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Simon's Seat(OS)

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About Simon's Seat(OS):

About 40 routes in all grades, 30 to 70 feet tall, but really nice in the lower grades around SEVERE. At 1600 feet up on the moor, it can get quite cool at times, but all around, a very worthwhile crag.
Nearest town or city: Skipton
Directions: OS104--GR079/598 Seven miles northeast of Skipton. Take the B6160 north from Bolton Abbey for three and a half miles to a right turn to Appletreewick, and after 1.3 miles, a small track bears off right to Howgill Farm. From here a track leads up left through the woods for about a mile to the crag.
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