Climbing
As Europe's largest indoor climbing centre, EICA Ratho offers world class climbing walls and bouldering. Our arena provides visitors with a wide range of different climbing sessions and experiences.
£14.50 PAYG
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Lead climbing
Our arena is a lead climbing paradise with a total of 62 lead climbing lines.
Top rope and auto belay
Climb with confidence with the rope always above you. No partner? No problem with our auto belays.
Bouldering
EICA is home to a dedicated bouldering room, offering climbing on artificial rock walls and rock formations.
New Olympic standard bouldering walls were installed in our arena in December 2024.
Find out more about our exciting developments and getting into bouldering.
Register before you arrive
Everyone who is looking to climb unsupervised must complete the registration forms for both climbing and bouldering. You will be asked you complete a competency test upon arrival.
Please note to use the auto belays in the arena you must have the skills and experience to climb and belay manually on top-roped routes and have completed the climber registation forms.
New to climbing
We welcome all climbing abilities to EICA Ratho.
If you’ve never climbed before and want to learn or improve your skills, we offer a range of climbing lessons for all ages and abilities with our Climbing Arena Instructors.
Please note, pre-booking is essential for instructor led sessions.
New to EICA Ratho but have climbed before
Everyone who is looking to climb unsupervised has to complete the registration forms before climbing or bouldering at EICA Ratho. You will be asked you complete a competency test upon arrival.
Please note, to use the auto belays in the arena, you must have the skills and experience to climb and belay manually on top-roped routes and complete the climber registration.
Climbing at EICA Ratho
See what some of our visitors and members have to say how they got in to the sport and their experiences of climbing at Edinburgh International Climbing Arena Ratho
Climbing courses at EICA Ratho
New to climbing or looking to work on your climbing skills? We’ve got climbing lessons for all ages and skill levels. Get the whole family clipped in, meet new people and develop new skills with our expert instructors. Get started by choosing an adventure below.
