History...
Dynamic Rock first opened its doors on February 13th 2006, it was set up by graduates from Swansesa University with a passion for climbing.
In 2018 it became a not-for-profit organisation, focusing on making climbing more accessible to under represented groups.
On March 13th 2023 it was taken over by Helen and Matt, two local residents who wanted to make the most of this fantastic resource.
The climbing wall is housed in a beautiful Victorian era building public hall, evidence of its past use can still be seen around the building; in the café you can still see the cable for an old cinema screen in the roof, next to some roof supports that look like they were “borrowed” from the old billiard table legs, now thankfully reinforced with some steel.
The building was built by local philanthropist John Player in 1882 and served as a public hall for the people of Clydach. It originally housed a large stage which seated over 500 people, with committee rooms, billiards hall and a small library on the bottom floor. This library was initially sponsored by the Carnegie Trust for the “betterment of the workers”.
When the future prime minister David Lloyd George visited the hall to speak in the early 1890s and early 19000s the place would fill to capacity, with the door open so those left standing outside could still hear him speak. Some of the many other uses for the hall in those early days varied from shows and concerts to dinners and dog shows. It remained a busy social and cultural hub through the great wars, but as the 1960s arrived so did a cultural revolution where demand for the hall decreased, although it was still used as a popular dance hall.
The hall went into decline and by 1977 it was described as a “Library of shame” by a local councillor as it was without power, infested with rats, ceilings were collapsing and was still being run as the village’s library.
The hall was reopened as a market hall in the 1980s. This was a popular local shop, like an early version of B&M or Home Bargains. This closed, allowing Dynamic Rock to open in its place.
In 2018 it became a not-for-profit organisation, focusing on making climbing more accessible to under represented groups.
On March 13th 2023 it was taken over by Helen and Matt, two local residents who wanted to make the most of this fantastic resource.
The climbing wall is housed in a beautiful Victorian era building public hall, evidence of its past use can still be seen around the building; in the café you can still see the cable for an old cinema screen in the roof, next to some roof supports that look like they were “borrowed” from the old billiard table legs, now thankfully reinforced with some steel.
The building was built by local philanthropist John Player in 1882 and served as a public hall for the people of Clydach. It originally housed a large stage which seated over 500 people, with committee rooms, billiards hall and a small library on the bottom floor. This library was initially sponsored by the Carnegie Trust for the “betterment of the workers”.
When the future prime minister David Lloyd George visited the hall to speak in the early 1890s and early 19000s the place would fill to capacity, with the door open so those left standing outside could still hear him speak. Some of the many other uses for the hall in those early days varied from shows and concerts to dinners and dog shows. It remained a busy social and cultural hub through the great wars, but as the 1960s arrived so did a cultural revolution where demand for the hall decreased, although it was still used as a popular dance hall.
The hall went into decline and by 1977 it was described as a “Library of shame” by a local councillor as it was without power, infested with rats, ceilings were collapsing and was still being run as the village’s library.
The hall was reopened as a market hall in the 1980s. This was a popular local shop, like an early version of B&M or Home Bargains. This closed, allowing Dynamic Rock to open in its place.
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Dynamic Rock
16-18 Hebron Road Clydach Swansea SA6 5EJ |
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