About NTU Climbing and Mountaineering
NTU Climbing is an ever growing community of around 100 students, which strives for inclusivity of all levels.
If you are a beginner climber looking to break into the sport and make friends, we provide opportunities to learn all of the basic skills, and we have super social indoor climbing sessions three times a week across three locations.
For those wanting to get outdoors, we aim to provide fortnightly trips to locations such as the Peak District, Dorset, as well as two larger trips abroad each year!
If you thrive for the competitive side, we have a strong BUCS team, and enter MUCCs competitions throughout the year, as well as more friendly, fun competitions!
Léah Wood, President:
“What I love about climbing is that it is an environment where everyone is welcomed, no matter your ability.”
Everything you need to know:
Join Our Climbing Community!
We run regular social climbing sessions three times a week at three fantastic centres across Nottingham:
- Monday: 7–10 pm at Nottingham Climbing Centre
- Wednesday: 2–5 pm at Students’ Union Climbing Wall (City Campus)
- Friday: 7–10 pm at Depot Nottingham
For members who are signed off, we also offer an open climbing session every Saturday, 12–5 pm at the SU wall.
That’s just the start! Alongside our weekly sessions, we organise fortnightly climbing trips—usually outdoor bouldering or lead climbing adventures in stunning UK locations such as the Peak District, Dorset, and Wales. If the weather isn’t on our side, we’ll head to different indoor climbing centres across the country instead.
And for the ultimate experience, we run two international trips each year:
- Fontainebleau, France, for world-class outdoor bouldering
- Arco, Italy, for incredible sport climbing
Whether you’re looking for relaxed social sessions, exciting UK trips, or unforgettable adventures abroad, there’s something for everyone!
Our club membership fee costs a total of £90.
Our membership provides you with free climbing sessions every Wednesday (and Saturday for signed off members) at the SU wall, a discounted entry every Monday to Nottingham Climbing Centre, access to trips, sessions, socials, use of climbing equipment and access to our coach John, as well as opportunities to compete in friendly competitions and try out for the BUCS team! There will be extra costs through the year such as entrance into external climbing gyms, and costs for trips.
To visit either centre please watch their safety videos and complete the waiver:
- The Depot waiver and video
- Nottingham Climbing Centre waiver and video
- NTU climbing wall conditions of use
- Climbing risk assessment (PDF, 317KB)- If you require a more accessible version of the risk assessments, please contact NTU Sports.
Want to represent NTU?
NTU Climbing attend the annual BUCS National event each year. Club members who wish to compete in BUCS are invited to participate in the team selection trials we host in October. Those selected for the team will gain access to additional coach-led training.
Alternatively, head to the NTU Welcome website to see all available sessions!
Want to get a feel for the club and sport before joining?
We run taster sessions during Welcome Week at the start of each academic year. Keep an eye on our club social media for updates or email us for more information.
Alternatively, head to the NTU Welcome website to see all available sessions!
Our coach John runs regular play for fun sessions at the Student Union wall - these run are separately from the club sessions and can be booked through the NTU sport app.
Each year NTU Sport accept a number of athletes on scholarships across a range of sports.
Each scholarship application is judged on a case-by-case basis, and we encourage athletes from all sports who are interested to take a look at the information on the Sport scholarships web page.
If you have any questions, please email sportscholarships@ntu.ac.uk or call +44 (0)115 848 3219.
While all of our social sessions and most of our trips are student led, we have an amazing coach, John, who takes the reigns on the BUCS team, providing extra weekly training sessions for the team, as well as providing the club with lots of training and knowledge on all things rope related: learning to lead, sport climbing, indoors and outdoors!
You can get a discount of £60.00 on each club after your first purchase!
Please visit our sport receptions after your first purchase to enable the discount.
Please note, when making the discounted club purchase online after visiting us, the discount will only apply on the very last page of the transaction, after you have clicked on 'Pay And Finish'. The full price will display until you reach this page.
Our top achievements:
of members retained
as a University in MUCCs 2025 (Midlands University Climbing Competition)
£639 raised for Movember 2024
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