Climbing walls in London

36 walls listed, 31 with bouldering and 16 with ropes. Adult entry runs £9–£22.50.

London climbing walls compared

Cheapest adult entry in London: Mount Palace at £9.

All walls in London

• Active Climb, Brixton Recreation Centre

  Rope climbingActive Lambeth

  Active Climb is a staffed harness climbing activity in the Family Leisure Zone at Brixton Recreation Centre, with three climbing walls and no previous experience needed - staff fit harnesses and give a safety briefing before each session. It is open to ages 5 and over (under 12s must be supervised) and is booked online, via the Active Lambeth app or at the centre; the wider centre has a gym, studios, swimming pool, sauna and steam, cafes and a sports hall.

  Adult entry £9.25

• BethWall Climbing Centre

  BoulderingLondon Climbing Centres

  Bouldering centre in railway arches in east London, part of the London Climbing Centres group. Runs beginner classes, kids climbing programmes and board socials.

  Adult entry £17

• BlocFit

  Bouldering

  Bouldering gym in a railway arch on Coldharbour Lane in Brixton, with a weights gym, sauna and cold plunge alongside the climbing. Coaching courses and a shop are on site.

  Adult entry £14

• CanaryWall Climbing Centre

  BoulderingLondon Climbing Centres

  East London bouldering centre in Poplar, a one-minute walk from Westferry DLR, offering bouldering and board climbing with internal cycle storage. Part of London Climbing Centres; all centres are cashless.

  Adult entry £17

• City Bouldering Aldgate

  BoulderingCity Bouldering

  A dedicated bouldering gym in the heart of the City of London with over 100 bouldering problems graded VB to V9. Facilities include a traverse wall, Kilter Board, gym and training area, shop, showers and lockers, with adult coaching courses and kids' programmes.

  Adult entry £17

• City Bouldering Stratford

  BoulderingCity Bouldering

  A state-of-the-art climbing centre in East London with bouldering walls, a retail shop and a cafe. It runs drop-in climbing, coaching courses, social events, kids' sessions and birthday parties.

  Adult entry £17

• City Bouldering White City

  Bouldering + ropesCity Bouldering

  City Bouldering's second dedicated venue, on the edge of Westfield Shopping Centre in Shepherd's Bush. It features a state-of-the-art bouldering arena plus 9 auto-belay routes, with no advance booking needed once you have pre-registered online.

  Adult entry £17

• CityBouldering

  Bouldering

• Climbing Co Fulham

  BoulderingCity Bouldering

  The Parsons Green bouldering centre formerly run as The Climbing Hangar London is now Climbing Co Fulham, operated by City Bouldering. It has changing rooms and showers, a cafe, a retail shop and a dedicated training area, with routes reset weekly and a full refresh every five weeks; minimum age is 7.

  Adult entry £17

• Climbing District London Fields

  BoulderingClimbing District

  A bright, air-conditioned underground bouldering wall near Broadway Market with 200+ problems from V0 to V11, a Kilter Board and regular route resets. Upstairs there is a cafe overlooking the Regent's Canal, plus a large gym area, retail shop and heated changing rooms.

  Adult entry £15

• Climbing District Tottenham Hale

  BoulderingClimbing District

  Tottenham Hale bouldering gym listing 200+ problems V2-V12 with regular resets, a circuit board, MoonBoard, bespoke training area and gym, plus a cafe and co-working space. The thestrongholduk.com domain now redirects to climbingdistrict.uk.

  Adult entry £15

• Climbing Gym Sen

  Bouldering

  Bouldering gym in a railway arch on Newnham Terrace near Waterloo, with a cafe on site. Day passes give unlimited use for the rest of the day, and shoe and chalk hire are available.

  Adult entry £16

• Clip 'n Climb at The O2

  Rope climbingClip 'n Climb

  Clip 'n Climb venue at The O2 in Greenwich with auto-belay (BelayMate) challenge walls, a 10m vertical drop slide and an 11m climbing wall with twelve routes. Sessions run 60 minutes including a 20-minute induction, for ages 4 and over.

  Adult entry £22.50

• Clip 'n Climb Chelsea

  Rope climbingClip 'n Climb

  Indoor Clip 'n Climb venue on Michael Road in Fulham with over 20 individual and multi-climber wall challenges plus a DropSlide, all on automatic belay devices. Sessions are staffed and no climbing experience is needed; the site lists toddler, sibling, SEND and evening adult sessions, with prices only shown in its booking system.

• Clip 'n Climb Wandsworth

  Rope climbingClip 'n Climb

  Clip 'n Climb Wandsworth has 44 climbing lines on automatic belays, including the Stairway to Heaven challenge, sold as booked 85-minute sessions for ages 4 and up. It also runs adult sessions, Mini Mountaineers for young children, special needs sessions and parties.

• EustonWall Climbing Centre

  BoulderingLondon Climbing Centres

  Central London bouldering centre on Euston Road, part of London Climbing Centres. Offers drop-in bouldering for experienced climbers (18+), Bouldering Basics classes for 14yrs+, private coaching, board socials and Women+ social sessions; membership covers entry to all the group's London centres.

