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Mile End Climbing Wall
Opening hours
Mon-Thurs 1200-2130, Fri 1200-2100, Sat-Sun 1000-1800.Prices
One-off registration £5. Adults £7.50 per session. Children £4.50, students £6 before 17.00.
This wall is a dedicated climbing centre and ABC member
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02/Sep/2011
Overview
1500 sq m of wall surface, including leading, toproping and bouldering. Bouldering: 8m "competition wall" (bouldering only) featuring up to 15 bolt-on problems from V0 to V7, changed regularly. Slabs, vertical, overhung walls up to 8m. Also traverse wall, "Monkey Room" (30m continuous overhung traverse and 10m roof - record: 21 laps). Board Room offers 4m 15dgree crimpy problems, and 4m 45-degree board. "Secret Garden" bouldering outside (brr!) includes interesting moulded panels and bolt-ons, some hard problems emerging, and a recently opened additional board room.Roped: total of 16 toprope and lead walls 10m high, including 4 on 30-degree overhanging lead-only wall (9 routes, QDs in situ, grades from F5 to about F7c). Harnesses, belay devices and slings can be hired at reception.
Changing rooms, showers, "The Woeful Cafe" (by check-in desk) offers tea, coffee, choc bars. Available for schools, charities, groups, as well as climbers.
Probably the most varied range of climbing in London - now featuring some very challenging leading walls up to 12m -but good as those are, it's still best as the premier bouldering facility, if 8m counts as bouldering in your book. The crash mats are generously thick, though, and you can toprope many areas.
A wide variety of climbing surfaces from fully-featured to heavily bolted and everything in between.
Often busy, and with a friendly crow,dquite a good place to meet people of like ability, since you can quickly measure yourself up on a problem.
Personally I prefer this to ropes-only walls which can be rather impersonal, with people getting sniffy about whether you looked at their rope bag in a nasty way. Mile End tends to be much more friendly, since there's less tying in and hanging around.
First-time users must take a tour and fill in a standard form to show that they understand safety issues. The bouldering aspect means you don't need experience with harnesses though beginners will probably want the safety of a TR. [Charles Arthur updated 12/02]
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Reviews
This is an amazing centre, really varied, spacious and so many room! The new outside stuff is amazing. Really pleasant staff and good friendly patrons!
Joey
23 Aug, 2007
Found the wall thanks to this site. After being turned away by at least three other centers, this place was very welcoming and even though we were all beginners not at all intimidating. Highly recommended!
Chris Stanley
24 Jul, 2007
I took a beginners course and can say that Martin our instructor was extremely helpful and divided his time equally between us all.
The ambience of the centre is such that I will certainly be going again in the future.There is a friendly feel to the centre seldom felt in other "sports dedicated" clubs/centres.
chunkymonkery
5 Jul, 2007
Mile end wall has a great friendly atmosphere, with plenty of space to boulder to your hearts content during the working day!!
Dean Christian
25 May, 2007
Mile End's popularity seems to based on very old information. The mats are awful, the ropes stiffened and cores retreated. Bolt hangers moving and runners on the lead wall sometimes so thin you can see daylight through them. The routesetting is shoddy and inconsistent. The majority of setters clearly never climb! In terms of climbing environment I'm afraid that this wall is lower than the amoeba. I think a revolution is needed.
SoCalAsh
16 Oct, 2005
Chilled out atmosphere, friendly climbers, helpful staff, and a great assortment of very tough problems. Many other walls seem to employ a "jugs" only policy, so if you're looking to challenge yourself and improve your skills, mile end!
Nick Cave
28 Nov, 2004
Just for information: Mile End Wall has the best pre/post climb caff in London. Coshells, twixt Mile End Tube and the wall serves the finest double egg and bacon baps in Christendom.
Pretty unimpressed with the lead walls. They are short with very few lines, poorly marked with tape rather than coloured holds, there are no grades at all for the routes, and most of the routes were unavailable when we visited, due to a rope access course that lasted all day. If you want to boulder, Mile End is great, but go elsewhere if routes are your thing!
Emma.T.
7 Jan, 2004
The Palm Tree [pub] needs its own entry. I spend more time in there than at Mile End wall and it's done me a world of good. Climbers hard? just come on over to the 'Tree" and we'll show you! Hic.
Ben May
16 Oct, 2003
It has been said once but i don't think it has been said enough. If your into bouldering then this place is for you. Me and my brother alway look forward to going above any other wall in the country. Everyone is friendly the staff treat you as equals and don't look down on you if you can't climb 7a! great place, if you haven't been........GO!
Ravi
10 Dec, 2002
This is an excellent place to boulder, it has the most facilities of any wall in London. I advise any climber to visit Mile End, and can guarantee you will come back. It is excellent for beginners, or for more advanced climbers there is the board room where you can get some intense training in.
Nitin
9 May, 2002
MIle End is great, I had no friends and couldn't climb when I first turned up there: Now I can climb (sort of).
felix
18 Mar, 2002
Excellent wall for beginners, I should know!
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