in the Crickhowell Area signed copy £2.50
Ballykeefe quarry £5.00
Deep Play, Paul Pritchard £12.99 of free with Selected Climbs and Bouldering in Wilton Quarries
British and Irish Climbing Guidebooks, Alan Moss, BMC, 2012 £4.99
The Alpine 4000m Peaks Barton Wicks £5.00
Lake District Climbs and Scrambles, Vertebrate Publishing, 2015 £9.95
Lake District Bouldering, Vertebrate Publishing, 2019 £21.00
Peak Bouldering, Vertebrate Publishing 2016 £15.00
Churnet Bouldering 2015 £9.95
Rock Climbing in Snowdonia £4.00
Gogarth North 2008 £15.00
Over the Moors 2012 £12.00
Cheshire and Merseyside Sandstone 2012 £9.00
Lake District New Climbs, F&RCC supplement, 2018 £5.00
Mountain Rock, Steve Broadbent 2020 £24.95
Snowdonia Scrambles £9.95
Ben Nevis, SMC, 1986, current guide £18.00

FOR ONE DAY ONLY – Please share this post.

Available at the Wilton Festival on the 4th September 2021
Buy a copy of Selected Climbs and Bouldering in Wilton Quarries for £14.00 (RRP £20.00)

Receive free of charge either:

A copy of Deep Play by Paul Pritchard (RRP £12.99) A Boardman Tasker winning book which we highly recommend. Paul lived next to Wilton One as a child and is responsible for many first ascents across all four quarries.

Or

A high quality Cockerel Books neoprene guidebook bag (RRP £13.99) Protect you valuable guidebooks, the bags are showerproof and will hold most modern A5 books.

This offer is only available on the one day and collection in person from our trade stand which will be located in Wilton Two from 10.00am until late!

Message us if you would like more information or to reserve your book and gift!

You can download preview pages here: https://cockerelbooks.com/FreeDownload.aspx?id=20

Moorland Grit by Paul Durkin now in stock. All signed by Paul Durkin, Malc Baxter and Simon Royston. A guide with previously unpublished content which describes over 750 routes and boulder problems over 189 pages. £16.00 plus £1.99 post or collect from Bolton.

Click through to order or, for regular customers simply message me and I will get a copy to you.

https://cockerelbooks.com/MiniGuides.aspx

The popular climbing areas around Glossop and the north-west Peak District have been written about in many guidebooks. Moorland Grit by Paul Durkin features those lost and hidden crags often overlooked by previous explorers and scribes. Featuring 340 routes from Mod to E3 and 425 boulder problems. It took Paul ten years to write and contains a huge amount of information.

ISBN: 978-1-909461-57-4

On Friday the 13th of August I had the pleasure of witnessing Gary Gibson complete his 5000th new route. Quite a remarkable achievement. I see this as a team effort, his wife, Hazel Gibson, supported Gary over many decades. Hazel belayed Gary on a new route at Harpur Hill, On the Stroke of 5,000.

I simply cannot imagine this record will ever be repeated.

You might not know, Gary also wrote, compiled or edited twenty one UK climbing guidebooks. Perhaps it's time for a rest – I don't think so!

You can now read my review of Ballater Rock Climbs, by Jules Lines. A charming little guidebook that's bursting with information.
https://cockerelbooks.com/Review.aspx?id=13

Book review Climbing guide book review

Yet another guidebook, I can hardly keep pace with new publications at the moment. I don't think there has been a period with so much activity around UK climbing guidebooks.

David Cross published four bouldering guides including his latest, Forrest Blocks. Cotswold Circuits 2011, Cotswold Circuits 2nd edition 2013 and Quarry life 2019. I have a few copies of Quarry life available signed at £16.00 ISBN 978-1-5272-4869-4

The first edition of Forrest Blocks, just fifty copies sold out. This is a reprint and is marked as such with a slightly different cover. Another small print run which will be the last! I have a limited number of signed copies. £12.50 + £1.50 P+P

Forrest Blocks – A Quarry Life Supplement Bouldering in the Forrest of Dean, David Cross, Roots-Climbing, July 2021, 39 page A5 perfect bound paperback, signed by David Cross, (only 50 copies published), reprint with a slight amendment to the cover £12.50 + post.

New in – Signed copies

A charming and well produced guidebook by Boardman Tasker winning author and one of Britain's most accomplished free solo climbers. This book is truly pocket size and describes climbs around Ballater in Aberdeenshire. Jules wrote all the descriptions from scratch and climbed every route!

Ballater Rock Climbs by Jules Lines, privately published, 2021, 82 page perfect bound laminated paperback, 105 mm × 148 mm, signed by Jules Lines. Only 300 copies have been printed.

Special introductory offer of £12.95 including P+P to any UK address.

Regular customers, simply send a message to order. Otherwise use the link to click through and use PayPal. https://cockerelbooks.com/MiniGuides.aspx

Be a part of a unique publication which celebrates a major milestone in UK climbing guidebook history. A customer wrote, ‘WOW! If you haven’t ordered one then I recommend you get one! – Content and artwork superb!’ And a second wrote, ‘‘Your Wilton Quarries Guide is an absolute triumph. It’s fantastic!’

You don’t need to climb in Lancashire to enjoy this book, it is so much more than just a practical guide. Exclusively Illustrated by Malc Baxter who created his first crag diagram in 1961, this book celebrates a career in illustrating for sixty years, an unprecedented achievement. Selected Climbs and Bouldering in Wilton Quarries has been jointly published with Vertebrate and the design by Rosie Edwards is beyond our wildest dreams. A signed limited edition of just five hundred copies, the book describes some of the best quarried gritstone climbing and bouldering in the country!

Loan copies will be available at Bolton and Manchester Central Libraries as well as Lancashire Climbing and Caving Club lending library.

For more information and preview pages or, to order a copy visit: https://cockerelbooks.com/MiniGuides.aspx

If you are a regular customer, simply send me a message and I will dispatch a copy. Just pay when you receive the book. Priced at £20.00 you can currently take advantage of a special introductory price of £16.00 including UK post.

Harpur Hill, by Gary Gibson, published privately, 2021, 30 page A5 booklet in landscape format.

We are pleased to have encouraged Gary to publish this, his twenty first UK climbing guide.

Each copy is signed by the author. An up to date topo guide to Harpur Hill in Derbyshire with 333 routes and twenty two topos. The publication includes an original line drawing of Papacy Buttress by Malc Baxter and was designed by Tim Hoddy.

£10.00 plus £2.10 P+P

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Just published, East London Climbing (and sculpture) Guide. Although this is a fold-up sheet, not a book, it would definitely qualify as a climbing guide. Published by The Steep Learning Group, all proceeds go to Project One Climbing. An organisation that encourage young people to climb outdoors. I have three spare copies if you would like one. They are £5.00 or order direct from the Steep Learning website!

https://steeplearninggroup.com/

https://www.projectoneclimbing.com/

Great to get a mention in this UKC article on collecting!

https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/whats_on_your_bookshelf_1-13311

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