In reply to jamesg85:
Hi mate, I used to live by the clock tower in Malvern - the boulder there is actually really good quality rock and climbing, even if the venue might look a bit scrappy. However, given its location it barely gets any sunlight and needs a good sustained dry patch to be worth visiting. The top out mantle is also quite sketchy if you only have one pad/ no spotter but can you can just drop down from the decent holds on the lip if you don’t want to commit.
Re: bouldering close to Worcester - the gandalfs/ haresfield suggestion is good, about an hour from Worcester. Southstone I checked out over a decade ago, there is bouldering potential for sure but also very very sharp pockety holds, not that pleasant to climb on but maybe I just need to go back!
If you want local esoterica that’s actually really good climbing then I’d recommend bewdley bypass bridge, it’s very techy vertical sandstone wall climbing that climbs so much better than it looks. About 30 minutes from Worcester. Totally flat landing so safe as can be really, I’m perfectly happy climbing there alone but like at least one pad. I’ll put a link to a video I made, just scrub through the biblins footage to get an idea - very different to a moonboard but you’ll get very good footwork and very strong fingers! The closest I comparable I can think of is the wall climbs at nesscliffe in terms of style. I’m on my summer holiday now so if you ever want to meet up there and I can show you some of the problems send me an email, I’d say most of the up problems are 6A/Bish and the full travs are probably 7A+/B
https://youtu.be/qQS-lYsLf78?si=-obHC3PoLlsEK_Tl