SAT 22 – SUN 23 AUGUST 2026
Join us this Summer for our second Climbing Festival. With epic climbs, fun competitions, plus a bunch of prizes, loads of stalls, tasty food and live music it looks set to be a fantastic weekend!
We’ve got loads of things lined up. It’s set to be two days of climbing, prizes, fun, food & music (and hopefully some sunshine) with something for everyone from inexperienced to hardcore climbers. There’ll be lots of fun challenges to try out with routes and problems for all abilities so everyone can get involved and give things a go.
Many events, such as the Accumulator Comps, Money Climb and Speed Comps as well as various fun challenges and activities, are included within your Festival Pass. Some events require pre-booking, you can do this when purchasing your Pass or at a later date (subject to availability). Workshops and Socials are not automatically included and must be pre-booked to join, the costs for these vary and prices can be checked when booking.
We have over 20 workshops from some of the best and most exciting coaches in the country covering everything from route reading to movement across bouldering and lead aimed at various ability levels. We’re also running some special social sessions with online media star Hannah Morris.
Keep scrolling for more details, or hit the button to book your day or weekend passes.
KEY DETAILS
A quick overview of the two days:
- Dates: Saturday 22 – Sunday 23 August 2026
- Tickets: Single Day Passes or Weekend Pass available (free entry for all 270 Members and 270 Squad)
- Accumulator Comps: Boulder / Auto Belay / Lead
- Money Climb Comp (£400 up for grabs)
- Speed Climb Comp (£200 prize pot)
- Adult/Kids Workshops & Sessions (must be booked) with loads exciting climbers and coaches
- Free Parking
- All Festival Pass holders get HALF PRICE Fun Walls and High Ropes sessions over the two days (book on the day)
- Plus loads of stalls, live music, tasty food trucks & general good times!
TICKETS & COSTS
What is costs to take part…
Festival Tickets
| Saturday Day Pass | Sunday Day Pass | Weekend Pass | |
| Adult | £26 | £24 | £40 |
| Under 18 | £21 | £19 | £30 |
- Festival tickets are free for all 270 members and 270 squad members
- Workshops – are priced indvidivually. All workshops must be booked. See booking system for more details.
THE COMPS
All Comps are included with your Festival Pass. You dont have to pre-book these, but by doing so, especially for the Speed Climb and Money Climb, guarantees you a fixed time slot.
Accumulator Comp – Boulder
- 20 blocs.
- Grades from 1 to 7 on Showcase and/or Outside Boulder Wall.
- Categories: Male/Female open in Adult, (16-39) Youth (7-15) and Masters (40+), plus Gender Inclusive (all ages).
- Open both days of festival.
- Goody bag prizes for overall winners.
Accumulator Comp – Auto Belay
- 8 routes
- Grades range from 5 to 7a on the Auto Belay Balcony in C2
- Categories: Male/Female open in Adult, (16-39) Youth (7-15) and Masters (40+), plus Gender Inclusive (all ages).
- Open both days of festival.
- Self-scored on Griptonite or paper scorecards available from Reception.
- Goody bag prizes for overall winners.
Accumulator Comp – Lead
- 8 routes
- Grades from 5 to 7c in C2
- Categories: Male/Female open in Adult, (16-39) Youth (7-15) and Masters (40+), plus Gender Inclusive (all ages).
- Open both days of festival.
- Self-scored on Griptonite or paper scorecards available from Reception.
- Goody bag prizes for overall winners.
Money Climb
- Get to the top of our Money Climb route to win big money!
- One qualifying route and one finals route set from 7b+ to 8a
- Fastest flash wins (or highest point reached) wins £400.
- Open category.
- For 7yrs & over.
- All participants must be a competent lead climber.
- Qualifying rounds Saturday & Sunday morning, with top leaders going through to the Finals on Sunday lunchtime.
- Weather permitting, due to take place on outside Lead Wall on C2.
Speed Climbing (Adult)
- Male/Female open.
- For 18 yrs & over.
- £100 for each category winner.
- Saturday Only.
- On outside Speed Wall on C2.
Speed Climbing (Youth)
- Three age categories: Youth C – 15 and under / Youth B – 12-13 years / Youth A – 11 years & under (all ages on the day of the festival).
- Goody Bag prizes for each categories fastest times over the weekend.
- On Kids Speed Wall in C1.
THE WORKSHOPS & SESSIONS
Workshops and Socials must be pre-booked to join and are not automatically included with a Festival Pass. Costs for these vary from £5 to £25 each, the latest prices will be displayed when booking. Spaces are limited so may be available on the day, but to avoid any disappointment, we strongly advise you to book any of the ones you wish to attend or participate in to guarantee your place. Remember, ensure you only book events that are taking place on the day that you attend.
“Senior” Workshops are aimed at 16 years and older, while “Family” Workshops are suitable for children aged at 7 years and older and families – so parents can also join in and take part.
