[BrutusTheBear]

Haresfield Beacon (Gloucester) M5 Junction 12 is a good alternative to Worcester if you want an outdoor alternative. Very pleasant spot with in situ ice cream van.. Alas there are no toilets or coffee.

This one is new to me!

Yeah. It's a good one for us SWers heading north. Not loads there but it's pleasant enough.. There are some harder offerings at 'Gandalf's' which is very nearby.

[GazM]

Handy thread this.
Kinda stretching the definition but in the past I've made the significant detour from the M6 to Carrock Fell for an hour when driving home from visiting family down south.

[remus]

Of you're driving down to South Wales from up north then you can swing by biblins cave without much of a detour, though the walk in isn't super quick.

[hongkongstuey]

i was gonna recommend Heighley Castle Quarries for those on the M6 but a quick check suggests there's access issues these days (last time i went was prob >20-years ago)

https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/heighley_castle_quarries-909#overview

[SA Chris]

On the off-chance anyone is heading up the M9 / A9 in Scotland. Wolfrag Quarry just above Bridge of Allan is a minor detour and has a very short walk in. Good old skool chip crimping, nice spot for kids to run about a bit too. Fine pieces and bog in town centre.

[duncan]

Haresfield Beacon (Gloucester) M5 Junction 12 is a good alternative to Worcester if you want an outdoor alternative. Very pleasant spot with in situ ice cream van.. Alas there are no toilets or coffee.

It's in grimer's Boulder Britain.

The Weston-super-Mare Toll Road crags are 12 minutes from M5 junction 21 when the traffic is quiet (if it's a sunny Saturday morning in August it could take an hour). Scores highly on coffee and ice-cream. Check the tides and bring a pad or two.

The north Bristol crags like Winterbourne Down, Blaise Castle, and the Ring Road boulder must be contenders.

[Duma]

All of these are terrible, I certainly wouldn't bother.

[remus]

All of these are terrible, I certainly wouldn't bother.

Duma! Wash out your mouth, those are some of Bristol's finest bouldering spots! 

[Fiend]

Exactly! 

[duncan]

All of these are terrible,...

... those are some of Bristol's finest bouldering spots! 

Not mutually exclusive!

I think the Toll Road area is not terrible. The ring road crags are ... very close to the motorway. 

[steveri]

Windy Clough, Newbiggin, Farleton, Woodwell, Warton, Trowbarrow all 10-15 mins from the M6 near Lancaster.

[Paul B]

For rainier days passing through Lancashire BUK is a few minutes off the motorway at the confluence of the M6 and M61.

What did the M65 ever do to you? 

[Danny]

I ended up nipping to Pex and also to Gandalf's on the way home. Very enjoyable on both counts, but perhaps a bit excessive for one trip to Cornwall. Oh well!

[Fiend]

On the off-chance anyone is heading up the M9 / A9 in Scotland. Wolfrag Quarry just above Bridge of Allan is a minor detour and has a very short walk in. Good old skool chip crimping, nice spot for kids to run about a bit too. Fine pieces and bog in town centre.

Typical Scotland, can't escape the bog even in built up urban areas....

P.S. Good thread all. I don't have anything to add that hasn't already been covered.

[andy popp]

All of these are terrible, I certainly wouldn't bother.

A38 is brilliant! Admittedly you'd need to be with a partner (and I know bouldering is in the thread title), but that's not inconceivable for northerners heading for Devon or Cornwall, or Londonians heading to Pembroke.

[SA Chris]

Typical Scotland, can't escape the bog even in built up urban areas....

By bog I clearly meant loo. No point in stopping for a climb and a coffee if there isn't a shitter nearby.

[Duma]

All of these are terrible, I certainly wouldn't bother.

A38 is brilliant! Admittedly you'd need to be with a partner (and I know bouldering is in the thread title), but that's not inconceivable for northerners heading for Devon or Cornwall, or Londonians heading to Pembroke.

Of course, but if you're going to put a rope on then Avon gorge is better, and more convenient.