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ACCESS & CONSERVATION

Suspension Bridge Buttress summer restrictions

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11/05/2021

The iconic Suspension Bridge Buttress in the Avon Gorge will be closed from 8am-6pm during the week from 17th May-6th August 2021 whilst engineering works take place to stabilise the face and prevent future rockfall. Colin Knowles, one of the BMC's Bristol based Access Reps tells us more...
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ACCESS & CONSERVATION

Crags spruced up courtesy of BMC volunteers

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24/02/2020

We’re not even two months into the new decade, and already volunteers in the Peak District, South East and South West have been getting their hands dirty and helping to make improvements at their local crags. Here’s a look at what they have been up to and an opportunity for us to say a big thank you to all involved!
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LOCAL AREAS

Shipshape and Bristol fashion at the Bristol Climbing Festival

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01/08/2014

What do you get when you cross Steve McClure, a Lord Mayor and "the most disgusting thing ever"? A fantastically memorable celebration of climbing at Avon Gorge, with over 250 festival-goers, from new climbers to Avon veterans alike, enjoying the Bristol Climbing Festival. Dean Russell from ClimbBristol reports.
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ACCESS & CONSERVATION

Avon calling: celebrate this great city crag at our summer festival

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18/06/2014

Avon Gorge has been called ‘the most significant urban crag in Britain’, and is home to countless wonderful trad, mixed and bolted routes. To showcase its unique and historic climbing, and to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the BMC, the ClimbBristol team has planned a day and night of festival fun on Saturday 26 July.
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ACCESS & CONSERVATION

Big rockfall in the Avon Gorge

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25/01/2013

A substantial rockfall has occured in the Avon Gorge recently, leaving a significant number of fallen blocks under Unknown Wall.
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ACCESS & CONSERVATION

Avon Gorge route closure notification

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21/12/2012

ClimbBristol is undertaking improvement works on Morning Slab, Avon Gorge on the weekend of 5 and 6 January 2013. Some routes will be closed during the work period.
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ACCESS & CONSERVATION

Avon Gorge: shipshape and Bristol fashion

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03/10/2012

A new BMC project, ClimbBristol, has just been launched with the aim of caring for and promoting the interests of what has been called ‘the most significant urban crag in Britain’.
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ACCESS & CONSERVATION

Sea Walls restoration, Avon Gorge

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03/12/2009

A group of volunteers and a small grant from the Access and Conservation Trust (ACT) has meant that Sea Walls is now a little less muddy….
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ACCESS & CONSERVATION

Avon fence 'getting damaged'

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09/07/2008

A note of caution for Avon climbers.
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ACCESS & CONSERVATION

Avon: now you see it, now you don't!

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08/11/2007

If we gave out medals for such things, Steve Findlay & Libby Houston would be getting one each.
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