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SOUTHERN SANDSTONE — RUSTHALL · SANDSTONE

Happy Valley Rocks weather & climbing conditions

Good — dry and climbable

Right now

Temp9°C
Wind9 km/h
Gusts14 km/h
Humidity90.6%
Rain 48hdry
Last rainNone recent

Assessment

No recent rain

7-day forecast

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Today Saturday 31 October
Good
Temp8°C
Raindry
Wind11 km/h
Gusts14 km/h
Humidity91%
No recent rain
  • Check rock is fully dry before climbing
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
09:00 — dry — — null%
17:00 9° dry 9 — 90.6%
18:00 8° dry 11 — 92.3%
19:00 8° dry 10 — 94.1%
20:00 7° dry 9 — 95%
21:00 7° dry 8 — 95.5%
Sun Sunday 1 November
Good
Temp10°C
Rain0.1mm
Wind12 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity88%
No recent rain
  • Check rock is fully dry before climbing
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 7° dry 9 — 98.9%
07:00 7° dry 9 — 99%
08:00 8° dry 10 — 99.5%
09:00 8° dry 10 — 99.6%
10:00 9° dry 10 — 97.6%
11:00 10° dry 11 — 93.9%
12:00 10° dry 11 — 90.6%
13:00 10° dry 12 — 87.3%
14:00 11° dry 12 — 84.2%
15:00 11° dry 13 — 81.8%
16:00 10° dry 13 — 83.1%
17:00 10° dry 11 — 86.4%
18:00 9° dry 13 — 89%
19:00 9° dry 16 — 91.7%
20:00 8° dry 15 — 91%
21:00 8° dry 10 — 93.7%
Mon Monday 2 November
Good
Temp11°C
Raindry
Wind25 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity68%
No recent rain
  • Check rock is fully dry before climbing
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 7° dry 23 — 84.6%
07:00 6° dry 22 — 90.4%
08:00 8° dry 22 — 90.6%
09:00 10° dry 24 — 81.4%
10:00 11° dry 22 — 78.3%
11:00 11° dry 25 — 71.1%
12:00 11° dry 26 — 66.3%
13:00 12° dry 27 — 61.5%
14:00 12° dry 27 — 61.1%
15:00 11° dry 25 — 67.9%
16:00 10° dry 21 — 72.1%
17:00 10° dry 21 — 75.3%
18:00 10° dry 24 — 75.6%
19:00 10° dry 23 — 75.6%
20:00 9° dry 22 — 77.9%
21:00 8° dry 21 — 82.3%
Tue Tuesday 3 November
Good
Temp11°C
Rain0.2mm
Wind28 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity75%
No recent rain
  • Do not climb — wet soft sandstone is damaged by climbing
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 7° dry 22 — 84.7%
12:00 11° 0.1mm 28 — 75.4%
18:00 9° dry 17 — 93.9%
Wed Wednesday 4 November
Good
Temp9°C
Raindry
Wind30 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity63%
No recent rain
  • Check rock is fully dry before climbing
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 7° dry 22 — 83.3%
12:00 9° dry 30 — 63%
18:00 9° dry 23 — 74.7%
Thu Thursday 5 November
Good
Temp10°C
Raindry
Wind21 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity72%
No recent rain
  • Check rock is fully dry before climbing
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 6° dry 16 — 92.5%
12:00 10° dry 21 — 72.4%
18:00 7° dry 21 — 84.4%
Fri Friday 6 November
Good
Temp10°C
Raindry
Wind18 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity74%
No recent rain
  • Check rock is fully dry before climbing
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 6° dry 17 — 93.3%
12:00 10° dry 18 — 73.8%
18:00 7° dry 16 — 88.5%
Sat Saturday 7 November
Good
Temp11°C
Rain0.1mm
Wind5 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity80%
No recent rain
  • Check rock is fully dry before climbing
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 6° dry 5 — 96.8%
12:00 11° dry 5 — 80.1%
18:00 7° dry 5 — 92.1%

About Happy Valley Rocks

NEVER climb when wet — damages rock. Happy Valley Rocks sits west of St Paul's Church on Rusthall Common, a ten-minute walk from Tunbridge Wells station through the park, and only a short hop from Bull's Hollow. The venue is a slightly disjointed collection of sandstone outcrops along a wooded valley edge, with Cheesewring Rock as the largest feature — mixing around 50 short top-rope routes, 30 highball boulder problems, and several traverses on the same soft Ardingly sandstone. The very thin outer skin makes the rock especially fragile: no leading, no metal gear, and no climbing when damp. Set in a heavily wooded valley, holds can be damp and mossy for much of the year, so the venue is really only worth visiting in summer. Volunteer conservation crews maintain the outcrops; there is no entry fee but strict soft-rock ethics apply. Some bolts exist on Cheesewring Rock (retained after consultation with the BMC despite being placed without permission) — use at your own risk.

Region
Southern Sandstone — Rusthall
Rock type
Sandstone
Aspect
mixed-facing
Altitude
120m
Exposure
low
Seepage
high

Other crags in this region

Bull's Hollow Rocks