Climbing walls in Yorkshire
30 walls across 17 towns and cities, adult entry £5.60–£17. 12 are bouldering-only.
By county: North Yorkshire
Cheapest entry in Yorkshire
| Wall | City | Type | Adult entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climbing Zone, Aspire@thepark | Pontefract | Bouldering | £5.60 |
| Mad Volume Climbing Gym | Hull | Bouldering | £9 |
| Red Goat Climbing | York | Bouldering | £10 |
| Energise Leisure Centre Climbing Wall | York | Bouldering + ropes | £10.20 |
| Freeklime Huddersfield | Huddersfield | Bouldering | £10.50 |
| Freeklime York | York | Bouldering | £10.50 |
| The Foundry Climbing Centre | Sheffield | Bouldering + ropes | £11 |
| Depot Climbing Leeds Pudsey | Pudsey | Bouldering | £11.50 |
| The Climbing Works | Sheffield | Bouldering | £11.50 |
| City Bloc Leeds | Leeds | Bouldering | £12 |
Leeds
Big Depot Climbing Leeds
Depot Climbing's Big Depot site on Gelderd Road in Leeds, with bouldering, roped and lead walls and auto belays. Runs junior classes, holiday camps, family sessions, accessible climbing and social sessions, and has a shop on site.
City Bloc Leeds
Bouldering centre on Kitson Road in Leeds, trading as City Climbing Company Ltd, with a cafe on site. Memberships include unlimited climbing plus free yoga and classes, and coaching and induction sessions are offered.
Clip 'n Climb Leeds
Clip 'n Climb centre in the Tristram Centre, Leeds, with 32 climbing lines, a Vertical Drop Slide and a designated safe zone for babies. On-site Woodpeckers Diner, meeting room hire and SEND sessions are available; sessions run 90 minutes including a 30-minute briefing.
Depot Climbing Armley
Bouldering centre on Maybrook Industrial Estate off Armley Road in Leeds, open from 6am on weekdays. It runs social climbing sessions, coaching and training programmes, children's classes and holiday clubs, and offers £9 all-day student entry on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays with valid student ID.
The Climbing Lab
Bouldering centre on Kirkstall Industrial Park in Leeds, describing itself as a premium bouldering centre with training boards. It runs instructed sessions, The Lab Academy coaching programme, kids parties and corporate packages, and opens from 6am on Tuesday to Friday.
The Edge Climbing Wall, University of Leeds
Climbing wall at The Edge, the University of Leeds sport centre. The university runs rock climbing courses for adults and juniors and takes private bookings; no casual entry price is published on the accessible pages.
Sheffield
Awesome Walls Climbing Centre Sheffield
Awesome Walls Sheffield sits on Garter Street in Burngreave with lead walls, auto-belays, bouldering, a training hub and hangout zones. It has over 70 parking spaces and runs youth programmes and instruction courses.
Depot Climbing Sheffield
Depot Climbing centre on Woodbourn Road in Sheffield with bouldering and roped climbing, a shop, coaching classes, kids climbing programmes, social sessions and inclusive climbing sessions. Open 06:00-22:00 Monday to Friday and 09:00-21:00 at weekends.
The Climbing Hangar Sheffield
A Sheffield bouldering centre with a maximum wall height of 4.2m, combining a climbing wall, a gym and a coffee shop under one roof. Facilities include a replica Tokyo Olympics competition wall, a Kilter Board, a Tension 2 Board, a shop and a meeting room for hire.
The Climbing Works
A Sheffield bouldering centre with 11 Fontainebleau-style boulder circuits graded F2-F8a plus a Rab competition wall. The site also houses The Mini Works family bouldering centre, a training area with Beastmaker boards, weights and rings, a shop and The Works Tap pizzeria and bar.
The Foundry Climbing Centre
A climbing centre on Mowbray Street in Sheffield offering bouldering, auto-belays, top rope and lead climbing. Training equipment and weights are available on site, along with bouldering pad hire.
York
Energise Leisure Centre Climbing Wall
The climbing wall at Better's Energise Leisure Centre in Acomb, York is open for public climbing to registered competent climbers and runs courses including kids clubs, taster sessions, adult beginner courses and lead climbing. The wall follows the leisure centre's opening times, and the centre also has a 25m pool, gym, sports hall, soft play and cafe.
Freeklime York
Bouldering centre on Clifton Moor in York, open to all ages and abilities with supervision requirements for under-16s. Has a cafe, a retail area with a 10% member discount, and kids' climbing classes.
