about us

The park is home to of one of Europe’s highest and most challenging ropes course, an exciting fun walls area and one of the most comprehensive bouldering facilities and one of the biggest and best climbing gyms in the UK. In addition to the exciting activities, the project also brings a range of environmental and economical benefits to the area. Read on to find out more.

A BRIEF HISTORY

It’s been a long time in the making!

If you’ve followed us from the start, then you’ll know it’s taken a while to get here. 270 Climbing Park may be an exciting new business, based in Bentham, but it has it’s roots down the road in Parliament Street in Gloucester, home of one of the original and oldest climbing gyms in the UK – The Warehouse Climbing Centre. Fast forward some 30-odd years, and a lot of climbing later, and the popular venue had outgrown its home – with no parking and limited scope to expand or develop activities, the owners, David & Robert Stevens, looked to new premises and a new venture – and 270 Climbing Park was born.

The project was hit by several unforeseen delays along the way – drainage systems, planning headaches, Covid, adverse weather, great crested newts, spiralling construction and materials costs – all just some of the unexpected delights that set things back (and that’s not including the two years wasted at the original site at Westgate Park in Gloucester, but that’s another story altogether!).

Not to be put off though, we’ve kept faith with our vision of creating one of the best climbing gyms and most exciting adventure activity centres in the country, and here we are today!

LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

The project has regenerated a tired, run-down brownfield site into a new vibrant facility, creating somewhere for people of all ages in Gloucestershire and beyond to meet up and enjoy exciting adventure activities, while also offering a relaxing space to sit back and unwind in the café. We’ve made various improvements to the site itself including improving water attenuation to limit the risk of flooding, reduced hard surfacing of the site by a third and we’ve made the site more attractive to wildlife by planting more trees and plants than were here originally and created additional wild habitat areas.

The Park is a private investment, though we are grateful for funding and support received from a EU rural development programme. All of the major investors and Directors are Gloucestershire born & bred so know the importance of being part of the community. We’re working with our neighbours and nearby residents to reduce any negative impact the park may have on the local area such as roads and noise. For instance 270 has less vehicle traffic than the sites previous use, and though any noise will be minimal for local residents, we have limited our operating hours for our potential noisier activities to ensure we don’t become an early-bird or late-night nuisance.

The Park has created over 50 jobs with positions ranging from admin and office-based roles to customer service such as reception and café staff, and of course activity team members and climbing instructors.

OPENING PHASES:

This is when the following elements opened accross the park:

PHASE 1

April 2023 – Saw the opening of our awesome High & Low Ropes and the Activity Tower.

PHASE 2

December 2024 – Saw our Bouldering Gym and Fun Walls climbing area become available. The main bouldering centre (B2) features over 1,000m2 of indoors and outside bouldering surfaces, and dedicated training and warm up areas. The building also houses C1, our dedicated Group and learning climbing area and our Fun Walls zone which provide an exciting accessible area for children and ‘non-climbers’ to experience vertical challenges.

Phase 2 also saw our Café bar open serving an array of hot and cold food and drinks. Including indoor and outdoor seating overlooking the park and our outside walls. This phase also saw the refit of the existing front building which is also home to a number of meeting / party rooms, and our changing rooms, toilets and offices.

PHASE 3

August 2025 – Saw C2, our main climbing arena finally open! With over 2,500m2 of indoor and outdoor climbing surfaces including up to 18m high walls, IFSC Boulder Comp Wall, Speed Climbing walls, 150+ lower-offs and over 200 climbing routes it’s one of the biggest and most comprehensive climbing venues in the UK, appealing to both elite athletes and novice climbers alike.