  Adult entry £17

• Hendon Leisure Centre Climbing Wall

  Bouldering + ropesBetter (GLL)

  Climbing wall at Hendon Leisure Centre run by Better (GLL), offering free-time climbing sessions plus classes for adults and children from beginner through to specialised advanced courses.

  Adult entry £16.50

• Ibstock Place School

  Bouldering + ropes

• Imperial College London Climbing Wall (Ethos Sports Centre)

  Bouldering + ropes

  The climbing wall at Imperial's Ethos Sports Centre sits at the eastern end of the sports hall and combines a 9 metre wall with five Tru-Blue auto-belay routes and a 4 metre bouldering wall. A free induction session is required before first use.

• JAGS Sports Club Climbing Wall

  Bouldering + ropes

  Members' sports club in Dulwich whose facilities include a climbing wall alongside a 25m pool, free weights gym, squash and badminton courts and the Copper Beech Cafe. Wall use is unlimited for members; climbing classes are open to non-members on a pay-per-session basis.

• Mile End Climbing Wall

  Bouldering + ropes

• Mount Palace

  Bouldering + ropes

  Mount Palace is an indoor climbing centre at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre offering top rope climbing and bouldering. Shoe hire is free and all customers pay a £5 yearly membership fee.

  Adult entry £9

• RavensWall

  BoulderingLondon Climbing Centres

  RavensWall is one of eight London Climbing Centres, located by Ravenscourt Park in West London.

• Rise Climbing

  Bouldering

  A bouldering centre in Canning Town with full-height walls reset weekly, a traverse wall and a board area including a 2016 Moonboard at 40 degrees and a TB2 mirror at 45 degrees. It also has a gym, a cafe and bar, showers and coaching for adults and kids.

  Adult entry £16

• Substation Brixton

  BoulderingSubstation

  Substation Brixton is a bouldering and fitness centre in a South London warehouse, using its own Level 1-6 grading system. Alongside the bouldering it has a strength and conditioning gym, a fitness and yoga studio, sauna and cold plunge, a treatment room, a kids-only climbing area called The Wild, and The Gritstone cafe and pizzeria.

• The Arch Climbing Wall: Building One

  BoulderingClimbing District

  A 15,000 sq ft bouldering centre in Bermondsey with around 300 set problems, a 40m traverse wall and an LED Moonboard. Facilities include a strength training gym, cafe, shop, lockers and showers.

  Adult entry £15

• The Castle Climbing Centre

  Bouldering + ropes

  Roped and bouldering centre on Green Lanes in north London, advertising 250+ routes and 430+ boulder problems. Facilities listed include a vegetarian cafe, climbing shop, training area, lockers and a community garden.

  Adult entry £18

• The Font

  BoulderingThe Font

  Group site for The Font's three London bouldering centres - Wandsworth (52-58 Garratt Lane, SW18 4TF), Borough (Unit 1b, Triptych Place, SE1 9BL) and Hounslow (9 Smithy Lane, TW3 1EH) - plus Reading and Southampton operated via Parthian Climbing. Entry prices are set per centre, so no single group-wide day rate is published.

  Adult entry £18

• The Font Borough

  BoulderingThe Font

  The Font Borough is a 9,000 sq ft bouldering-only centre in central London near London Bridge, with progressively graded problems reset regularly by professional route setters. It also has a functional fitness gym, fitness and yoga classes, a cafe and a craft beer bar.

  Adult entry £18

• The Font Wandsworth

  Bouldering + ropesThe Font

  A 25,000 sq ft roped climbing and bouldering centre on Garratt Lane, formerly Parthian Climbing Wandsworth and now branded The Font. Facilities include auto-belays, a functional fitness gym with free weights and cardio, a cafe and bar, and workspace.

  Adult entry £18

• The Reach

  Bouldering + ropes

  Climbing centre in Woolwich, south east London with 87 roped routes, six bouldering walls, twelve auto belays, an 11m wall height and a 17m lead roof. Over 300 routes and problems in total, with off-peak weekday pricing and beginners courses.

  Adult entry £15

• VauxWall East

  BoulderingLondon Climbing Centres

  VauxWall East is a London Climbing Centres bouldering venue on Cabanel Place, a 15-minute walk from Vauxhall, Kennington and Lambeth North, with internal cycle storage. It runs Bouldering Basics classes, private coaching and Boulderama social sessions.

  Adult entry £17

• VauxWall West

  BoulderingLondon Climbing Centres

  VauxWall West is one of eight London Climbing Centres, located in Vauxhall in Central London.

• Vertical Chill (Ellis Brigham Covent Garden)

  Rope climbingEllis Brigham Mountain Sports

• Westway Climbing Centre

  Bouldering + ropesEveryone Active

  Climbing centre at Westway Sports and Fitness Centre with 350 routes on 110 rope lines up to 13.5m, up to 150 boulder problems and eight auto-belay machines. Training rooms include a systems board, circuit board, campus board and fingerboards.

• Yonder

  BoulderingYonder

  An independently owned community hub in Walthamstow, five minutes from Blackhorse Road station, combining a bouldering gymnasium with coworking space. Eight distinct climbing areas include a competition wall and kids area, plus a spray wall, MoonBoard and 40 degree project board, a weights gym, yoga studio and on-site bakery.

  Adult entry £15

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