Huddersfield Wall is at the Huddersfield Sports Centre in a dedicated room. There are in-situ ropes on slabby, vertical and roofed walls of medium height plus a couple of lead-only lines. The bouldering area is well-used with featured panels plus a distinctive elephant's trunk feature. There is a sports centre cafe. Courses are run at the wall. Phone: 01484 223630 and ask the Sports Centre desk if you can speak to Richard Yorke.

Opening hours are: Mon-Fri 7.30am to 10pm; Sat 9am to 8pm; Sun 8.30am to 9pm.

s During the winter months, bouldering circuits aimed at power-endurance (around 25-80 moves) are 'tagged' at the wall. The grades are usually in the range H6- to H8- (... there is a loose correspondence to French 'sport' grades, but note the word 'loose').
If you create new problems, tag them with the stickiest carpet tape available (otherwise the tags get booted off quickly by the clumsy) and try to avoid making the difficulty of the problem purely a function of the height of the climber.

• Huddersfield Wall: current lead and top-rope routes
• Bouldering guide to Huddersfield Climbing Wall
• Events at The Wall: Students from Earlsheaton High School at Dewsbury have recorded their recent visit to the wall using a few photos and written accounts. Click here to visit their diary.
  

Other nearby venues:

• Leeds Wall (0113 234 1554) (leading, toproping and bouldering)
• City Bloc, Leeds (excellent new bouldering venue close to Leeds city centre, thoughtful route-setting: www.citybloc.co.uk 0113 3912652)
• The Depot climbing centre, Pudsey (another new, top-quality bouldering venue in Yorkshire: www.theclimbingdepot.com 0113 3459295)
• The Foundry, Sheffield (the grand-daddy of the North's big walls: leading, top ropes and bouldering 0114 2796331)
• The Edge, Sheffield (leading and bouldering 0114 275 8899)
• The Matrix, Sheffield University Wall (bouldering)
• The Climbing Works, Sheffield (Sheffield's most extensive bouldering venue www.climbingworks.com 0114 2509990)
• Rochdale Wall (largely bouldering but some routes: Apollo House, 11-31 School Lane, Rochdale 01706 524450)
• Broughton Wall, Salford (infamous bouldering venue: think "Broughton Power" 0161 792 2375)
• Manchester Climbing Centre (large leading, top=roping and bouldering centre set in beautiful church)
• Awesome Walls, Stockport (very tall leading, toproping and bouldering venue)

Info on new problems is welcome.

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