The majority of workshops & sessions last approx 90 mins. Most have multiple slots at fixed times throughout both days and will start at one of the following:
- 9:30am – 11:00am
- 11:15am – 12:45pm
- 1:30pm – 3:00pm
- 3:15pm – 4:45pm
- 5:00pm – 6:30pm
If a Workshop has booked up at any point, it’s worth checking back from time to time as we will try to open up more spaces for various events upon demand.
We have some of the best and most exciting coaches in the country, ranging from online media stars to elite performance instructors and established climbers providing a variety of different workshops and sessions.
THE COACHES
Bouldering Social Climb / Auto Belay Social Climb with Hannah Morris
- Saturday Only.
- These socials are a fantastic opportunity to climb with one of the most popular climbers in the country – Hannah Morris, a climber, video creator and storyteller who has been sharing her climbing journey online over many years. Hannah is a champion of building a strong community and is the founder of the largest female-led bouldering collective online with her YouTube channel – Hannah Morris Bouldering.
Movement Masterclass / Flagging Masterclass with Pete Edwards
- Two workshops available for Senior and Kids/Family over both days.
- Pete is a highly experienced climber and qualified climbing development and performance coach. With a master’s degree in Elite Performance which focussed on climbing performance and learning philosophy and a natural affinity for coaching it has given Pete a very different mindset on the teaching of climbing and coaching.
Confidence Above The Clip / Bouldering Falling with Danielle Griffith
- Two workshops available over both days.
- Danielle is a highly qualified and renowned climbing coach with over a decade of experience of delivering professional performance for GB Climbing, the BMC and NICAS. Danielle has coached beginners through to high performance climbers and para climbers at international competitions and world championships across the globe.
Auto Belay For Boulderers / Bouldering Route Reading / Slab Masterclass with Ben Brooks
- Three different workshops available over both days.
- Ben is a CWDI & Development Coach qualified who is an approved provider for coach education workshops with the BMC and Mountain Training. Ben is also part of the NICAS Coach Development Team.
Develop Your Lead Climbing / Lead Belaying for Parents with Guy Davenport
- Two workshops available over both days.
- Guy is Competition Squad Head Coach at White Spider. He has over 15 years experience as a development and performance coach having helped numerous young people to achieve GB selection and produced many national champions and a World Champion!
Slab Skills for Kids / Boulder Comp Development / Lead Comp Development with Alex Hupje
- TBC available over both days TBC
- Aimed at children (aged 7 years & older)
- Alex is a professional climbing coach, routesetter and accomplished photographer. Known for developing young climbers, he helps run academies and squads across the South of England.
Yoga for Climbers with Dr Julia Frearson
- Saturday only.
- Description on the workshop here….
Para Climbing Social
- Sunday only.
- Our para climbing social is a safe, supportive space which is open to all people with disabilities, or neurodivergence who enjoy climbing.
LIVE MUSIC
Times are subject to change but if all goes to plan then things will approx run as follows…
Tommy & The Fuse
- One of the most in-demand event bands in the south-west
- Saturday evening
- In Cafe Bar / Patio
Chuts
- Fresh from being a finalist on The Voice Wales on S4C we’re delighted to welcome back Chuts for another year with her blend of soulful rock!
- Saturday and Sunday at various times
- In Cafe Bar / Patio
STALLS & FOOD TRUCKS
The following will also be joining us offering their services & products as well as providing some giveaways!
Stallholders:
- DMM
- Giri Giri
- Climb Care
- Rays Climbing
- BeeKind Climbing
- Kletterkalk
- Shoe Chalk
- 8BEE
- Crag Swag
- Clover Climb
- Winter Grit
- The Chaordic Path
Food:
- Marinades Caribbean
- TBA Crepes
- Plus loads more hot & cold food and drinks from our cafe bar
Business As Usual – well sort of, we will be open as per normal over the weekend – so if you’re not interested in attending the festival you can just come and climb as per usual, however please note that we expect the whole Park to be much, much busier than usual so you may want to plan ahead accordingly. We have acquired a temporary overflow car park just a short walk down the road on Dog Lane just past the housing estate (will be signposted).
If you are not participating but just watching and are accompanying someone who is taking part in any of the events, you are welcome to join them without purchasing a Festival Ticket and enjoy various aspects of the Festival such as the live music, the stalls and the food and general vibes!
IMPORTANT INFO & TERMS
- All participants must be registered – this can be done online from our website ahead of your visit by clicking here or by clicking on the button below.
- Spectators are allowed access for free.
- If you have any queries ahead of your visit, please get in touch via email on info@270climbing.com
- To help capture and support the event, we will photograph and/or film various elements of the festival. This will include entrants use of the facilities, and if happy to oblige, conversations with participants and/or their opinions on the event.
- Festival events are for those aged 7 years and above.
- Day Tickets are limited to entry and access of events on that Day only.
- All bookable events are limited to one person per booking.
- Tickets are for named persons only.
- Entry to events will not be permitted without proof of booking.
- Spaces for all bookable events are limited.
- All events are subject to availability.
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