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Access denied to Gate House Crag
May 18, 2020, 02:36:51 pm
Have just received a report of a climber encountering a "furious" landowner/tenant farmer who "screamed" at them to leave when they parked up for Gate House Crag. A "Go Home" sign has been erected at the parking. The climber left but was very shaken up by the experience.

This is the parking spot:
https://www.google.com/maps/@54.1286207,-1.7024255,3a,75y,70.07h,82.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sC-rMC_cAWPja5XHY19K15g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

This is the approach:
https://www.google.com/maps/@54.1286207,-1.7024255,3a,90y,293.11h,85.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sC-rMC_cAWPja5XHY19K15g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I think the sign that you can see there normally has the usual Natural England information about CRoW on it.

The parking, approach, and all of the crag (except one less travelled section in the woods) is on CRoW land. I don't think you walk through any gates or stiles to get there, so no shared surfaces as far as I can tell.

A report has been made to the RAD so hopefully the access team will pick this up.
« Last Edit: May 18, 2020, 02:48:53 pm by Will Hunt »

 

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