Redpoint Climbing Centre

Love the new baby stalagtite!

We'd like to thank everyone at Redpoint for their hospitality over the weekend. It was our first visit to the climbing centre AND Birmingham and we were made to feel really welcome.
This combined with your brilliant climbing facility makes us think we'll be visiting you again soon!

Hi All. First time at Redpoint last night - won't be the last. Great place, friendly and engaging staff, super routes, easy parking.
Got my ass kicked a few times - come on fingers do your stuff!
I have attached a couple of pics for the gallery if you'd like 'em.
Regards to all and thanks.
Paul

Would just like to say what a fab place this is to take the kids, mine were climbing the walls at home so i took them to do it for real... The staff are really good with the kids (even the difficult ones, i noted) and made to feel really welcome. Even the novices had an obvious increase in confidence after a couple of tries. Thanks for a good idea for school hols, will tell everyone.

I just wanted to say yesterday was great. Your staff are lovely, the wall is fab, your customers are all lovely, the events were all great fun, it was brilliant watching neil climb and Andy was hilarious. I'll definately be back on weekend rainy days (can't do the week as I come in from leicestershire), thanks mostly to the fact that you (as a climbing wall) made a brilliant effort and the atmosphere was fab.

Thank you.

the competition was awesome i loved it had a gr8 time the routes were hard and it gave me a good challenge so thanks for a good time redpoint!

Wow just got back from a whole weekend at Redpoint, what can we say?? Amazing time!! Phil and the team just look after everyone so well and are just so friendly, making Redpoint such a great place to spend time.

So if you're after great climbing, restuarant advice, a scrable masterclass, or even Phil's special word for the day!! I couldn't recomend Redpoint enough!!

You can even pop upstairs to Rock On and meet the worlds first "shoe rack potholing" champions!!

See you very soon guys :-)

Big Thanks to Phil and his team at Redpoint for Friday/Saturday, not only for making a good cuppa just when i needed it but for their assistance and expertise ensuring the day went off without any hicups. Safe to say all enjoyed the day, even with the "challanging routes".....Come on guys...stop complaining they wern't that hard ;-P...even i got up some of them!! I think this round certainly showed us some of the best tallent we have in the Midlands with some very gripping last climbs - u could feel the tension!!! Well donto all that took part, and thanks again to all that helped out....It couln't be done without it :-)

The routes are excellent, it is so nice to do a route which isn't straight up a flat and featureless wall. I would have said that the routes are actually easier than i expected, but i am in no way a grade expert!
Keep up the excellent work route setting, and don't change the routes from going all over the place! It adds far more realism to the climb!

Really impressed with the place - I got given a tour by Phil before she opened and though it was like climbing Everest with no shoes - but respect due its done and better than I thought.....

After my first 2 sessions - I found that the 6's pretty honest, but some of the 5's a little more demanding. I guess a little more time will moderate... Suppose that why the honesty box is there...

One word to sum up....

Character..

Congratulations on finally realising your vision. Just been for our first climb and it was a wonderful experience. Everything about the centre is truly geared to meeting the needs of the climbing community. At last, a climbing wall in Birmingham that has been built by climbers for climbers, with the understanding that the quality of an indoor venue should be every bit as good as the people who use it!

This has got to be THE most well thought out climbing wall that I have ever been to, and I've been to quite a few!

Brilliant ideas, such as having a top rope on routes AND quickdraws, with an extra screwgate at the top, so that climbers can take their pick of leading or toproping, mean that you have a real choice of routes.

Giving a grade for climbing routes using ALL the holds gives a whole STACK of easier routes.

The design of the walls themselves is brilliant! No boring, flat panels, but a whole raft of aretes, corners, overlaps, slabs, cracks and features means that I can use all my sneaky tricks, and get my weight onto my feet, making climbs possible for me! Whereas anyone who wants a good workout can ignore these sneaky tricks and get a good, thuggy, overhanging climb on the very same panels!

There is plenty of wall space, without the wall feeling closed in or claustophobic, due to the clever use of stalagtights and sloping walls. It is genius!!!

I was really impressed. And then there are all the little extras, like roomy lockers, pigeon holes for bags, changing rooms, drinks and snacks, a comfy sitting area, and friendly staff!

The route setting was excellent too! Maybe I had died and gone to heaven? :-) I really couldn't see any room for improvement, beyond the fact that I think they should open another wall, this time in Stoke.

The wall looks amazing, it was fantastic to climb again yesrterday.
Love all different shaped holds, can,t wait for my next vist
cu soon

Loved it, spot on guys, will be seeing you again soon!

This place is stunning.Built by climbers for climbers with a tremendous ammount of love and affection and hard work by Phil, Paula, Rob and the team. The photos do not do it justice you have to see it to believe it.Lets get behind it and all spread the word.

We came over Friday night for the second time with what amounted to our largest club 'meet' for ages - ten of us all in one place at the same time! Everyone thought the wall was absolutely fantastic, friendly people, good routes and a really nice enviroment! Thanks very much - we will be back soon!

