Edinburgh International Climbing Arena

We are delighted to welcome you back through our doors and to get back to helping Edinburgh keep active and well - always.

Located just outside of the city centre in Ratho, the Edinburgh International Climbing Arena (EICA) makes it easy to live life’s adventure. EICA is Europe’s largest indoor climbing centre and alongside world-class climbing walls, features a bouldering room and a gym overlooking the main arena. It’s easy to get to the EICA via car or even bicycle if you travel via the Union Canal. Regardless of whether you love to climb or hit the gym, we look forward to welcoming you to EICA soon.

How to make a booking

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COVID-19 Information & Updates

Keep up to date with our latest guidelines and information when planning a visit to our venues.

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Why not download our FREE mobile app. Booking fitness classes, courts and golf tee times has never been faster! Available now for Apple and Android devices.

We've been working hard to create a safe environment for you to enjoy and we've made some changes to how we do things, including:

Increased cleaning and sanitisation
Physical distancing around the venue
Online booking and carefully scheduled activities to manage numbers and customer flow
Plastic shields installed at service points to protect you and our employees

Sanitisation stations at entry/exit to all key areas
Limiting activities and facilities, for example our changing rooms are not open and we have limited the number of lockers that can be used
Specialist staff training

It's been some time since we've been able to climb the walls. So before you visit, please watch this safety video and see our activity-specific COVID guidelines here.

It's all going on for kids and families at EICA this summer.

We're delighted to be running our Adventure Camps, Rock Camps, NICAS Introduction and NICAS Development programmes over the summer. PLUS you can get the whole family on the walls with our Family Climb Tasters or Clip n Climb.

We can't wait to welcome more children and families back into the arena this summer.

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And it's not just about the kids. Adults can get on the walls too with our Adult Start Up sessions.

We'll introduce you to the skills needed to climb safely on our top rope walls and belaying plus we cover safe use of auto belays and bouldering. No previous experience is needed for this 2 hour course where we’ll show you the ropes.

We can't wait to welcome you into the arena this summer.

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If you are looking to start a new career or work towards your qualifications, EICA offers a wide range of professional courses.

Take your skills to new heights with our selection of courses delivered at our centre below, including specialist Climbing Instructor qualifications and IRATA qualifications.

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