The Castle Mountaineering Club is a BMC affiliated, Sheffield-based mountaineering club.
Our members undertake a wide range of activities including rock climbing, bouldering, walking, trekking, backpacking, outdoor swimming, ski mountaineering, ski touring, road cycling and mountain biking.
We’re a sociable and supportive club with a lot of combined experience – get in touch to find out how you can join in and enjoy the outdoors with us. CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK.
The club runs WhatsApp Communities with sub-groups which include Walking, Climbing, Bouldering, Outdoor Swimming and Cycling. Away meets are advertised and planned via this group. Once you become a prospective member of the club, you will be invited to join the groups which interest you. Guidelines for how to use WhatsApp Communities and correct etiquette can be found here. The Message Board is provided for broadcasting information to the membership.
Meets List
To attend a club activity or a meet you should be a full or prospective member of the club. This provides third party liability insurance through the British Mountaineering Council (BMC). More information and a prospective membership request form are available on the FAQs page of this website.
Castle Mountaineering Club is run entirely by its members for the benefit of its members. If you would like to be involved in leading a meet or any other aspect of running the club, please speak to a committee member or email admin@castlemountaineeringclub.onmicrosoft.com
Castle Event Calendar 2025
ICS files: Away meets | Climbing| Indoor Climbing| Walking
Climbing and all other activities:
Tuesday evening winter meets starting in October; Held @ The Foundry (Gordon) on the first Tuesday of the month with the remaining days at Awesome Walls (Kial).
Fridays @ Awesome Walls from 10am
Indoor Bouldering: Wednesday evenings throughout the winter at the The Depot, starting on the 2 October 2024, Lorna & Simon
Walks: every Thursday, 5-8 miles, Rosy Smith. Please see the Thursday Walks page.
Cycle Rides: Saturdays, Elen Rees
(In the listings below, click on the date for more information)
2025
Meets July – September 2025 (PDF)
August
Evening meet coordinator: Rosa Velasco
Fri 1 – Sun 3: Away meet: Langdale. Location: Rawhead Cottage (FRCC Hut), LA22 9JS. Leader: Geoff Nichols
Tue 5: Climbing (Sport): Stoney West. Location: A623, just after Eyam turning. Leader: August Coordinator
Sat 9: Walking: Bradfield Circular (9m). Location: Low Bradfield Car Park. Leader: Ali Milne
Sat 9: Bouldering: Inner City Bouldering. Location: Ponderosa Boulder, Walkley. Leader: Julian Brooks
Sun 10: Climbing (Trad): Staden Quarry. Location: Cowdale. Leader: David Pendlebury
Tue 12: Climbing (Trad): Tegness Pinnacle/Quarry. Location: Grouse Inn layby (or NT). Leader: August Coordinator
Wed 13: Bouldering: Curbar Edge – Trackside boulder and beyond. Location: Clodhall Lane, Curbar. Leader: Steve Leather
Sat 16: Navigation Day, Pete Hammond and Gordon Riley
Sun 17: Climbing (Trad): Shining Clough. Location: B1065, Woodhead Reservoir, Crowden. Leader: Pawel Taterek
Tue 19: Climbing (Trad): Gardoms – Apple Buttress. Location: Clodhall Lane/A625 junction. Leader: August Coordinator
Sat 23: Walking: Crowden, Laddow (10m). Location: Crowden car park, A628. Leader: Mary Reape
Sun 24: Climbing (Trad): Stanage – Crow Chin / Marble Wall. Location: Dennis Knoll Car Park, Long Causeway. Leader: Bill Boley
Tue 26: Climbing (Sport): Horsethief Quarry. Location: Farnsley Lane, Stoney Middleton. Leader: August Coordinator
Wed 27: Bouldering: Smallfield, Penistone . Location: Agden Side Road, High Bradfield. Leader: Paul Embley
Sat 30: Walking: Hayfield, Kinder Round via Downfall (10m). Location: Bowden Bridge. Leader: Andrew Milne
Sun 31: Climbing (Trad): Castle Naze. Location: Cowlow Lane, nr Dove Holes. Leader: David Pendlebury
September
Evening meet coordinator: tba
Fri 5 – Sun 7: Away meet: Buttermere, Lake District. Location: Skye Farm campsite, Buttermere. Leader: Lorna Nicholson
Tue 2: Climbing (Trad): Burbage North – Brooks Layback area. Location: Burbage bridge, Ringinglow Rd. Leader: September Coordinator
Wed 3: Bouldering: CMC clubroom climbing wall (bring a brush!). Location: Rising Sun, Abby Lane. Leader: Robin Marsh
Sun 7: Climbing (Outdoor): Open climbing meet – decide location collectively on WhatsApp. Location: tba. Leader: Everyone!
