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PETERBOROUGH CLIMBING WALL IS NOW PERMANENTLY CLOSED.
We opened in in December 1995. This was done by converting an exhibition squash court in the Peterborough Town Sports Club. Recently they decided they wanted to convert it back to an exibition squash court, so did not renew our lease. Which meant our lease expired on 31 December 2020, by that date we have to remove the climbing wall so it can go back to being a squash court. We closed on 20 March 2020 due to Coranavirus. It was not worth re-opening for what would have been 2 months. The climbing wall has now been removed and is being converted back to an exibition squash court.
We are still able to offer Real Rock Trips and instruction at other locations e.g. school walls etc.
Up to 6.5m lead/toprope walls in curved resin panels, vertical and overhanging sections, belay ledges by Livingstone, built 1995.
Since 1998, includes 12m roof route for horizontal climbing (largest in the country?) plus large stalactite in the centre. Also dedicated Bouldering Cave with free form sides and Woody Wave ceiling. Own-built balcony traverse on bolt-ons. 176 sq m of wall surface.
Courses and equipment hire available. Sports centre facilities.
The flattest place in the world now has a half decent indoor wall. Fixed ropes on about 20 routes. Built from fibreglass panels around three sides of a redundant squash court, two of the sides are mainly vertical with an overhanging rear wall.
Holds are either cast into the panels or bolt-ons and the climbing varies from delicate and technical problems to pumpy jug pulling. Built and operated by Peterborough MC. [George Christie 4/96]