Bloc Indoor Climbing Wall

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  Jennifer Ashton

  Enjoyed our session, great customer service after booking online on the wrong day! Thanks

  07-05-2023
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  Thiago Narisawa

  28-04-2023
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  patrick karisa

  Great experience for kids

  28-04-2023
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  J

  Went bouldering there. Fun routes, but very expensive! Bouldering: pretty fun, good number of climbs and plenty of variety amongst the V0-6 range. Some comp-style stuff too which is always fun. Cost: very expensive. As you also have to pay about £11 for 'registration'. Expect to pay over £60 for 3 novices to go bouldering and rent shoes! Also they could do with putting a sign up telling people not to walk into the toilets with climbing shoes on. That's pretty gross. Overall: Fun climbing centre, but more expensive than other bouldering centres you'll find both in and out of Bristol.

  28-04-2023
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  Andy Dodd

  Great space with really good instructors and a decent cafe. Kids bouldering is fantastic and the perfect way to start a Saturday morning.

  28-04-2023
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  Mike Johnson

  Really nice climbing gym. Lots of different types of holds and very spacious

  28-04-2023
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  John Puddy

  Visited Bloc Climbing Wall today to take my 5yo son to the ClipNClimb. Staff were fantastic, Mishka (hope I’ve spelt her name right!) was patient and a great coach. Facilities were surprisingly large and the cafe was a great treat. Will definitely be back.

  28-04-2023
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  Liam Reynolds

  I climbed at bloc for several months and the negatives unfortunately outweighed the positives. To start with the positives - 1) The setting is 3/5 - Great vision but unless you like parkour, you'll struggle with a large number of the problems. 2) Good coffee & cakes (albeit overpriced) 3) Not too busy, unlike many Bristol based centres. 4) The staff are really nice (however the entry lines are often bonkers). Negatives - 1) They charge customers for a 5* service when in reality, it's the worst bouldering gym in Bristol. Not only are they nearly £20 more a month than their competitors, you don't get a dual membership to a local sport climber centre like you do with others (TCA & Flashpoint). 2) The place is freezing half the year. Your feet will be so cold you'd prefer not to climb through the winter months (this also impacts staff moral & it's evident). 3) Their facilities aren't great - you can expect no showers, minimum training/warmup facilities & a non-functional water fountain. 4) THE COST. 5) Managerial attitude. I've no personal experience of this, but having checked other negative reviews, the owner obviously has little respect for his customers. Snarky comments in response to critical feedback is never appreciated. 6) Take home - go to TCA or Flashpoint. You'll get much better value for money.

  28-03-2023
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  Adam Hughes

  Started climbing here a year ago as it was close to home. Saved some money by signing up to the year membership. You can't get out of the contract so if you sign up so make sure your circumstances aren't going to change in 12 months. The walls and setting are very good, the problems are decent and the only times the walls are too crowded is peak mid-week (same as anywhere). The staff are all really nice. Problems are set more frequently than other centres and the setters are top tier. Facilities aren't great. They are overpriced enough and get enough trade to not have to provide much so expect a basic stretching area, a few pullup bars and hang boards. Nowhere near the same gym facilities as any other climbing centre in Bristol. You'll pay about £20 pm more than somewhere else and receive worse facilities and no showers. Parking is always great though, it has a huge car park round back. The nature of the building makes for extremely cold climbing in the winter months so spend time warming up, it's not as warm as other centres in Bristol bar the Church. Not Bloc's fault at all but worth mentioning if you climb in the mornings before work as you'll need to wrap up. It opens later than other centres at 8am too, so you'll need to warm up at home to get some time in before work. You can work from the cafe and they provide free WiFi. It's not justifiable to spend the membership amount over a year on this place so just pay one-off fees here to climb with friends and use another centre in Bristol for your membership. My advice would be to try some other centres and check out the facilities of each before signing up to get the most value out of your membership; Bloc is nice but won't provide value for money.

  28-03-2023
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  Jacob Delacruz

  On the website I thought you'd only have to pay the entry fee, there is no mention of any registration fee on there prices pay and was surprised that I had to pay an extra £4 each on top of entry to climb, not too much but they need to mention on the website, as I was only up for the day and would have gone flashpoint instead if knew. The holds look like they have never been cleaned, dey desperately need a jet wash as many of the foot holds have got so much shoe rubber they act as a non textured hold. gym has almost nothing in it, que to get in took ages and there was only 2 people infront of us, very slow registration process, poor quality toilets. Overall, not worth the money at all.

  28-03-2023