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climbing walls near Poole - Dorest

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Lee Sutcliffe 04 Mar 2013

Hi, I'm going to be down in Poole, Dorest with work for a week middle of the month so would like to get to a climbing gym in the evenings.
Where do people recommend?
I look to be tantalisingly close to Swanage but fear it's a bit early in the year for evening climbs on the sea cliffs.
Unfortunately I'll be without a car

Cheers

Monkey_Alan 04 Mar 2013

In reply to mrplastique:
Bad news: The only climbing wall close to Poole is QE in Wimborne.
I'm not sure many people would go as far as recommending it, and without a car it's probably not worth the effort.
Calshot near Southampton is a *much* better wall, but it's an hour's drive from Poole and I don't know what the public transport possibilities are.

What Goes Up 04 Mar 2013

In reply to Monkey_Alan:

> (In reply to mrplastique)
> Calshot near Southampton is a *much* better wall, but it's an hour's drive from Poole and I don't know what the public transport possibilities are.

Without a car Calshot will either be a very long walk or an extremely long swim!