Climbing Walls in Devon

Exeter

Exeter has the county's biggest concentration of walls. The Quay is the roped centre, with 81 lines from 7 to 15 metres, auto-belays and boulder caves, sharing its building with Clip 'n Climb. Boulder Exe on Tudor Street is bouldering over two floors, built around an ex-IFSC competition wall, and The Climbing Hangar in Marsh Barton has two floors of bouldering and a kids' area. See climbing in Exeter for the detail.

Dartmoor's edges

Dyno Climbing Centre is an independent wall, run by climbers, on a small industrial estate beside the River Dart in Buckfastleigh. It has over 50 roped routes from grade 3 to 7c and a separate bouldering room set in an outdoor style, but no auto-belays, so bring a partner. Its café has a balcony over the wall, it hires out bouldering pads for the moor, about 15 minutes away, and its team runs outdoor climbing and bouldering on Dartmoor too.

On the western side of the moor, The Barn Climbing Centre fills a converted barn at Eastacott Barton in Milton Abbot, near Tavistock. Its 9.5-metre lead wall has climbs up to 14 metres long in the steepest section, from French 4 to 8a+, alongside a top-rope area and a free-standing wooden boulder where every problem finishes with a top-out. There's a trad board for practising anchors, a slackline park and a fire pit outside. Lead ropes aren't for hire, so bring your own.

Torbay

The Bunker, formerly The Boulder Bunker, is Torquay's dedicated bouldering gym, on South Street a short walk from the town centre. It has a 4.3-metre wall with problems from V0 to V6+, Ladybird and Rainbow circuits for young children and first-timers, and a separate training room with a 45-degree MoonBoard, a lattice board and campus rungs. No booking is needed.

North Devon

Rock and Rapid Adventures at Hacche Mill, on the edge of South Molton, describes itself as North Devon's largest climbing centre. It has 20 roped lines with two auto-belays, a 400 m² bouldering room set in Font style with colour circuits and a monthly competition circuit, a cave, a kids' area and a 45-degree board. The Exmoor Climbing Club meets there on Wednesday evenings.

Plymouth

In the south-west of the county, the Plymouth Active Climbing Centre at the Life Centre has walls up to 16 metres and a bouldering room, and The Climbing Hangar Plymouth is bouldering only. The Mount Batten wall is an old quarry face used for supervised groups. More on our Plymouth page.

Prices

In October 2026 an adult day pass in Devon usually cost between £13.50 and £16: £13.50 at Dyno and Rock and Rapid, £14 at The Bunker, The Quay and Boulder Exe, and £16 at the Climbing Hangars. The Barn was the cheapest at £9.50. Monthly memberships ran from £35 at The Barn and £35.99 at the Hangar to £40 at Dyno and The Bunker, £42.50 at The Quay and £45 at Rock and Rapid. Dyno and Rock and Rapid both knock a couple of pounds off each visit if you register as a member.

Beginners and kids

Bouldering is the easiest way to start: at The Bunker and Dyno you can just turn up, and first-timers at Dyno only fill in a waiver. For ropes, Dyno runs Learn the Ropes and Learn to Lead courses, The Barn a two-session top-rope course and Rock and Rapid a climbing induction (£25). For children there's Dyno Tots for under-fives at Buckfastleigh, Bambinos sessions for under-sixes at The Bunker, NICAS clubs at Dyno, The Barn and Rock and Rapid, and kids' areas at the Exeter Hangar and Rock and Rapid.

Climbing outdoors

Dartmoor's granite is the obvious draw. Haytor is open access land with a legal right to climb, and has about 50 routes; the Dartmoor National Park Authority runs a booking system for groups. The Dewerstone, owned by the National Trust, has more than 100 routes in the woods above the Plym, and the Trust asks climbers not to abseil from trees. Parts of the moor are MoD firing ranges, so check firing times first.

The south coast has limestone. Chudleigh Rocks, near Exeter, has single and multi-pitch routes up to 40 metres, often in Dartmoor's rain shadow; the landowner requires every climber to hold third-party liability insurance, which BMC or Mountaineering Scotland membership includes. In Torquay, Anstey's Cove has compact limestone above a beach, and the Daddyhole crags are managed by the Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust. Berry Head near Brixham has become a deep-water soloing venue, with a seabird restriction from 1 March to 31 July; soloists must ring Brixham coastguard before descending.

In the north, Baggy Point near Croyde has sea-cliff slab climbing from Mod to E7 on National Trust land, with nesting restrictions on most areas from 15 March to 30 June, and Lundy, a boat ride into the Bristol Channel, has around 550 granite sea-cliff routes. For the next county west, see climbing in Cornwall, or east, Dorset.