Description
The Climbing Academy: The Prop Store is an expansive, purpose-built indoor sports complex located in Maryhill, North West Glasgow. Functioning as one of the region's premium hubs for active family leisure, the venue offers an active, social, and supportive environment across a beautifully converted industrial footprint. Originally used by BBC Scotland to house an extensive television library, the venue has been completely transformed into one of the best things to do with kids in Glasgow, welcoming older children, teenagers, and parents to scale new physical heights together.
Planning an active family session is highly affordable, with off-peak single entry prices starting from £7.80 for children under eight, £8.80 for under-16s, and £12.50 for adults. Free admission is provided for adults who are simply visiting to supervise their young climbers or relax with refreshments in the bright social areas. Optional shoe, harness, and safety device rentals are readily available at the reception desk alongside structured courses to help new climbers get started smoothly.
If you are looking for the best place for a day out with family and kids, this dynamic facility delivers fantastic physical engagement and a warm community atmosphere. By prioritizing interactive problem-solving and accessible fitness, it gives children a wonderful confidence boost as they safely navigate both low-level bouldering paths and soaring roped configurations.
Features
- Paid
- Host birthday parties: No
Features
Core Features
- Sensory Play and Movement: Vertical rope routes and contemporary bouldering paths explicitly designed with varied angles, creative shapes, and textured holds to build coordination and spatial awareness.
- Interactive Family Challenges: Friendly, staff-supported layouts where parents and kids can team up to safely tackle vertical logic paths and high-wall goals.
- Educational Day Out: A great introduction to physical agility, technical knot safety, and athletic core stability inside a landmark television history building.
Top 5 Highlights
- Glasgow's First Indoor Top-Out Boulder: The main bouldering arena features highly creative wall profiles, including a specialized "top-out" boulder configuration. Teenagers and older children can practice the realistic physical triumph of hauling themselves over the very top of a structure, simulating real outdoor rock routes.
- Soaring Roped Climbing Walls: Unlike bouldering-only gyms, the venue provides tall vertical walls outfitted for lead climbing and top-rope climbing. It is the perfect spot for older kids and adventurous beginners to learn harness safety and experience the thrill of climbing at height.
- User-Friendly Auto-Belay Lines: For families wanting immediate vertical action without needing to manage complex manual rope lines themselves, the facility features automatic braking belay lines. Free auto-belay safety inductions are readily provided on request by the reception team to get your family moving quickly.
- The Extensive Training Mezzanine: Positioned high above the main arena, an extensive training mezzanine level houses a dedicated system wall, campus board, lattice board, and athletic gym. Older kids and teenagers can measure their athletic progress, build functional strength, and explore modern sports conditioning.
- The Prop Store Hub Cafe: A bright and welcoming public cafe open to everyone, whether you are climbing or simply supervising. Families can unwind together to enjoy premium coffees, fresh soup, Flavourbomb sandwiches, Yolk + Pod cakes, and warm pizzas, with plenty of delicious vegan options available.
Beyond the Main Attraction
- The Climbing Academy: The Newsroom: Step inside this sister venue in Kinning Park to find a massive dedicated low-level bouldering gym featuring a custom-built kids' wall for toddlers.
- The River Kelvin Walkway: A beautiful, peaceful nature path located a short stroll away, following the river all the way from Kelvingrove Park and the Botanic Gardens.
- The Forth and Clyde Canal: Running adjacent to the facility, providing scenic local waterside walking loops and active cycling trails to round off your afternoon.
4.40 miles
