I live near burnley so if anyone has any recommendations of 7C problems slightly closer, without minuscule holds i'm definitely open to more suggestions.
Loads on the Lancs side! Some of these only done since guidebook was out, so details (and usually video) on the website. All are within 20-40min drive of Burnley...
--Natural Grit-- (you might have to wait for cooler conditions, though most of them have been climbed in summer).
Bionic Harmonic, Lobb Mill - Todmorden. Ace linkup - slopers, heels and powerful slapping. Short walk in, fast drying. Should get more attention.
Something Under The Bed Is Drooling, Orchan Rocks - Todmorden. Landing a bit wiggy, but cool problem. Shady and non slopey.
The Clutch Gene, Reddyshore Scout - Calderbrook. Fierce pull on and slap to an edge. Steep lowball. Shady.
Chilli Burn - Higer Chelburn - Calderbrook. Wierd undercut move. Probably soft at the grade, but hey!
Hero sitter - Blackstone Edge - Littleborough. Best hard problem at Blackstone. (At the same crag is also Tempest, a nails rockover lowball.)
Mike's problem, Stony Edge - Littleborough. He never got round to naming it, but it's the sitter on the East Moors Mix vid.
Cow's Mouth Roof problems - Littleborough. Several in the 7B+/7C/7C+ range. The theme is slopey!
The Knockdown sitter, Hammerhead - Littleborough/Todmorden. Bit of a walk in, but a good problem. Slopey slapping. Shorties find the top hard, lanksters find the bottom hard. Seems to balance out.
--Quarried Grit--
Magic Beans, Troy - Haslingden. Ace problem (#trumpetblowing). Gets shade in the evening. Intimidating, but all the hard climbing is low down and easy to work.
Rocksucker sitter, Lee quarry - Bacup. Mike said 7B, but I reckon 7C might be more like it.
Harcles Dyno, Harcles Hill - Ramsbottom. Huge launch off crimps.
Longridge Various - Colon Power is a softy at the grade.
Hellebore & Noisy Cricket, Stronstrey Bank - White Coppice. Hellebore is better, Noisy Cricket probably easier. Both easy to work.
Meeting Palms, Ousel's Nest - Chapeltown. Possibly soft for tall folk. Nobody non tall has done it yet, I don't think.
Mad Man's Monologue, Wilton 1 - Belmont. Standup is 7Cish. Harder for shorties. Thin, but not miniscule holds. There's also Fingertoe nearby - tough rockover.
Nemesis, Wilton 4 - Belmont. Only one small hold, mostly pretty techy.
Starship Wilton Direct, Wilton 3 - Belmont. Direct start is more powerful than the guidebook version, and not soft at the grade. Crux has one small hold, but not super small.
Battlestar sitter, Montcliffe - Horwich. Burly undercutting, then sequency slapping.