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Morpeth Bouldering Wall
Wellwood House
Dark Lane
Morpeth
Northumberland
NE61 1SU
01670 504668
 
 
Andy Earl Tests out the wall after route
setting for Morpeth Bouldering Wall.
 
 
David Oliver on the Green Traverse rated 6a+
 
Jack Huntley on Yellow Route rated 6b
 
Jack Huntley on Yellow Route Rated 6b

Christmas is upon us and we are winding down our activities :
 
We will be closed to the public from Friday 16th December.
 
This will allow our team tohave a well earned break and give us a chance to clean and reset the wall ahead of the extended 2012 programme.
 
What a programme we are putting on:
 
 
 
 
 
New Year programme 2012
From Wednesday 4thJanuary 2012
Use this form to book your spac. Check our rock club page for availability updates.
 
After School Bouldering
Morpeth Bouldering Wall will be open on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as follows:
  • 4pm-5pm Under 9s
  • 5pm-6pm Over 9s

If booked and paid in advance the cost will only be the equivilent of £6per week . Upto 8 places per session. Staff ration 1:8

Climbing
We are also running Climbing Sessions for young people on Wednesday between 6.30-8pm at Netherton Park Sports Hall.
These sessions will enable young climbers to learn basic knots, belayaying technique and skills and techniques for movement with support from a top rope.
 
If booked and paid in advance this will only cost £10 per week. Only 12 places on this session. Staff ratio 1:6
 
Weekend Bouldering Clubs
 
Weekend bouldering Clubs will be restarting from Saturday 7th January as follows:
  • 9.30 Under 9's
  • 10.30 Over 9's
These sessions should be booked in advance fora half term of 6 sessions (£36) per person. Upto 8 places per session. Staff ration 1:8
 
If booking on a session by by session basis the cost will be £7 per session.
    Download your registration forms here for unsupervised climbing and supervised group activities Bouldering Wall Downloads

    Please ring or email us to request additional opening hours.  A small group of volunteers are hoping to open the wall at other times in future
     
    Instructors Wanted!
    We need new instructors with CWA or SPA qualifications. If you do not have these qualifications and are interested in volunteering for us to gain experience please contact us.

    Routes/Problems. 

    Some traverses/problems were reset on Friday 2nd September. We are interested to hear from route setters for a monthly reset of the wall.
     

    Happy Birthday!

    Why not celebrate your birthday in style.
    We can cater for up to 16 people. Lots of fun, games and plenty of climbing. Our Youth Space is also now available for Party bookings.
    (there are various price ranges for birthday parties so please contact us to plan the perfect birthday) 

    Back to School.

    Too busy after school - Don't panic! Put your name down for weekend instruction and we will contact you when we have an instructor available at weekends. We have a new Instructor for Saturday & Sundays and we arejust waiting for CRB Paperwork to be completed.
     

    'Rock Stars - After School Clubs'

    Bit busy at the weekend? We will be restarting our popular after school clubs In January. To ensure we are able to provide instructors we require after school sessions to be booked for 6 weeks and we will require a minimum of 4 climbers. Ring to pre book and we will call you back when we are ready to run the session.
     
    Group Bookings.
    Barnabas Safe & Sound are able to provide great deals for  local clubs and organisations, such as scouts, activity centres, boys brigade's and much more.
    Leaders, give us a call to find out what a great session your group could have. 
    We can also rent out the bouldering wall without staff to organisations with instructors and appropriate insurance.

     


     
     
    Open Session Prices:
     
    Annual Membership
    £4
    Adult per session
    £4
    Concessions and Students per session
    £3
    Climbing shoe hire
    £2.50
    Inductions
    £10
    Inductions are ideal for those who have not climbed before. An instructor will be with you to develop your skills, or teach you the key skills for climbing.
     
    From 4th January, the wall will be available for open climbing sessions during normal office hours plus Thursday evenings and Saturdays from 11.30am-4pm