Rock UK is delighted to announce that it has acquired its fifth adventure centre and its first in South Wales.

The new centre will be known as Rock UK Summit Centre and is located south of Merthyr Tydfil in the South Wales Valleys. Currently known as the Welsh International Climbing Centre, it is built on the site of the former Trelewis drift mine which closed in 1989.The Taff Bargoed Development Trust then redeveloped the site into a climbing centre 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 bouldering area. The centre also has a world-class man-made caving system with a waterfall inside it.

Rock UK has extensive expansion plans for the centre during 2011 that will include developing the land to accommodate exciting outdoor adventure activities including an extended high ropes course, low ropes and archery and developing 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 Millennium Park which will include open canoeing, kayaking and raft building.

Mark Heasman, Group Chief Executive of Rock UK, said “This is such an exciting development for Rock UK. The acquisition of this internationally acclaimed climbing centre and its proximity to some incredible adventurous locations in Wales gives us a fantastic opportunity to bring the Rock UK adventure offering to Wales for the first time.”

This exciting new venture for Rock UK will also bring job opportunities into the local area with qualified instructors, administrative and maintenance staff all being required.

The climbing wall will reopen to the general public on the 2nd October.

For more information about Rock UK please visit www.rockuk.org.

“Rock UK are Christians passionate about developing young people, ringing adventure into learning and using the outdoors to transform lives.”

For more information, interviews or images please call the Rock UK Press Office on 0844 8000 222 or 07735 617354 or email:karen.mccarthy@rockuk.org

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