Part of the Castle's drive to improve both the climbing and the facilities for all who visit the centre is to make some improvements to the women's changing rooms and toilet facilities, which are long overdue. 

At the moment we are still in discussions with the designers and to be able to direct the refurbishments in the way we would like we would really some input from you ladies as you're the ones who will benefit from the improvements.

If you ask your non-climbing friends whether they’re sporty, quite often it’ll be mainly men who put their hands up. From the women, you’re more likely to hear “I’m no good at sport” to “I’m just not interested.” This gender difference is marked.
Research carried out by Sport England revealed that two million fewer women than men are active. However, 75 percent of those women said they want to do more sport.