Rock Climbing
The Peak District has a wide range of gritstone and limestone crags both large and small with well over 10000 recorded climbs of all types and standards of difficulty. It is one of the most popular climbing areas in Britain.
There aren't too many climbs in the immediate vicinity of Macclesfield, but below is a list of the popular ones closest to Macc. Links to websites about these are included on the Links page here.
Tegg’s Nose Country Park
Tel: 01625 614279
Directions: Just off the A537, signposted from Macclesfield.
Open: all year.
Climbing and abseiling (must be booked in advance).
Tegg’s Nose offers a good introduction to quarried grit climbing with in situ belay spikes.
This photo, taken in winter, shows the climbing face.
Macclesfield Leisure Centre
Priory Lane, Macclesfield, CHESHIRE SK10 4AF
Tel/Fax: 01625 615602
Costs: £1.80
Opening times: Mon-Sun 0930-2145
This is an indoor bouldering wall - short, fingery and powerful (no jugs!). No gear hire.