Substation Brixton

“My local climbing gym and a lovely place to spend time in. The climbing area is extremely spacious and there are always new creative routes that utilise the wall space, which is a rarity in London gyms. The studio is also lovely and calming, having done a few yoga classes along with my membership. They do have events often, limiting opening hours, and sometimes leaving some sections bare but this personally does not affect my climbing. Entry and membership is a little pricey, but the facilities make a good case for the price. I really like the ability to bring a friend in for free if it's their first time once a month, which they just started doing. Would be awesome if I could bring in 2 new people a month :)”

“The climbing spaces are great, very spacious and lots of room and variety to climbs even at it's busiest. Rather than sticking to V grades they do their own routes from 1 (easiest) to 6/7 (comp). Great area for pool tables and cafe for relaxing, and a decent gym upstairs for further training. The staff are excellent and very friendly, and it's a great atmosphere. Refurb taking place for facilities is overdue so looking forward to seeing improvements to gents changing facilities soon.”

“Amazing first introduction to rock climbing. Free for newcomers too, which I didn’t expect. Tiff at the till was very helpful! Would go again and would recommend!”