
Alien Rock Climbing Centre
Climbing & High Ropes · Edinburgh, Edinburgh & Lothians
Open now — closes 10pm
What’s there
- Café on site
- Free parking
- Birthday parties
Plenty of free parking outside the building; bike racks and a slipway available.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Alien Rock is Scotland's first dedicated indoor climbing centre, with two Edinburgh locations. Alien Rock offers top rope and lead climbing with up to 200 routes from 3+ and above, shoe and harness hire, and an on-site coffee shop. Alien Bloc is a dedicated bouldering centre with over 300 problems and training facilities. Both locations welcome complete novices through to experienced climbers. The centre runs taster sessions, courses at all levels, kids' clubs, and climbing parties.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Backseat organiser
- Loose changeLockers and old-fashioned car parks.
- Tissues
- Audiobook or story CD
- Climbing chalk bag
- Kids' headphones
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