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Southampton Climbing Wall is based at St Marys Leisure Centre in Southampton city centre, right next to the Jurys Inn hotel roundabout, just 10 minutes’ walk from West Quay shopping centre and 15 minutes’ walk from Southampton Central train station.

SCW, St Marys Leisure Centre, St Marys Road, Southampton SO14 0BL

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Southampton Climbing Wall at St Marys Leisure Centre

By Car

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SCW is situated in St Marys between the Royal South Hants Hospital and Southampton Fire Station.

Parking:

There are 2-hour parking bays in the roads around St Marys Leisure Centre if you’re just making a quick visit. Otherwise there is a public pay-and-display car park over the road and behind the purple night club (The Edge / Box), which is subject to both day and night charges.

Foot / bike

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SCW is just 10 minutes’ walk from the centre of Southampton. Just head to the Jurys Inn hotel roundabout, which has lots of walking and cycle-ways around it, and turn off the Royal South Hants Hospital exit. After 20m at the T-junction you’ll see St Marys Leisure Centre just over the road on the right-hand side.

There is a designated area for securing your bike opposite SCW.

Public Transport

Use this handy public transport planner to work out the best routes to SCW

Coming for public climbing?

It is strongly advised that all general public climbers check the SCW calendar before each visit to double-check there are no large instructed sessions going on. Check the calendar here.

Public climbers wishing to use the roped climbing wall must have first been assessed. There is no assessment required for bouldering only. Read more about booking as assessment.

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Important Notice

Please be advised that Southampton Climbing is due for closure soon as we have now opened Boulder Shack, our major new climbing and bouldering facility just around the corner.

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A statement from Tim Miller, owner of SCW and founder of Boulder Shack,

Over the past 8 years, we at Southampton Climbing Wall (SCW) have welcomed and supported a growing number of new and experienced climbers to our community. This great little wall is due to close soon as it is no longer able to meet local demand. Earlier this year, the owners of Southampton Climbing Wall, based in St Marys Leisure Centre opened Boulder Shack Climbing Gym, a much larger climbing centre just a few minutes away on Empress Road and this is now providing an exciting new chapter for the Southampton climbing community. With over 12,000ft² of climbing, Boulder Shack is able to provide for all the past users of SCW plus many more GCSE school groups, an over 50’s morning, increased junior performance teams, general fitness classes and instructed sessions for all ages and abilities – all within the comfort of a spacious centre with an in-house café. So although we’ll all be sad to see the end of an era at SCW, the next phase at Boulder Shack is already proving to be an exciting step forward.