Llanymynech - Clwyd Limestone's Most Family Friendly Rock Climbing Venue?

Llanymynech is only 66 miles from Aberystwyth, and supposed to be only one and a half hours by car, but with two small children in the car it can take a little longer! Nevertheless, Llanymynech is a favourite venue of mine and once there has easy access with children. The impressive Grid Iron Wall is only minutes from the car and an ideal place for setting up camp for a picnic with an ample flat grass area to do so. The climbing is quite exacting requiring long reaches and strong fingers on a dead vertical wall.

Photo copyright D. Sargeant

The climbing is a mixture of sport and trad at Llanymynech up to f8a and E7 6c. However, the routes on Grid Iron Wall are all sport, in the range f6a to f7b. Some of the climbs are 35m in length, but those can be done in two pitches if you don't have a long enough rope or enough quickdraws. The wall is a suntrap for most of the day so ideal in cold weather, but luckily there is some shade under trees beside the crag on hot days.