From Monday 17 August, the climbing centre will be operating on adjusted hours with bookable 105 minute slots. Bookings will be for individual areas, such as the bouldering room, or the tower. This allows our team to carry out the necessary cleaning procedures whilst maintaining safe social distancing. Sessions are listed below:

Mon-Fri

Session 1: 10:15 - 12:00 (off peak)

Session 2: 12:15 - 14:00 (off peak)

Session 3: 14:15 - 16:00

Session 4: 16:15 - 18:00

Session 5: 18:15 - 20:00

Session 6: 20:15 - 22:00

Weekends

Session 1: 10:15 - 12:00 (off peak)

Session 2: 12:15 - 14:00 (off peak)

Session 3: 14:15 - 16:00 (off peak)

Session 4: 16:15 - 18:00 (off peak)

Each session will be limited to 34 climbers based on social distancing guidelines, and can be booked via the Brookes Sport app or the website.

Due to limited numbers in the climbing wall, ALL climbers regardless of age will need to be registered and accounted for; this includes children who have not been required to register in the past.  Please click here to register and do not forget to click on the link to complete the climbing participation form at the end of the registration process.

Please note that due to the reduction in weekday opening hours, we have extended our off peak membership to include weekend climbing. This will be reviewed further should our operating hours change.

 

If you are either

 

• An existing adult climbing member and unable to book onto a session, your climbing participation may have expired during the lockdown period. To renew this, please click here and please allow 24 hours for this to be processed by our admin team.
• An existing child member (has booked into NICAS/Rock Stars/Junior open sessions) you are now required to complete the climbing participation form too. Please click here to do so.

 

Please arrive 5-10 minutes before your pre-booked session, ready to climb as our changing facilities will remain closed until further notice.

Upon entry. all visitors must use the hand sanitiser located at the entrance to the building. Once inside, please observe the social distancing guidance as per the notices displayed at the centre.

Liquid Chalk Only

To reduce the dust content in the facility, powdered chalk and chalk balls are not allowed at present.  Liquid chalk alcohol content could also help to improve hygiene in between hand washes.

Liquid chalk is available via reception: 150ml - £5.00, 200ml - £6.00

To further improve the air quality in the main bouldering room, we have two HEPA 14 MaxVac air scrubbers and a MaxVac air mover bringing in fresh air.

 

We are working with the Association of British Climbing Walls (ABC) and National Indoor Climbing Award Scheme (NICAS) on a plan to run instructed sessions as soon as safely possible. At present we do not intend to run instructed sessions until later in the year. Once we are in a position to run sessions safely we will advertise a limited instruction timetable.

If you would like to cancel your Brookes Sport Membership, please cancel your Direct Debit instruction by contacting your bank directly by telephone or banking app. Your bank will notify our membership team.　

If you wish to extend your freeze, please email sportsmembership@brookes.ac.uk by 12 noon on Friday 21st August with the date you wish to freeze up to.

Please note. We are accepting freeze requests up to 2nd January 2021. If you wish to freeze for longer than this period, please contact your bank to cancel your Direct Debit instruction.

If you are still experiencing problems with booking, please email sportsmembership@brookes.ac.uk

We hope this information helps resolve any issues you may have been facing.

All bookings are required to be made in advance using either our online booking system or via the Brookes Sport App (for Apple, for Android).

This will require your password & email address registered to your Brookes Sport account.

If you do not know your password please click here to reset it (you will need your member ID to complete this process):

Note: Please use letters and numbers only for the new password, no punctuation or special characters.

Existing adult climbing members who are unable to book onto a session may be requireded to resubmit their Climbing Participation Agreement. 
Existing child members (who have previously booked onto NICAS/Rock Stars/ or Junior open sessions) are now required to complete the Climbing Participation Agreement form too. 
To renew, please click here and allow 24 hours for this to be processed by our admin team.