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Good to hear Needle Sport are back in business again, albeit on line only at the moment.

Independent climbing shops run by climbers for climbers are really important and need our support

In reply to Steve Woollard:

independents (online and store)

Needle Sports

Dicks Climbing

Urbanrock

Rock + Run

Rock On

Who else?

In reply to climberclimber321:

LD Mountain Centre

V12 Outdoor

Jo Royle's Outdoor

Outside

In reply to Steve Woollard:

Banana Fingers

In reply to Steve Woollard:

Facewest

ALPKIT

In reply to Steve Woollard:

Joe Brown and Climbers Shop. (online)

In reply to Steve Woollard:

I believe Banana Fingers and Epic TV are owned by Elisa Oyj, a publicly traded billion dollar Finnish telecommunications company.

In reply to Stegosaur:

Thanks for clarifying that, I didn't know this

In reply to Steve Woollard:

UpandUnder, Cardiff - online

In reply to Steve Woollard:

Taunton Leisure (online - possible store, not sure) 

In reply to Stegosaur:

yep, definitely not independent 

In reply to climberclimber321:

Gaynor Sports, Ambleside

In reply to Steve Woollard:

Braemar/Cairngorm mountain sports.

In reply to Steve Woollard:  Ellis Brigham are still owned by the Brigham family Does that count as an independent ?

In reply to Steve Woollard:

www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk

not climbing specific, but certainly camping / mountaineering / hiking / trekking stuff.

In reply to Ian W:

Good shout, always had excellent service form these guys, as with all of the above.

In reply to climberclimber321:

Don't forget Go Outdoors

In reply to Non E-Mouse: No, lets forget about them. They're certainly not independents. They're  owned by those well known climbers JD Sports who also own Blacks Mullets and Ultimate  Outdoors

In reply to Non E-Mouse:

i believe Go outdoors are part of the JD sports / Blacks / millets / ultimate outdoor gear, group ? 

In reply to Steve Woollard:

Backcountry UK, for all your ski touring needs.

In reply to galpinos:

That's useful to know, thanks

In reply to galpinos:

Or if in the Lakes, Anything Technical in Kendal or The Sick and the Wrong in Keswick

In reply to Siward:

3 dislikes for Gaynor's. Might I ask any of those dislikers why?

In reply to nathan79:

I'm not at all sure they sell any climbing equipment, thus outside the scope of  this thread, excellent though they might be. I did not dislike 

It may also be worth checking your local wall's website to see if their shop is operating online. 

They probably won't have the budget or expertise for SEO or google advertising so most likely won't appear when you search for a bit of kit. 

The outdoor kit industry benefits massively from the existence of climbing walls and the work they do increasing the number of climbers and therefore customers for us independents.