Called Spring Bank Quarry on OS maps, i've seen this quarry every time i've driven to Guisborough down Birkbrow. I assumed its location would mean someone would have been... however, there are no recorded ascents and everyone i've spoken to has 'seen it but never been'...
I wandered up on a drizzly day with my brother and found a better lump of rock than I expected. A handful of lines in a convienient location. Walk up the hillside behind Slapewath adjacent to the Iron-ore works then cut through the pine forest to the crag. Easy peasy. A few grooves, an arete and some walls. Certainly not a 'good' venue but worth developing - maybe for a local, car-less Guisborite...?
All the best... take a saw for the gorse bush that shrouds a couple of the lines.
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| 'Main Quarry...' |
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| Very dirty but a nice compact buttress |
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| bit sandy... |
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| An interesting highball |
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| Good looking route - take the secateurs |
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