£130
Groups of up to 4. All equipment is included.
For confident indoor leaders heading outside: stripping routes, building and equalising anchors, other belay methods and rope management for sport and multi-pitch routes.
As The Castle Climbing Centre lists it. Times and prices change, so check with the wall before you book. Something wrong? Let us know.
Weekend mornings90 minutesBeginners
£35 a person
An instructor-led session for parents or carers and their children aged 7 and up, with no climbing experience needed, trying bouldering and roped climbing together.
£35 a person
Weekends90 minutesBeginners
£45
A relaxed small-group session for adults who've never climbed, trying bouldering and roped climbing while an instructor looks after the ropes. It's a first taste rather than a skills course.
£45
Weekends1 hourBeginners, Improvers
£30
Shows boulderers, and climbers without a belay partner, how to use the Castle's auto belays safely, with ideas for training on them.
£30
Weekends90 minutesBeginners
£30 a person
Teaches parents and carers to supervise their children on the bouldering walls, which under-16s at the Castle need unless an instructor is with them. No climbing experience needed.
£30 a person
Wednesday evenings6 weekly sessions of 2 hoursBeginners
£235 for the course
A six-week course that takes new climbers, or boulderers moving onto routes, to climbing on their own on the bouldering, auto-belay and top-rope walls, with technique drills and safety skills each week.
£235 for the course
Thursday evenings4 weekly sessions of 2 hoursBeginners
£140 for the course
A four-week course for boulderers climbing up to about V2 in how to move on a bouldering wall and how to structure sessions to keep improving without getting injured.
£140 for the course
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and weekends3.5 hoursBeginners
£80
An intensive introduction to roped climbing: putting on a harness, tying in, belaying and using the auto belays, after which you can climb on your own at the Castle.
£80
Saturday and Sunday2 daysImprovers
£150 for the course
A two-day course in leading indoors and lead belaying, for climbers who already top rope French 5+ confidently and belay competently. Not for beginners.
£150 for the course
Monday evenings4 weekly sessions of 2 hoursImprovers
£140 for the course
Follows on from Fundamentals 1 for climbers bouldering around V2 to V4: harder problems, slopers and crimps, heel and toe hooks, body tension on overhangs and competition-style boulders.
£140 for the course
Weekly in term time, in Minis (7–8), Juniors (9–13) and Seniors (13–17) groups on weekdays and weekends1 to 1.5 hours a weekBeginners, Improvers
A weekly term-time club that develops children's climbing from age 7 up to 17.
Weekly in term time, through the school yearImprovers, Advanced
Structured climbing and training for young climbers who boulder regularly, with a pathway into competitions. Places are by try-out, held each summer.
School holidays4 sessions of 4 hoursBeginners
£195 for the course
Four half days in the school holidays that build from traversing and bouldering to top-roping, tying in and belaying.
£195 for the course
School holidays7.5 hoursBeginners
£99 a day
A full day of climbing in the school holidays, in four sessions, that introduces harnesses, tying in and belaying under supervision, as well as bouldering.
£99 a day
School holidays3 hoursBeginners, Improvers
£60
A three-hour holiday session for younger climbers that mixes bouldering, top-roping and climbing games.
£60
Regular courses; ask the coach when the next starts8 weekly sessions
Strength-based mobility training for joint health and a usable range of motion, run at the Castle by an independent coach.
Thursdays 19:30–20:301 hour
A dynamic yoga class for climbers, run at the Castle by an independent teacher, moving from breathwork through flowing sequences to yoga nidra.
By arrangementFlexibleBeginners, Improvers, Advanced
From £40 an hour
One-to-one sessions tailored to climbers with additional needs, with instructors experienced in autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, cerebral palsy, visual and hearing impairments and more.
From £40 an hour
Improvers, Advanced
£90 an hour
Bespoke coaching with one of the Castle's qualified coaches, starting with a two-hour assessment of your climbing and strength, then follow-up sessions or training plans aimed at your goals.
£90 an hour
By arrangementFrom 1 hourBeginners, Improvers, Advanced
£75 an hour
One-to-one or small private group lessons with the Castle's instructors, from first knots and belaying to refining technique.
£75 an hour