In order for Under 18s to turn up and climb, they need to be supervised by an adult that has understanding of the risks involved. If the supervising adult has no experience climbing, we will need them to sign up for a Boulder Induction first. This is a one hour session with an instructor and will allow an adult to supervise up to 2 other 7-17 year olds or novice climbers. If you are supervising an under 7 year old, then the ratio needs to be 1:1.
Please call or see our ‘All courses’ page for more information.
We will be running NICAS and NIBAS courses for under 18’s in the Summer Term, keep an eye out here or on our Facebook Page for more information.
We love having Under 18s about but we want to keep our facility adult friendly too. For this reason we are allowing Under 14 entry all day weekends, and under 18s until 7pm on weekdays. We will allow over 14 year olds supervised entry at the staff’s discretion provided we can see the young person is responsible and safe using our facility.
Birthday Parties
For 5yrs +Take a look at what's on offer
Head to our birthday parties page to find out about age groups and prices

Casual Drop in Sessions
For 5yrs +Take a look at what's on offer
Head to our booking page and click on the ‘Under 18s’ section to see dates available

Private Sessions
Private sessions are for 1 to 6 people 4yrs+Take a look at what's on offer
Head to our booking page and click on the ‘Sessions’ section to see more information.

For pricing please head to the courses section of the website
NICAS
The National Indoor Climbing Award Scheme (NICAS) is a UK wide scheme designed to promote climbing development and accredit individual achievement on artificial climbing structures. The NICAS scheme focuses on roped climbing but also incorporates bouldering into the syllabus to develop climbing movement skills and improve levels of ability. It can be used as a starting point for people wishing to take up climbing and mountaineering. It is open to all candidates aged 7 and upwards.
For more details on NICAS visit www.nicas.co.uk
NIBAS
The National Indoor Bouldering Award Scheme (NIBAS) is a nationwide Scheme designed to provide a structured progression for complete novices through to experienced indoor boulderers. The Scheme focuses introducing new and young climbers to the skills associated with climbing on artificial climbing walls without the use of harnesses or ropes. The NIBAS scheme focuses solely on bouldering technique and involves no roped climbing. It is open to candidates aged 7 and upwards.
For more details on NIBAS visit www.nicas.co.uk/nibas