| The Climber's Handbook to England and Wales: Updates August 2008
18: New Wall Bude Wall - has moved to a super new location with super all round climbing facilities: Check out barn-climbing.co.uk Between Launceston and Tavistock, just West of Milton Abbot on south side of B3362, PL19 0QP. Tel: 01822 870521: 11m lead walls with 25 lines, extensive and the best bouldering in the SW - all new matting, cafe soon to arrive, a top centre. 18: The Mill Climbing Wall - New Wall, The Mill Adventure Centre, Hacche Mill, South Molton, Devon EX36 3NA Tel: 01769 579600 (Looks like a small dedicated centre, 11m high, one room and a bouldering section - around 10 lines. Open 10am-10pm week, 8pm w/ends, 6pm holidays). 22: QuipU for leisure shop, now closed. New shop GEROMINO. 22: New Wall: Same team as The Works from Sheffield, new bouldering centre coming to Bristol. 26: Southampton Wall under threat. 28: GUILDFORD New Wall: Mega wall -763 sqm; Craggy Island, 9 Cobbett Park, Moorfield Road, Slyfield Estate, Guildford. Tel: 01483 566 880 (Leave A3 at Jtn North of University, onto the A320 Woking road, estate in 700m on right ) Turn R at Yellow Box Storage on estate, take road just before - in front of Yellow box, wall in then in Unit over to the right. 78 sqm cave, well crash padded, mixture of flat panel and textured bouldering, well set problems. 4m high and good for a session. A lot of the problems are nice and continuous. 500 sqm of vertical lead and insitu top roping - up to 7.5m high, well laid out with well set routes, mainly flat panel plus a few features. A good dedicated area for introductory groups with slabs and top ropes. 60 sqm comp wall, leaning awfully and 11m high, test piece routes plus jug crankers. Also a few longer routes on the vertical side sections here - 10-11m. Nice cafe at wall, full intro & advanced courses. Open 10am-10pm M-F- 10-8pm weekends. Warm, all gear can be hired, intro courses, friendly. - £9.50 one off sat afternoon casual visit. Principly aimed at intermediate climbers out for enjoyment. www.indoor-climbing.com 28: New shop: Rock On, at Craggy Island climbing centre. 01483 565 635 Literally bulging with masses of gear. 28: New Wall: K2 at CRAWLEY, Pease Pottage Hill, Crawley, RH11 9BQ: 01293 585 300 A good new wall up to 12m high with around 50 routes and 22 lines. 12-22 m/f, 8.30-18 sa, 8.30-19.30 su. 30: Portsmouth Wall under threat. 41: Big extension: The Castle, Lots of new extra bouldering areas making this the boulder venue in London. 43: Westway Wall, new superb bouldering wall 150sqm - Angled competition panel making this super and doubling the bouldering to over 300 sqm. 46: Mile End Wall, new bouldering cave 50sqm - 3D featured area, popular new addition. 68: SWANSEA - Dynamic Rock Wall, Important new climbing wall & bouldering centre. Full facilities. 12m high leading 26 lines. 16-18 Hebron Road, Clydach, SWANSEA, SA6 5EJ (Just north of the M4, J45 & easy quick access) 01792 587 388 76: Ellis Brigham in Capel - now empty. 86: Birmingham, The Rock Face Centre, closed forever 86: New centre The Redpoint Climbing Centre - Jan-Feb 2008: Major new wall for Birmingham, just around the corner from the defunkt Rock Face. 77 Cecil St, Birmingham B19 3SU. Come in from M6 Jtn 6 on A38, then R onto the A4540, 2nd main on L Summer Lane, 4th L onto New Summer St, leads down to Cecil st and centre. This is a serious new climbing centre, leading & bouldering, plus the ever bubbly Rock On Climbing Shop. 86: Bear Rock at Coventry: New leading wall opposite competition wall, plus giant woodie in squash court. 86: Creation Climbing Centre, Important new climbing wall & bouldering centre. Full facilities. 14m high leading 50 lines. The Epic Centre, 582 Moseley Road, Birmingham, B12 9AA 0121 449 8000 86: Wolf Mountain Climbing Centre, New climbing wall & bouldering centre. Various facilities in different rooms. Unit 1, Racecourse Ind.est, Racecourse Road, Wolverhampton, WV6 0QU 01902 711 186 92: New centre Alter Rock: St. James Church, Malcolm Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 8LU Tel: 01332 367 200. A major new centre in a semi large church in Derby, full length routes and bouldering areas - 360sqm of mixed climbing. (To the S of Derby, just off to the SW of the A514 along Douglas Street, 1 mile before town ctr. 108: New centre The Climbing Works: Unit B, Centenary Works, Little London Road, Sheffield S8 0UJ. A top level bouldering centre, the engine at the centre of Sheffield Bouldering. 1000 sqm of bouldering in a dedicated hardcore centre. Tel: 0114 2509990 120: New centre Manchester Climbing Centre at St. Benedicts Church, Bennet St, Ardwick, M12 5BD (Just East of Piccadilly station) and Cotswold climbing shop inside (0161 236 4123): This is a full on big climbing centre will all facilities, leading and bouldering 120: New centre Awesome Walls-Stockport, New development at Pear New Mill, Stockport Road West, Lower Bredbury, Stockport. SK6 2BP. Tel: 0161 494 9949 This is one of the biggest new walls in the country, 12.5m routes going up to 23.5m high. Extensive bouldering too. 120: Camp Four Outdoor Supplies, New shop 112-114 Chestergate, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 6DU 01625 619 204 132: YORK-Oakland Sports Centre, New climbing wall & bouldering centre. 13m high leading & top roping 12 lines. Bouldering cave: Cornlands Road, Acomb, York YO24 3DX. tel: (01904) 552 424 139: Boulder UK, additional new room upstairs like main room downstairs 139: Blackburn YMCA, closed forever 148: New centre Durham Climbing Centre: UNIT 2 ST JOHNS ROAD , MEADOWFIELD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE , DURHAM, DH7 8TZ, United Kingdom - Tel: 0191 3789555 www.durhamclimbingcentre.co.uk - This is a purely dedicated bouldering centre and very much the place for the hard geezer - excellent matting. 150: Rock Antics at Newton Aycliffe: New air conditioning, steady 18 degrees now inside thankfully. 215: Controlled burning, top roof fallen down - eeekk! 358: Gowbarrow, Rock fall on lower tier, check with BMC for access issue. 371: Five Ten - now distributed by Big Stone 373: Sportiva now distributed by Lyon Equipment 374: New address: Rockworks Ltd, Units 19/20, Stanelaw Way, Tanfield Lea Industrial Estate South, Stanley,County Durham, DH9 9XB Tel: 01207 281777 |
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