Tue 9: Climbing (Sport): Horseshoe Quarry. Location: A623, Stoney Midddleton. Leader: September Coordinator
Wed 10: Bouldering: Carr Head Rocks (nr Stanage). Location: Hooks Carr car park, Stanage. Leader: Paul Embley
Sat 13: Walking: Historical walk, details tbc. Location: tbc. Leader: Steve Warwick
Sun 14: Climbing (Trad): Nether Tor, Kinder. Location: Edale Station Car Park . Leader: Robin Marsh
Tue 16: Climbing (Trad): Birchen Edge. Location: Robin Hood Inn, Baslow. Leader: September Coordinator
Wed 17: Bouldering: Burbage North. Location: Burbage Bridge, Ringinglow Rd. Leader: Ben Hardy
Sat 20: Walking: Throwley Moor & Grindon (11m). Location: Wetton Mill, Manifold valley. Leader: Steve Leather
Sun 21: Climbing (Trad): Aldery Cliff. Location: Aldery Cliff, Earl Sterndale. Leader: Bill Boley
Mon 22 – Sun 28: Away meet: Ronnan cottage, Loch Ewe, Scotland. Leader: Lorna Nicholson
Tue 23: Climbing (Trad): Stanage Popular. Location: Hooks Car car park. Leader: September Coordinator
Sat 27: Walking: Round Sheffield Walk (bus to starting point). Location: Forge Dam (120 bus, Silver Bird Ave). Leader: Bron/Nick Robinson
Sun 28: Climbing (Trad): Wildcat Crags. Location: Matlock Bath Station Car Park. Leader: Linda Mcleish
Tue 30: Climbing (Trad): Yarncliffe Quarry. Location: Layby, B6521. Leader: September Coordinator
Meets October – December 2025 (PDF)
October
Sun 5: Climbing (Trad): Beeston Tor. Location: Larkstone Lane, Manifold Valley. Leader: Bill Boley
Sun 5: Walking: Wentworth Follies (7.5m). Location: Wentworth Rd car park, Elsecar. Leader: Colin Brown
Sat 11: Walking: Margery Hill & High Stones (15m). Location: Heads Lane, Bolstertone. Leader: David Pendlebury
Sun 12: Climbing (Trad): Froggatt Edge – Great Slab. Paul G/Linda M 40th Club anniversary!. Location: Froggatt layby, A625. Leader: Steve Leather
Sat 18: Walking: Crowden walk (NOT Laadow!). Location: Crowden car park, A628. Leader: Steve Warwick
Sun 19: Climbing (Sport): Colehill Quarry, National Stone Centre. Location: Ravenstor Road, Wirksworth. Leader:
Sat 25: Walking: Ashopton circular (10m). Location: Viaduct, Derwent reservoir, A57. Leader: Rob Green
Sun 26: Climbing (Outdoor): TBA – fill in with a rained off venue!. Location: tba. Leader: Everyone!
November
Sat 1: Walking: Dales, villages and ancient history (11m). Location: Elton Church, Main St, Elton. Leader: Chris Kell
Sat 8: Walking: Alstonefield (8m). Location: Alstonefield car park. Leader: Vanda Boyd
Sun 16: Walking: Something good, somewhere nice (!). Location: Somewhere!. Leader: Lorna Nicholson
Sat 22: Walking: Bus walk: Mytham Bridge to Bents Green via Burbage. Location: 272 bus from Sheffield. Leader: Rob Green
Sun 30: Walking: The Eastern Edges (11m). Location: Baslow car park (or Eaton Hill). Leader: Steve Leather
December
Fri 5 – Sun 7: Away Meet: Christmas do. Location: St John’s in the Vale Centre near Keswick. Leader: Andrew Milne
Sun 14: Walking: Seasonal Stagger (with pub lunch). Location: The Nicholson’s (see WhatsApp for details). Leader: Lorna Nicholson
Sun 21: Walking: Trigs, mini crags and carols. Location: tbc. Leader: Ali Milne
Sat 27 – Sat 3 (Jan 2026) New Year meet, Kinlochleven, Mary Reape
2026
January
Sat 27 (Dec 2025) – Sat 3 New Year meet, Kinlochleven, Mary Reape
February
March
Sat 7 – Sat 14: Away meet: SMC, Raeburn Hut, Newtonmore. Location: A889, nr Catlodge. Leader: Geoff Nichols
Thursday Walks: 5 to 8 miles. 11am. See here for details. Rosy Smith