Froggatt Edge - Trad Climbing

Froggatt is the second most popular of the Eastern Edges with good reason; the cliff is relatively low lying, escapes the worst of the weather, faces the afternoon sun, and has many neat slabby routes. There is high a concentration of quality here, in fact almost every route on the cliff is worthy of attention. Much of the cliff was quarried; abandoned millstones still lie where they were left when the industry collapsed. Odd that such great routes as Green Gut, Brown's Eliminate and the peerless Great Slab are as man-made the classics of Millstone. Although Froggatt is renowned for its superb slabs, it has a good collection of crack climbs too. Guidebooks: Easten Grit (Rockfax). The BMC's Peak District Grit is a new selective guide. Rockfax app also available on IoS and Android. Approach notes

There are two usual approaches:

1) From parking by the bend on the B6045 a short…