Highball Climbing Centre
Highball is an independent bouldering-only gym describing itself as Norfolk's largest dedicated bouldering centre. It has an on-site Beta Cafe, a shop, coaching and courses, and runs as a cashless venue.
Where it is
Norwich
- Parking
- Large shared car park on the estate, with a parking map provided on site
- Public transport
- Yellow Line bus stops on Drayton Road, under 5 minutes walk; Norwich railway station is about 4 miles away
Facilities
Routesetting
The centre says it aims to refresh problems regularly while still leaving climbers enough time to finish their projects.
- Schedule
- The routesetting page publishes a calendar of upcoming setting dates rather than a fixed weekly slot
How they grade
- Bouldering
- In-house system
In-house numeric scale from 0 to 7, with 0 the easiest and 7 the hardest. Climbs are graded about a week after they go up, once they have been thoroughly tested, and grades can be changed if there is unanimous agreement. Wooden tags mark the start holds - some climbs have two tags to force a particular sequence. Grades 0-2 are always tagged with their grade, while harder climbs start with blank t…
What's on at Highball Climbing Centre
- 7 Aug 202618:00CompetitionOpen to all£2 members / £4 non-members, plus normal entry
Friday evening 6pm-9.30pm social competition with 30 boulder problems set for all ability levels, plus a BBQ, raffle prizes and the Forearms Bar.
- Fortnightly on Friday evenings, 7pm-10pm19:00Women'sWomenStandard entry
Fortnightly Friday evening session for women+ who boulder unsupervised.
- Monday evenings, 7.30pm-10pm19:30BeginnersStandard entry
Monday evening social session for unsupervised climbers who are new to bouldering.
- Tuesday evenings, 7pm-9pm19:00Open to allStandard entry
Tuesday evening board climbing session for experienced climbers aged 16+ with basic board climbing knowledge.
Contact
- Phone
- 01603 513513
- hello@highballnorwich.co.uk
- Booking
- Book online ↗