Wow! Came over today to see what all the fuss was about... some amazing routes. For me, many of them a little too tough right now but great motivation to get climbing more cos there's a lot of really fun looking stuff! I'll be back... (Also, really friendly staff, great surroundings - feels like a sports centre not a disused warehouse!)

Hi Tom & Martin

My wife and i really enjoyed the climb. That's wonderful experience and looking forward to seeing you next Saturday !

Staff are very friendly and price is very reasonable as well.

Regards
Michael Chan & Irene Liu

omg BRILLIANT !!!

Finally found the place Saturday morning (It's on Cecil St next to the PINK tile shop) Had a great time with a group of friends! The routes are exciting and well laid out! We liked how quite a few routes spanned onto different walls to give a better outside feel and not crammed into a small space like our regular haunt! Shall be making use of the amazing £2 annual membership at the weekends every now and again, it's closer and easier to get to than Manchester for me, so i am smiling all round! Well done guys and gals for a superb centre!

Me and the other half managed to make it up with a friend at the weekend and I can say we were all mighty impressed. Although we can't manage a lot of the routes at the moment we had enough to have a really good session. Also you all seemed like a nice friendly bunch.

Well Well Well Phil et al. Judging by the response written in the Blogs you guys have built a winner. Your vision is reflected in the comments these kind people have written. Big ups to you all. Can you send that password so i can upload some pics.
speek soon

Paid my first climbing visit last night and it sure lives up to the hype! That arete at the back of the hall is simply sublime, and I had big fun starting a route on one side of the arch, climbing through and finishing up the headwall on t'other side :o>

Most important, at last a climbing wall that keeps us honest about our level of ability. Knock knock, wake up Neo...

Just have to say a huge congrats on the wall. I've been looking forward to climbing on it for a good while now and finaly got a go last night. I was not disappointed, its fanatastic. Every route I did was great, some were just superb and I have to agree with Diems assesment of the arete, what a route!

Well done to all the team

F*@#%$G AWESOME!!! (Potty mouth firmly in check...) A huge congratulations to you all for your hard work, grit and determination in getting this brand spanking new climbing puppy ship shape and OPEN - HURRAH! We're both so happy for you guys, you sould be so PROUD, PROUD, PROUD of yourselves. Now, once you've got it running itself, we need the Vancouver franchise... and a drummer. We miss you a lot. Big...nae, huge....nae MASSIVE respeK and loving all over your face.
Jo & Sandor

Thanks for a really friendly welcome when we decended on you on Sunday. Even with a large group of us, we found plenty of routes available and enjoyed the visit. Hope to see Andy & the Redpoint team again. On behalf of SCAFell, the Scout National Climbing Support Team.

hey i had a brilliant idea whilst at the my climbing series today, you should do deep water soloing outdoor course. i just thought i'd mention it because i would definatly go. :)

well what can i say im only a learner but its wicked id say to anyone interested to come along and give it a try you wont be sorry

Nice too see all again after a 9 month break. (DH MTB takes priority in summer months). Anyway this was just a quick note to say well done in keeping the place in tip top condition in difficult economic times and all staff warm and welcoming! Routes were great (as always).

Anyway I thought I'd pass on an interesting idea that I bumped into (no pun...) in a climbing wall in Stuttgart Germany - bouldering in the dark with "black lights", they illuminate chalk marks -absolutely fantastic.

.....You might need to unscrew a few light bulbs to do it mind......

Live long and prosper.

M

Redpoint Rocks!

Great job guys, loving the walls!

bet you didn`t expect lil ol Bruce to be Grimpin about.

Good stuff!

Thanks to Jeff and Tom our instructors for making my climbing birthday party awesome. I and at least
1 of my friends will be coming back soon so you better watch out!

K8 Jordan

Just got back form climbing with the BCU Student Union and I had the best time!!! have never done it before and was so scared but our instructor (I'm sorry I didn't get your name) was brilliant with encouraging us and challenging us!!! will deffinately be rock climbing again!!!

I only started climbing at redpoint 2 weeks ago and had a fear of heights and falling after a horrible experience. Want to say a big thanks to Rachel for being so patient with me so far (only had 2 lessons). I even managed to impress my boyf by getting to the top of 2 walls, which is a big thing for me. So if you're reading this Rachel, thanks for what you have done so far and see you soon for our next lesson. I can now say I have the climbing bug :D

Fantastic setup. I brought my 7-yr old daughter for a Rock Monkeys session and she had an absolute ball. Really good instruction (thanks Will) and friendly staff all made for a great experience....she can't wait to come back. As a parent it's a great incentiviser when they have something like this they really look forward to. So, from now on, hard work at school + good behaviour at home = a trip to Redpoint. See you again soon......

Thankyou to everyone at redpoint ( especially phil and will ) for giving my son, Jude and his friends a fantastic " climbing wall " party. All the staff were extremely friendly and excellent with the children . We were all blown away by this outstanding facility - i would recommend it to anyone !!

Thank you from Year 7 (all 100 of them!) for the fantastic day of climbing... the feedback from the lads was wonderful! They really had a great time, and you may well have created a few new climbing enthusiasts! Looking forward to bringing the Year 9s down on Thursday.

Thanks again for all your hard work!