In reply to Redpoint Climbing Centre: I utterly agree with other comments that have been made, particularly with regard to the current routesetting regime at UCR. I have been a regular there, from Oct to April at least, since it opened quite a few years ago, but, like a large number of users, I view walls as a means to an end rather than an end in themselves. ie as a training aid for the 'real thing'. Therefore we want routes that reflect techniques that we would use outside. A lot of climbing wall routesetters seem to believe that climbing should consist totally of jumping from one hold to another on an overhanging wall, which is certainly not the case with outside climbing in the majority of cases. I used to hold up Bristol as an exception to this attitude in that it's configuration allowed the setting of imaginative and technical routes up its grooves and aretes, and these features were exploited by routesetters who new how to set such routes. Alas, over the last few years it has deteriorated into the 'thugging' up overhanging walls mentality with routes lacking imaginative use of the features and with grading all over the place. Also, outside of the climbing experience it is not an awfully welcoming place with a poor cafe that closes 'on the dot' of 9pm unlike other walls where the facility is available till closing time.
Consequently, I and a number of my climbing acquaintances have migrated to other walls such as Cardiff and Reading where the routesetting is somewhat more imaginative and the overall experience is far more welcoming. I would particularly commend Cardiff in this respect where decent routesetting and a nice ambience makes the most of what could otherwises be a very ordinary wall. (I would add that I do know a bit about climbing walls having worked with Bendcrete over a number of years, including involvement in design and construction and and I have also run one for a year, including carrying out a lot of routesetting).
So I look forward to this new project to see if it is really something a bit different that can satisfy the needs of the large group of climbers that want a varied and interesting training aid and not a vehicle for egocentric routesetters with one-dimensional mentalities and poor customer service skills.