It is with great please we can announce that Craggy Island is to open a new Dedicated Bouldering Centre in the South London Borough of Sutton this Autumn! Yes, the son of Craggy is now official, we can confirm that a lease has been agreed with both Surrey Oaks Sports Centre and Sutton Borough Council.

The building is an old squash courts facility containing 6 courts, one of which is already converted to a changing area with a mezzanine above, with the remaining 5 courts being altered to house well over 500 sq meters of world class bouldering.

The location is off the Woodmansterne Road in Carshalton and is situated in the beautiful landscaped grounds of the Surrey Oaks sports club. The site is just south of Sutton and south west of Croydon and has plenty of parking. The M25 is also only a short distance away.

The schedule will be to renovate and alter the building ready to house the wall. Then install the climbing walls over the summer and furnish and equip the centre to be ready to open in September 2008.

The climbing will be housed in 3 distinct areas, squash court 1 will be a beginners and kids bouldering room (that can be closed off from the rest of the facilities, so that any disturbance from groups/parties will be kept to a minimum). Courts 2 & 3 will be predominantly intermediate zones with some featured sections and courts 4 & 5 will be opened out to house a very impressive competition wall and training area for the serious boulderers.

The aim is to provide a large dedicated bouldering facility, that like our Guilford centre has enough capacity and variety of climbing to satisfy the serious climbers right through to people wanting to try the sport out for the first time in an exciting and friendly arena.

1st pics of the building works are here

8th May 2008

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