Red Goat Climbing
Bouldering centre in York with colour-graded problems that are regularly reset. On-site cafe and bar serving locally roasted coffee, homemade cakes, draught beer and freshly made artisan pizza.
Hull
Mad Volume Climbing Gym
Bouldering gym at The Worx on Beverley Road in Hull, with climbing up to 4.5m over safety matting. Has a cafe, training area, exercise room, yoga classes and a kids programme; closed on bank holidays.
Rockcity Climbing Centre
Bradford
The Climbing Hub
A climbing centre on Beckside Business Park in Bradford with a bouldering area including a free-standing boulder, 16 lines of roped climbing, a MoonBoard and a dry-tooling venue. It also has a fully equipped gym, a cafe with barista machine and hot food, a retail shop and a children's party room.
Unique Fitness
Unique Fitness at the University of Bradford includes a 10 metre climbing wall alongside its gym facilities. The site lists the wall as part of membership and publishes no separate climbing entry price.
Pontefract
Climbing Zone, Aspire@thepark
Council-run climbing facility at Aspire@thepark in Pontefract Park with bouldering walls and a speed climb, built to feel like real outdoor rock. All first-time users must complete a free mandatory safety induction.
Garforth
Clip 'n Climb Garforth
Clip 'n Climb Garforth is a themed climbing centre using the BelayMate automatic belay system across multiple climbing challenges. It is wheelchair accessible and has an on-site cafe, catering to families, birthday parties, schools and corporate groups.
Halifax
Clip 'n Climb Halifax
A Clip 'n Climb centre on Pennine Retail Park in Halifax with 19 climbing lines using the BelayMate automatic belay system, open to ages 4 and up. Sessions run 85 minutes in total, comprising 30 minutes of check-in and safety briefing and 55 minutes of climbing, and there is a party room for birthdays, school groups and corporate bookings.
Ilkley
Clip 'n Climb Ilkley
Clip 'n Climb indoor climbing arena in Ilkley, selling timed climbing sessions rather than day passes. The site returned HTTP 403 to the crawler, so prices and hours are unverified.
Bridlington
Clip 'n Climb, East Riding Leisure Bridlington
Clip 'n Climb at East Riding Leisure Bridlington, the only East Riding Leisure site running the activity, with eight climbing challenges including Big Cheese, Checkerplate, Cloud 9, Dry Ice, Orbital, Skyscraper, Spaghetti Junction and Speed Climb. Hour-long sessions include a safety briefing and harness fitting; the site says it suits ages 4 to 84 and that children can climb unaccompanied from age 11.
Pudsey
Depot Climbing Leeds Pudsey
Depot Climbing Leeds Pudsey is a bouldering centre on Richardshaw Lane in Stanningley with a cafe, social sessions included with entry and an on-site physiotherapy clinic. It runs kids' programmes from age 1, holiday sessions for ages 7+, and Fundamentals, Performance and 1:1 coaching.
Huddersfield
Freeklime Huddersfield
Bouldering centre on Lincoln Street off St Andrew's Road in Huddersfield, part of the Freeklime group which also runs York and Lincoln centres. Day entry gives all-day access with shoe hire available, and the centre runs beginner classes, kids classes and NICAS courses.
Harrogate
Harrogate Climbing Centre
Harrogate Climbing Centre is run by Live For Today on Hornbeam Park Avenue and has roped climbing with AutoClimb auto belays, abseiling and a bouldering room with around 60 problems, plus training areas. Access is sold through climbing sessions, memberships and 10-climb passes rather than a published single day pass.
Brighouse
Rokt Climbing Gym
Climbing gym in a converted flour mill on Millroyd Street in Brighouse, offering bouldering plus rope climbing in solos and on what the site calls Yorkshire's highest indoor lead wall. The building also houses a yoga studio and the Project Breakout escape rooms; the site states weekday access is by booking or appointment only.
Scarborough
Street Rocks
Community climbing facility run by Coast & Vale Community Action at The Street in Scarborough, offering top rope and lead climbing up to 14m including a rock replica wall, a 10m training wall and a small bouldering cave. Runs kids' clubs, women's groups, adult beginner sessions and lead climbing evenings; discounts are available for Blue Light, students and over 60s.
Selby
Summit Indoor Adventure, Selby Leisure Centre
Summit Indoor Adventure is listed at Selby Leisure Centre. The selbyleisurecentre.org domain did not resolve (DNS timeout) on repeated attempts, so no details could be verified.
Todmorden
Vale Street Bouldering
Unstaffed, community-run bouldering venue in Todmorden operating on a membership-only basis at £25 per month. An induction and completed waiver are required before climbing, and drop-in classes must be booked in advance.