Kid-Friendly Climbing Walls/Clubs

You can either find any climbing wall in your local area using the massive UK Climbing database , the BMC Climbing Wall documents or use the links to known kid-friendly walls below. All these links open a new window. Close the window to return to this page. Please read our disclaimer before you visit any site.

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Aberdeen
Transition Extreme (Kids Intro and Improvers Club)
Age range: 5-17

Alton (Hampshire)
High Sports (Junior Tiger Club)
Age range: 7-16

Bourne End
BEJSC (Bourne End Junior Sports Club)
Age range: 5-18 ish.

Brunel University climbing wall (Middlesex)
Rockfrog Juniors
Age range: 8–15 years.

Cambridge
Kelsey Kerrige Sports centre
Age range: 8-14 years.

Chiltern district
Junior Climbing Club
Age range: 5-15 years.

Coventry
Midi and Junior Climbing Club
Age range (Midi): 5-9 years.
Age range (Junior): 10-18 years.

Crawley
High Sports (Junior Tiger Club)
Age range: 7-16

Devon, The Mill
Rug Rats
Age range: 7-12 years.
Rock Rats
Age range: 12-16 years.

Doncaster dome
Rock Time at The Ridge
Age range: 7-15 years.

Edinburgh
Alien Rock Kids Club
Age range: 8+ years.
Alien Rock 1
Age range: under 7-18 years.
Alien Rock 2

Age range: 8-18 years.

Elmbridge (Surrey)
High Sports (Junior Tiger Club)
Age range: 7-16

Glasgow Climbing Centre
Rock Ratz kids club
Age range: 8-12 years.

Gloucester, The Warehouse
Click on Kids @ The Warehouse
Age range: 8-16 years.

Guildford
Craggy Island
Age range: 8-17 years normally, but 5-7 year olds can attend the weekend breakfast club.

Harrowgate Climbing Centre
The Spiders and the Scorpions
Age range: 5 - 17

Keswick
Keswick Climbing Wall
Age range: Unknown. Contact venue.

Leeds
The Leeds Wall Lizards
Age range: 6-16 years.

Longnor (Staffordshire)
Upper Limits climbing wall (Craglets)
Age range: 7+ years.

Louth (Lincolnshire)
NXG Outdoor pursuit - Scramblers and Danglers
Age range: 7+ years.

Manchester Climbing Centre
The Spiders & the Scorpions
Age range: 7-12 years.

Newton Aycliffe
Rockantics
Age range: 6-13 years.

Nottingham
Nottingham Climbing Club Junior sessions
Age range: 8-16 years.

Oxford
Rock Solid climbing wall at Oxford Brookes University
Age range: Unknown, but has kids pricing and tuition. Price list here.

There are also two outdoor open access boulders:
Standlake Boulder ( Large sections designed for children ) and
The Oxford Boulder (Guidebook here)

Redhill
High Sports (Junior Tiger Club)
Age range: 7-16

Rochdale
Climb UK
Age range: Unknown. Contact venue.
Go to 'Courses' then choose 'Activities' for more details.

Southampton
Calshot Activities Centre Limpets
Age range: 7-18 years.

Sheffield
The Edge Masters Kids Club
Age range: 7-12 years.
The Climbing Works (Only the biggest climbing wall in the world!)
Age range: Unknown, but small children welcome. Contact venue.
The Foundry Spiders
Age range: 7-13 years (also younger kids accompanied by parents)

Stockport
Rope Race Geckos junior climbing club
Age range: Unknown. Contact venue.

Sunderland Wall
Geckos & Rock Monkeys
Age range: 3-13 years.

Swansea - Dynamic Rock Indoor Climbing Wall
Young Climbers Club
Age range: 8-16 years.

Swindon's Link Centre - The Ridge Climbing Wall
The Cliffhangers
Age range: Unknown. Contact venue.

E2 Welsh International Climbing Centre, Treharris (Mid Glamorgan)
Families climbing courses. May have a climbing club.
Age range: 6+ years.

Wolf Mountain (Wolverhampton)
Wolf Mountain (Click on "Kids and Parties" at the bottom)
Age range: Unknown. Contact venue.

London

Stoke Newington
The Castle Climbing Centre
(Geckos)
Age range: 9+ years.

Portobello Green
Westway climbing wall
Age range: 5-14 years.

Mile End Park
Mile End Junior Climbing
Age range: 8+ years.

With much thanks to all who offered their valuable contributions to this list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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