Climbing Wall
Writhlington Climbing
Climbing Wall
Writhlington climbing wall is a Lottery funded facility. It is an 8 meter high, 14 top rope indoor climbing wall. Grades range from 4 (beginner) to 7A (advanced). Grading is very subjective and is therefore provided as a guide only. Grading can be different between indoor climbing centres. Lead climbing is not permitted on our climbing wall at present.
OPEN SESSIONS
The climbing wall is open for unsupervised climbing on Wednesday from 6pm – 10.00pm and Thursday from 6pm - 10.00pm. Starting Saturday 24th September unsupervised climbing will also be available on Saturday and Sunday mornings from 9am - 11am. These sessions are suitable for competent and experienced ADULT (18 or over) climbers only. Climbers who wish to climb during these sessions must complete a registration form and a short induction on their first visit. These do not have to be booked and are provided FREE of charge. A registered user card will then be issued which must be shown on each visit to gain access to the wall.
older. A separate guest form will need to be completed. Registered users who sign in under 18’s who are not their children MUST have permission from their parent and will need to complete a form stating this. Registered adults users who sign in 2 inexperienced guests will only be required to pay 2 entry fees and will not be charged for their own entry. This only applies to inexperienced guests where the registered user is required to remain on the ground to supervise safe belaying. The full entry charge will be applicable if one or more of the guests are experienced ADULT climbers where the registered user intends to climb themselves.Under 18 users cannot at this stage access unsupervised sessions without an adult registered user.
Open Session 
Charges
Adult Member £3.95 Non Member £4.95
Child Member £2.95 Non Member £3.95
Equipment Hire
Harness £1.50 Karabina £0.75 Belay Device £0.75
Dress Code
Please click here to see our dress code for child climbers
Instructor Led Courses
Junior Courses
24th November 2011 - 9th february2012
Thursday 4.30 – 5.30pm Children aged 6 - 15 years
Cost Members £50 Non Members £60
Click to download the Instructor Led parental consent form.
Adult Courses
Free MemberPlus Beginner Course
Suitable for people with little or no experience. These sessions will introduce novice climbers to this exciting leisure activity. These 2 week courses will give climbers the required skills to attend unsupervised climbing sessions during open sessions. Climbers are trained in pairs so please bring a guest to the session. They do not have to be members and will attend the course free of charge if they accompany a MemberPlus member.
Thursday 6pm - 7.30pm
Thursday 7.30pm - 9pm
Cost MemberPlus + 1 guest FOC
Upcoming Courses
Instructor Led Courses
Suitable for children aged 6- 15 years with little or no experience. These sessions will introduce novice climbers to this exciting leisure activity courses will run from the 23rd February to 17th May excluding the 5th and 12th April due to the easter break. Sessions are taken by a fully qualified climbing instructor.
Thursday 4.30-5.30pm
Cost £50.00 members (10 week)
£60.00 non-members (10 week)
Supervised Sessions
Junior Courses
Suitable for children aged 10 to 17 years. Juniors who have either completed one of our instructor lead courses or who have climbing experience will be able to attend this supervised session. Please note a parental consent form for Supervised Junior climbing will need to be completed prior to first visit. This 10 week term time course will be running on Tuesday from 23rd February to 17th May excluding 5th and 12th April due to the easter break.
Thursday 5.30-7.00pm
Cost Member £29.50 Non Member £39.50
Please contact reception if your child is eligible for free school meals as courses fees can be funded.
Click to download the Junior Supervised Sessions parental consent form.
Parties
The climbing wall can be booked for birthday parties. Click on our party page and download our current party leaflet for further details.
Private Hire 
The climbing wall can be hired for exclusive use by community / charity groups as well as for special occasions including adult parties, hen or stag events. Special rates are available to community / charity groups. Please contact reception on 01761 438559 for further details OR fill in a contact form.