Aberdeen
Transition Extreme. North-east indoor; Scottish mountain rock when you leave the coast.
1 gym · UKAmbleside
Ambleside Adventure. Indoor next to Langdale, not instead of it.
1 gym · UKBamford
Adventure Hub. Hope Valley indoor when the edges are wet.
1 gym · UKBanstead
Yellow Spider at Oaks. Surrey bouldering next to London.
1 gym · UKBelfast
Awesome Walls Belfast. Irish mountain and sea-cliff rock is the other calendar.
4 gyms · UKBirmingham
Big-city indoor with TCA and Hangar energy. Peak and Wales are both a weekend, not a myth.
2 gyms · UKBrighton
Boulder Brighton and the south-coast indoor scene. Grit is a pilgrimage; limestone is closer.
6 gyms · UKBristol
Southwest hub. TCA and Undercover Rock indoors; limestone and the coast when you leave town.
1 gym · UKBromley
Rhino Boulder. South-east London / Kent-fringe indoor.
2 gyms · UKCambridge
Kelsey Kerridge and the east-of-England indoor scene. The Peak is a dedicated weekend.
2 gyms · UKCardiff
South Wales indoor. Sandstone and limestone out west; Boulders in town for the school night.
1 gym · UKCarlisle
Eden Rock. Lakes and Borders rock when you leave town.
1 gym · UKChippenham
TCA The Arc. Wiltshire indoor with limestone weekends west of here.
1 gym · IrelandCork
Awesome Walls on Model Farm Road. Munster indoor to start.
2 gyms · UKCoventry
Bear Rock and a central-England position: Peak, Wales, or a London weekend.
1 gym · UKDeiniolen
Beacon Climbing Centre. North Wales indoor with mountain weather on the door.
1 gym · UKDerby
Alter Rock in a converted church. The Peak is the point of living here.
1 gym · IrelandDublin
Awesome Walls Finglas. Ireland’s capital indoor; mountain and sea-cliff rock is the other calendar.
1 gym · UKEast Grinstead
Volume 1. Independent Sussex bouldering on the London–Brighton line.
5 gyms · UKEdinburgh
Ratho’s arena plus Alien Rock in the city. Scottish mountain rock is the other half of the year.
1 gym · UKEllesmere Port
Climbing Hut. Wirral / Cheshire indoor; Wales or the Peak on the weekend.
2 gyms · UKExeter
Hangar and Boulder Exe. Dartmoor granite is the outdoor half of the week.
1 gym · UKFrome
Frome Boulder Rooms. Independent Somerset bouldering with Cheddar in range.
4 gyms · UKGlasgow
TCA and Glasgow Climbing Centre. The west-coast mountains start when you stop treating the gym as the destination.
2 gyms · UKGloucester
The Warehouse. Wye Valley and south Wales rock when you leave the industrial unit.
1 gym · UKGuildford
Surrey indoor. London is close; grit is not.
1 gym · UKHarrogate
Yorkshire indoor with Almscliff in the mental map even if you train in town.
1 gym · UKHarrow
HarroWall. North-west London bouldering without the central-arch crush.
1 gym · UKHemel Hempstead
XC. Commuter-belt indoor between London and the Chilterns.
1 gym · UKHounslow
The Font. West London indoor on the Heathrow side of town.
1 gym · UKHull
Mad Volume in the old Mail building. East Yorkshire indoor; grit is west.
1 gym · UKKendal
Lakeland Climbing Centre — indoor next to actual mountain rock.
6 gyms · UKLeeds
Yorkshire indoor — CityBloc, Hangar, Lab. Almscliff and Caley when you want grit without the Peak car parks.
1 gym · UKLeek
Gateway to The Roaches. One local wall, twenty minutes to Staffordshire grit. Stoke’s Awesome Walls is the bigger indoor if Leek is shut.
1 gym · UKLeicester
Social Climbing on Bond Street. Midlands bouldering; Peak grit is a dry Saturday.
1 gym · UKLincoln
The Showroom. A proper wall in a city that still drives to the Peak for grit.
3 gyms · UKLiverpool
Home of The Climbing Hangar. Indoor first; Wales and the Peak are the weekend.
1 gym · UKLlanberis
Slate town. Indy wall for the wet day; the Pass when it clears.
1 gym · UKLlandudno
Boathouse Climbing Centre. North Wales indoor next to actual rock.
19 gyms · UKLondon
The densest indoor scene in the country. Arches, a pumping station, and the Friday-night crush. Outdoor is a train, not a layby.
1 gym · UKLoughborough
The Climbing Station. Peak grit is a dry Saturday.
1 gym · UKMaidstone
Climb Kent. Maidstone indoor; grit is a dedicated trip.
5 gyms · UKManchester
Northwest training town. Comp walls and boards midweek; Peak grit or Lakes rock when the weather plays.
1 gym · UKMarple
The Ridge. Peak-fringe indoor on the Stockport side.
2 gyms · UKMilton Keynes
Redpoint MK. A training shed in the middle of the country.
1 gym · UKNewbury
Northway. Thames Valley indoor west of Reading.
4 gyms · UKNewcastle
North-east indoor. Northumberland sandstone when you want outdoor that is not the Peak postcard.
1 gym · UKNorwich
Highball. East-of-England dedicated bouldering; grit is a dedicated weekend.
3 gyms · UKNottingham
Depot town. Peak grit is close enough that a dry Saturday should win over another board session.
2 gyms · UKOxford
TCA Oxford. A training town with London and the Peak both in range if you pick the weekend.
2 gyms · UKPenryn
Granite Planet — Cornwall indoor next to actual granite.
1 gym · UKPlymouth
Hangar Plymouth. Devon and Cornwall granite when the weather window opens.
3 gyms · UKReading
Thames Valley indoor. London gyms one way, the rest of the south the other.
1 gym · UKScarborough
Street Rocks. Coast indoor; Yorkshire grit is inland, not a myth.
5 gyms · UKSheffield
The bouldering capital. Circuit gyms in town, grit an hour west. Rain-day and send-day on the same weekend.
1 gym · UKShrewsbury
Climbing Hut. Welsh rock is the outdoor reason to keep a pad in the car.
1 gym · UKSolihull
Social Climbing. Birmingham-fringe bouldering with Peak or Wales on the weekend.
3 gyms · UKSouthampton
South-coast indoor. Dorset limestone is the outdoor reason to keep a pad in the car.
1 gym · UKStockport
Awesome Walls on the Manchester fringe. Peak grit sits just the other side of the hills.
1 gym · UKStoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire indoor next to the Peak. Awesome Walls in Longton is the bouldering warehouse; Leek and The Roaches are the outdoor half of the week.
1 gym · UKStowmarket
The Cragg. Suffolk indoor; the Peak is a long weekend.
1 gym · UKSwansea
The Hive in Enterprise Park. Gower limestone when you leave town.
1 gym · UKTunbridge Wells
Chimera. Kent indoor; the Peak is a pilgrimage.
1 gym · UKWarrington
Awesome Walls between Liverpool and Manchester. Peak or Wales on the weekend.
2 gyms · UKYork
York climbing. Yorkshire grit is the outdoor half.