Almscliffe Crag

Almscliffe Crag

Almscliffe Crag, or Almscliff Crag, is a Millstone Grit outcrop at the top of a small hill near the village of North Rigton, between Leeds and Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. The crag was formed due to the softer adjacent strata of shale and mudstone eroding at a faster rate than the hard wearing millstone.[1]

The crag is one of the best climbing locations in the area.[2] The crag was featured in the first rock climbing guide to the Peak District, 'Some Gritstone Climbs', published in 1913 and written by John Laycock. Some classic climbs include Parsons' Chimney (HS 4b), Black Wall Eliminate (E2 5c), and Wall of Horrors (E3 5c). Almscliffe Crag has proved popular as a filming location for Yorkshire Television. From 1998 to 2005 it appeared in the opening titles of the ITV soap Emmerdale.[3] Each series of the Beiderbecke Trilogy ends at Almscliffe Crag. An earlier TV appearance was as the planet Obsidian in 'Volcano' in Episode 3 of Series 3 of the BBC Sci fi series Blake's 7 which aired in 1980.

Panorama from the top of Almscliffe Crag

References

  1. ↑ "Geology and Scenery". Leeds Geological Association. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "Rockfax | Databases | Almscliff". rockfax.com. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "ITV’s Emmerdale Behind the Scenes". emmerdale.me.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2014.

Coordinates: 53°56′11″N 1°35′35″W / 53.9365°N 1.5931°W / 53.9365; -1.5931

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