Welsh International Climbing Centre, Trelewis

Rock UK, have recently re-opened the Centre and have extensive expansion plans during 2011, that will include development of the site to accommodate exciting outdoor adventure activities including an extended high ropes course, low ropes and archery and further extension of the already substantial residential accommodation.

Off-site mountain biking, climbing and walking will also be offered making use of the extensive natural resources in and around the South Wales Valleys and the Brecon Beacons.

Rock UK also plans to run water based activities at the Taff Bargoed Millenium Park which will include open canoeing, kayaking and raft building.

The Welsh International Climbing Centre was originally built at a cost of over £1m with funding support from the Welsh Office, EEC, Millennium Commission and the Groundwork Trust. It is located on the site of the former Trelewis drift mine which closed in 1989. The Taff Bargoed Development Trust then redeveloped the site in 1997 turning it into an international climbing centre.

The climbing walls are up to 18 metres high with over 180 climbing routes in the main climbing centre plus an additional bouldring area. The centre also has a world class man-made caving system with a waterfall inside it.

The centre is located in Trelewis, which is eight miles south of Merthyr Tydfil in the South Wales Valleys, just 10 minutes from the A470 and forty minutes from the centre of Cardiff.