Staying Home Sucks, home
Sandstone cottage at start of path to Rainhill
Near Pex Hill Quarry. Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Pex Hill Quarry

Climbing area · UK

Sandstone: never climbed wet, it breaks.

Is it worth the trip?

70Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Tue 3: Rock dry, Rock about 15 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 45 out of 100

Rock
Dry?
Rock temp
12°C
Air
11°C
Rain
0 mm

Tue 3 · 93 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
15°C
Air
11°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 85 out of 100

Rock
Wetdo not climb
Rock temp
13°C
Air
12°C
Rain
0.3 mm

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Rock
Wetdo not climb
Rock temp
9°C
Air
10°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Rock
Wetdo not climb
Rock temp
7°C
Air
10°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 82 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
10°C
Air
10°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 80 out of 100

Rock
Wetdo not climb
Rock temp
11°C
Air
10°C
Rain
0.3 mm

Tap a day for rock, its warmth, the air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 143, poor
  2. Mon 245, fair
  3. Tue 393, good
  4. Wed 485, good
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 782, good
  8. Sun 880, good
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 100, poor

The spot in four facts

  • 1 cragmapped within 5 km
  • Sandstonenever climbed wet
  • Bouldering and sportstyles
  • Best Mar–May3 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know loose rock, seepage, access bans or your skill.

Weather forecast and score for each day at Pex Hill Quarry
DayScoreRockRock tempAirRain
Sun 1Nov*43, poorDry?11°C11°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov*45, fairDry?12°C11°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov93, goodDry15°C11°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov85, goodWetdo not climb13°C12°C0.3 mm
Thu 5Nov0, poorWetdo not climb9°C10°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov0, poorWetdo not climb7°C10°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov82, goodDry10°C10°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov80, goodWetdo not climb11°C10°C0.3 mm
Mon 9Nov0, poorWetdo not climb6°C7°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov0, poorWetdo not climb8°C10°C0.6 mm

* Rain before today is not known: the forecast starts today, so these days are scored from a dry start and a wet one.

Rock and air are in °C, the rock's with the sun on it; rain in mm. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the area and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Pex Hill Quarry

Ivy clad sandstone in Cronton
Near Pex Hill Quarry. Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Upton Rocks
Near Pex Hill Quarry, 1 km away. Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Path to Upton Rocks
Near Pex Hill Quarry, 2 km away. Photo: Kevin Waterhouse, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Pex Hill Quarry

1 crag mapped. Bouldering and sport. Sandstone: never climbed wet, it breaks. The nearest town to stay in is Widnes.

  • Crags 1 crag mapped.
  • Styles Bouldering and sport.
  • Rock Sandstone: never climbed wet, it breaks.

From OpenStreetMap: the crags mapped within 5 km. Check access and bans locally.

Crags: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,230–US$2,300 each

about US$1,230–US$2,300 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food, climbing instructor.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to LPL, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$435–US$898
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$33
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$322–US$543
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$583
Climbing instructor1 day with an instructor, shared; leave it out if you climb on your ownabout US$134–US$241
Totalabout US$1,230–US$2,300

Climbers bring their own kit: it is not in the cost. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Widnes

Closest

Widnes

6 min by car

about US$121/nightcountry average

See places to stay in Widnes · Booking.com

About Widnes its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$121 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 15h 50m

About 15h 50m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → LPL, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB), then 30 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.