Boulder Barn Hereford

A charity's bouldering wall

The Boulder Barn is an indoor bouldering centre on Holmer Trading Estate, on the north side of Hereford. It is run by Taste for Adventure, a registered charity founded in 1991 by the mountaineer J H "Brummie" Stokes and his wife Lynn, which moved here from its old residential centre at Credenhill and opened the Barn in 2018. Profits from the wall go back into the charity's adventure work with disadvantaged young people.

The climbing

The centre is bouldering only, so no ropes are needed, with angular walls and overhangs set with problems from beginner level up to hard lines for experienced climbers.

Visiting

• Visitors can pay per visit without registering; regulars register once for a £6.50 fee and get cheaper entry, punch cards and memberships.
• New climbers can book a one-hour induction that includes entry and shoe hire.
• Shoe hire is £2.50.
• The Figure of Ate café serves coffee, cake and hot snacks, with sofas on the mezzanine and tables recycled from the charity's old high ropes tower.

Sessions

• Student days on Wednesdays and Fridays, 10:00 to 17:00, at a reduced price.
• Tiny Climbers for pre-school children with a parent, in term time.
• NICAS bouldering awards (levels 1 to 3) for children aged 8 and over, plus holiday activities and birthday parties.