OUR COMPANY
The Peak Bouldering Company was formed in July 2006 to develop a dedicated indoor bouldering centre in Sheffield. Motivated by the unprecedented success of this venture we are currently in the process of developing a Climbing Works Bristol with Ron Barraclough. The building is a circa 1960s industrial unit. The building has a floor area of 15246 square feet (THAT IS HUGE) with its own extensive parking area.

The Company’s goal is to create the best bouldering facilities in the UK, on a scale that will rival anything in the world.

From the offices of the Minister for Sport:
Richard Caborn MP says

“Climbing Works is a fantastic opportunity for the people of Bristol and surrounding areas to gain experience in climbing in a safe and well supervised environment and offers people of all ages and abilities the opportunity to gain the skills needed to boulder (climbing above a padded surface) safely in a rope free climbing centre.

Climbing Works Bristol will help cater for the regional growth in interest for indoor rock climbing. This comes at an opportune time as government strives to engage young people in sport and leisure.

I was able to take my two young grandchildren (4 and 5 years old) on a session to the climbing Works in Sheffield, which they loved. Since the access is much easier than a conventional climbing centre they were able to climb straight away in a safe environment.

Having seen the world-class facility provided in Sheffield I would highly recommend a Climbing Works for the City of Bristol to help in the growth and development of the sports and leisure industry”

OUR CONCEPT
WHATEVER GRADE YOU CLIMB AT YOU WILL FIND AT LEAST 40 PROBLEMS THAT YOU CAN CLIMB EASILY AND THEN AT LEAST 40 MORE FOR YOU TO WORK ON!!!!!!!

• Opening at the start of November 2007 in Bedminster, Bristol, UK
• The Worlds biggest and best dedicated bouldering centre
• Over 1300m² of climbing surface
• 5 graded circuits, each consisting of 40 colour-coded boulder problems, reset every month
• 50 colour-coded problems of all grades set on our competition wall. Reset every month by some of the best and most notorious guest route setters in the UK and Europe
• The Cheddar wall, specifically set to help you train for the delights of climbing harder routes in cheddar
• The Climbing Works will be able to have the longest, steepest and most sustained routes of any climbing centre in the UK, without the hassle of ropes, climbing partners, harnesses or any of the associated iron-mongery! We aim to provide a number of very long and sustained routes, graded from F6a to F8b. these will be set around the centre and on our huge stamina wall along side 3 graded stamina circuits to test and improve your route fitness.
• Huge/steep dedicated training board featuring fixed holds (left permanently on so you can gauge your strength and fitness year round) and an atmosphere conducive to specific and focused training.
• Dedicated/separate kid’s bouldering area
• The best campus and fingerboard facility
• Regular winter competitions
• Host venue for International Master competitions
• Sunny/warm Café area
• Covered and secure bike parking facilities
• Our own large dedicated parking area
• Chill-out and spectator areas
• Stretching and warm-up areas, including some weight training facilities
• Sports massage and crèche facilities to be provided on certain weekdays
• Climbing classes for children, beginners and improvers.
• One-to-one training by some of the most respected climbing coaches in the UK
• Modern conferencing and training facilities including a first aid training suite.

OUR PRODUCT
The Climbing Works Bristol will be a dedicated indoor bouldering centre serving Bristol and the South West of England and will be a climbing centre of national and international significance, on a scale that will rival anything in the world.

• The centre will only provide bouldering facilities, as this is a climbing activity that has grown in popularity of recent years.
• The centre will provide bouldering facilities for all ability groups, from school age beginners to the very best climbers in the world. The wall is to be designed and built by Andy Long, Jason Pickles, Percy Bishton and Ron Barraclough who between them have built and designed many of the best climbing and bouldering facilities in the UK.
• Regular changing of boulder problems is essential for ensuring customers do not lose interest in the design of the bouldering wall. The Managing Director of Climbing Works Bristol Ron Barraclough is nationally renowned as one of the country’s leading route setters who regularly sets at regional and national climbing competitions.
  In addition to Ron the centre will be utilising the route setting skills of experienced local/regional setters who have an enthusiasm for and personal interest in the quality and variety of the problems on offer. We will also employ the services of a number of internationally qualified route setters all of whom are regular route setters on the World Cup circuit. These will include Percy Bishton, who for the last 11 years has worked as a professional route setter and has worked at numerous climbing walls throughout the UK and has set routes at numerous national and international events held in the UK. For the past 3 years Percy has been qualified as an international chief route setter and has worked at numerous events including 2 World Championships. He is now considered one of the foremost route setters for Bouldering competitions and consequently now receives appointments as Chief Route Setter for World Cup events.
  Ian Vickers (European Champion in 1998 and Chief Route Setter at 2 successive World Championships), Laurent Boudier of France (Chief Route Setter at numerous World Cups, Chief Route Setter at the World Youth Championships 2004 and former French National Team Coach) and Jacky Godoffe, also from France – Jacky is in charge of appointing the route setters for all World Cup events and could therefore be described as the Chief Chief Route Setter.
  Ron is also employed as the national trainer of professional route-setters for the Climbing Wall Manufacturing Association (CWMA) since 2000 and amongst other things he has co-developed and delivered the CWMA Route Setting Course over this period to a number of centres and climbing walls through out the UK, including various military establishments. As a holder of the Single Pitch Award (SPA) award he also delivers performance-coaching holidays for Rock and sun Ltd. and has been an active instructor and climbing coach for over eight years.
• Whilst The Climbing Works will cater for the elite climbers needs, our emphasis is on the provision of an un-surpassed climbing experience for beginner and intermediate level climbers of all ages.
• Our management team will strive to encourage new participants to the sport of climbing, and to provide high standards of training and coaching to our customers, regardless of their ability. Due to the size of The Climbing Works and the nature of the design of the walls, we believe that we will be able to cater for all customer requirements – from children trying climbing for the first time, to World Cup competitors preparing for international competition.
• The Climbing Works will offer some very easy climbing with some dedicated beginners boulders and a large variety of easy to mid grade climbing for the more experienced climbers to use either as training or as part of their warm-up routine. All of the climbing surfaces will feature re configurable holds including micro and macro features to create a constantly changing set of climbs.
• The bouldering walls will be a maximum of 4.5m above the landing surface ensuring that the walls conform to the relevant part of the forthcoming European Standard for bouldering walls (prEN 12572 –II). Initial plans show that the climbing surfaces will be approximately 1300 m2 requiring approximately 750 m2 of high quality safety surfaces beneath them.
• The centre will also include toilet and changing facilities for the comfort of our customers and a refreshment/spectator area will be situated adjacent to the main competition area of the climbing walls. An on-site café, serving hot drinks and food will help to provide an atmosphere that fosters the social aspect of the sport.
  Provision is included in the design for the inclusion of a small retail outlet but initially this will only provide very basic climbing essentials. The possibility of expanding the range of products available will be examined at a later stage.

OUR GREEN DOOR POLICY
The location is adjacent to one of Bristol’s main arterial roads and is serviced by its own roadway. Bus routes to and from the city centre are numerous.
Climbing Works Bristol is committed to promoting environmentally friendly transport and consequently we will operate a Green Door Policy whereby those travelling to the Climbing Works will receive a benefit. The benefit will consist of a free cup of tea or coffee for those who travel to the centre by one of the following methods:

• By foot
• By bicycle
• By public transport
• By full car policy

The site has its own extensive parking facilities, with additional parking available during peak operating times. There will be extensive provision for covered bicycle parking as well as customer drop off.

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