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← Back to BoulderingWhy this one made the list
Café and yoga studio under one roof. Wide range of grades. The third-place case study for North-East London.
Practical
- Address
- 8 Blackhorse Lane, Walthamstow, E17 5QU
- Postcode
- E17 6DP
- Cost
- £16 day pass
- Setting
- Indoor
- First visit
- First-timer Tuesdays at 19:00 — staff-led intro to the wall. £8 reduced rate first visit.
- Getting started
- Induction required · Walk-in welcome
- Booking
- Walk-in
- Website
- Yonder Climbing
What you'd want to know
Independent bouldering and creative workspace on Blackhorse Lane in Walthamstow, spread over three levels. Ground floor holds the main climbing room and reception — plywood walls, angled boards in slab and wave-overhang, and a training floor lined with campus boards, beastmakers and a Moon Board.
Holds in terracotta, mustard, sage and navy. First floor café and bar runs the length of the building with long timber tables, plywood bar stools and a Wild Grains bakery counter.
A second-floor yoga studio with wide wooden floors, foam mats and tall windows. Concrete and steel structure left exposed throughout; warm pendant lighting hangs over the café; chalk dust drifts down through the open mezzanine.
Overheard from locals
- the buddy up and queer climb socials are the way in if you don't know anyone — you don't have to climb at a grade, just turn up.
- boulder buds are on the floor 7-9pm weeknights to help beginners. ask them — they're there for that.
- three levels in one building: climbing ground, café and bakery first floor, yoga studio top. people use all three the same afternoon.
- wide range of grades makes it the wall to learn on — not a wall that humbles you on round one.
- go before 6pm weekdays or weekend mornings if you want the floor open. evening tuesday and thursday gets the after-work crowd.