Granite & Chalk
Granite & Chalk Climbing Co. · ManchesterBouldering · Lead · Café
Open early, open late

Come in, chalk up, and stay a while.

Granite & Chalk is a 14,000 sq ft bouldering and lead-climbing gym in a converted textile warehouse in Manchester. Day passes are £11.50. Open early, open late, and every Thursday the problems change.

Press and drag to leave a chalk printOpen 6am–11pm weekdays

No. 01 — The GymBouldering · Lead · Manchester

Bouldering and lead, under one roof.

14,000 square feet of converted warehouse floor, given over to bouldering and lead climbing.

Whether you want to work a problem until it goes or clip your way up a lead line, the space is built for it. Brick, steel and chalk dust are part of the deal.

Discipline

Bouldering

Work a problem until it goes.

Discipline

Lead climbing

Clip your way up a lead line.

No. 02 — Route Setters’ NightWeekly · Thursday

Every Thursday, the wall gets a new story.

Route Setters’ Night is our weekly unveiling. New problems go up at 7pm every Thursday, and the first people on them get to work out the moves. Come and see what the setters have built, and bring friends to try it with.

  • WhenEvery Thursday
  • New problems unveiled at7pm
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Problem tag 01 — new this Thursday7pm

Never climbed? Start on a Tuesday.

Free beginner clinics run every Tuesday and are included with a monthly membership. Shoe rental is included too, so you can turn up and start climbing.

You do not need to arrive knowing anything.

  1. Tuesday beginner clinicsEvery Tuesday, no experience needed.
  2. Free with membershipIncluded with a monthly membership.
  3. Shoe rental includedTurn up, lace up, start climbing.

See what membership includes

No. 04 — Passes & Membership

Pay as you climb, or join the crew.

A day pass is £11.50 if you just want a session. If you plan to climb more than occasionally, membership is the better fit.

Monthly membership

£48 a month

  • Includes shoe rental
  • Includes free Tuesday beginner clinics
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No. 05 — The Café

Flat whites for the rest between attempts.

The café serves flat whites and flapjacks, for fuelling up before a session or recovering after one. It is a place to sit down and talk through beta with your climbing partners.

Sit down. Talk through the beta.

Before
Flat white, flapjack, then chalk up
After
Flat white, flapjack, then the debrief
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Flat white and flapjack: the whole menu we’ll vouch for here.
No. 06 — Visit

Early starts. Late finishes.

We are open 6am–11pm on weekdays and 9am–8pm on weekends, so you can climb before work, after lectures or on a Saturday morning. We are in a converted textile warehouse in Manchester. Pick up a day pass and come in.

Book a Day Pass Day pass £11.50. Full street address to follow.
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