Bowles Rocks

Bowles Rocks is a sandstone crag[1] in the county of East Sussex, on the border with Kent, approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of the town of Royal Tunbridge Wells.

[2] Bowles Rocks was cleared in the early 1960s by John Walters, who was inspired to set up a 'rock climbing gymnasium'.

There are approximately 230 climbs or variants at Bowles Rocks, ranging widely in difficulty.

[3] Bowles Rocks is made of a relatively soft sandstone, formed 130 to 140 million years ago.

It has two dry ski slopes, a pool and residential accommodation for young people in line with achieving its charitable objectives.