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Glasgow Climbing Centre
Historic venue offering thrilling climbs for all skill levels in Glasgow.
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Historic venue offering thrilling climbs for all skill levels in Glasgow.
Glasgow Climbing Centre transforms a historic church into a premier adventure sports destination, featuring autobelays, bouldering, and varied route settings. This family-friendly facility includes a cafe, shop, and supportive staff, making it ideal for beginners and experienced climbers seeking a unique, atmospheric experience.
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Access countless high auto-belay routes with varied and regularly renewed settings in our main hall.
Challenge yourself on our basement bouldering floor with quality mats and technical problems for all levels.
Learn to climb safely with beginner-friendly courses and staff guidance in a supportive environment.
Refuel at our balcony cafe offering toasties, salads, soups, curry, and vegan/vegetarian options.
Purchase gear and essentials for your climbing needs from our convenient in-house shop.
Bring friends or family—complete a course to sponsor up to 2 non-members for a shared adventure.
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Overall rating
Job de Bruin
Great climbing gym. Good routes and nice staff. The place could use an upgrade though, some new panelling on the walls, a new coat of paint and a bit more modern wall shapes wouldn't hurt. Still a great place to climb!
Steven Harrigan
Amazing experience with staff who are so attentive to everything in a historic venue. Cafe is highly recommended. Great value and amazing choice and quality.
Ben Smith
Awesome climbing centre and a great use of an old building - Countless autobelays of a really decent height, with interesting and varied route setting throughout. What a gem! 🧗
Frederik Dortmund
Visiting a friend I had the chance to visit the Glasgow Climbing Centre a few times. Although the staff is friendly and there are plenty of auto-belay routes regularly renewed, I won't miss coming here. Being a converted church Glasgow Climbing Centre is quite dark inside, there are plenty of pillars in unsuitable places, and the bouldering room is cramped. The music is also on low volume and it's never been really well attended (especially downstairs it was spooky quiet), so it was hard to get in a good climbing groove there with a sense of community. What upset me the most is when my, granted, quite inexperienced friend climbed a steep beginner's boulder (pink 5+ in the photo) and fell normally close to the top, he hit his head on a very closely located pillar that's unprotected and even has holds. He bled profusely but luckily was fine. The staff was helpful and friendly, oddly experienced dealing with incidents (a la "We do this almost every other day") and not at all concerned about the threat of injury by leaving a pillar unprotected so close to the routes finish. Never did they even suggest that another look may be taken at this setup to keep the fall zone cleared from obstacles. We've had many discussions since (albeit not with the staff) and most are either surprised and shocked that this accident was made possible. My friend could have died if he had fallen only a bit closer to the column and opened his head on one of the holds. I'm not an experienced climber myself but neither have I seen such a threat in a bouldering section before, nor do I plan on supporting any gym that shows such little care to minimize risk for injury or death.
Crawford Stuart
The atmospheric climbing location. This is a superb place for learning and very kid friendly. The constant chilled beats in the background eases you in. Need to have completed a course to take in up to 2 non members to climb. Great variety of technically challenging walls. This is a busy place and rightly so. The staff are superb and offer help. There are changing rooms, toilets and a shower. There is a shop for your climbing needs. In the basement there is bouldering floor which is also challenging with good mats. The balcony cafe has a good mix to offer from toasties, sandwiches and salads. Usually soup as well as some curry. Vegan and veggies are covered. Staff friendly.
