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Accommodation + Transport
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Accommodation + Transport ⋆
Location
The Wanderers of Colour Climbing Festival takes place in the beautiful Peak District. The Peak District is cited as one of the birthplaces of recreational climbing and has some of Europe's most challenging and well-loved rock climbing routes, such as the globally renowned Stanage Edge near Sheffield and the Roaches in the Staffordshire Moorlands. Many of the UK’s best climbers locate themselves near here for access to the gritstone.
Accommodation
We have hired Thorpe Farm Bunkhouses exclusively for our group. Address: Thorpe Farm, Hathersage, Hope Valley S32 1EG (Google Maps)
This facility has hostel/bunkhouse style beds (mixed gender and single gender) and outdoor camping
Rooms sleep between 4-12 people
All mattresses are provided with a sheet, pillow and pillowcase. PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN DUVET / SLEEPING BAG
If you’re camping and need a tent, Alpkit have kindly offered some 1-3 person tents for you to borrow. You’ll be able to book these with your ticket
Each of the four bunkhouses has its own toilets and showers (mixed gender and single gender facilities) as well as a sitting/dining area and a kitchen (with electric cookers, fridge/freezer space, kettle, toaster, pans, cutlery and double sink) available for limited use outside of communal meal preparation times
One of the bunkhouses has wheelchair accessible toilets and showers. You can make a note of your needs when booking your ticket.
A drying room with washing machine and tumble dryer is available in one of the bunkhouses
Wifi available (expect poor signal)
We will clean up after ourselves and leave the facility as we met it. This is achieved through everyone taking up a volunteer role which are allocated when you book your ticket
The accommodations are in a traditional style, featuring older furnishings and features. Please be aware that while comfortable, the facilities reflect their age and historic character
Please note that all accommodation is shared, your belongings are your own responsibility. We take no responsibility for your belongings.
Transport
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Getting to Thorpe Farm Bunkhouses options:
Driving/liftshare.
Taking the train to Hathersage or Bamford station plus a shuttle or taxi to the hostel.
Taking the train to Sheffield and getting a taxi to the hostel (about a 25 minute drive).
You will be responsible for organising your own travel, but we support attendees with:
Coordinating lift sharing and taxi sharing (through a shared spreadsheet via the WhatsApp group)
Shuttle from Hathersage or Bamford station to the hostel (we will have a minibus which you can be picked up in for a small fee)
Please aim for a 7pm arrival on Thursday so that you don’t miss out on the activities of the evening. Do not arrive before 7pm unless you have volunteered to help out.
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During the Festival there will be shuttle buses and car lift shares to take you to the crags in the morning, and to return you to the hostel at the end of the day.
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We encourage lift sharing to help reduce our impact to the environment and the crags.
If you drive please let us know on the sign up form so we can make sure we have enough parking spaces.
If you drive please let us know on the sign up form. If you are planning on driving and are able to offer lifts to other attendees, we will be arranging lift sharing via a shared spreadsheet.
We are also looking for drivers to support us with transportation when we are at the festival, for example driving to the climbing locations. Please indicate in the registration form if this interests you. You will be reimbursed for your petrol costs if you volunteer to support with driving.
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The nearest stations to Thorpe Farm Bunkhouses are Hathersage and Bamford, both less than 10 mins drive away, or about half an hour walk. You can also get a train to Sheffield and take a taxi to the hostel. We strongly recommend booking trains 6 weeks in advance to keep costs down. As an example, London-Sheffield train tickets (advanced single and fixed times) booked 6 weeks in advance cost approximately £70 in total there and back. Trains Sheffield-Hathersage/Bamford are around £5-6 single.
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Please note that if you have a fully funded bursary ticket, we can reimburse you up to £100 for travel, so keep your receipts and book well in advance!
Supported by
Thank you to our awesome partners
Sponsored by
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Arc'teryx
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BMC
Instruction provided by
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Adventure Expertise
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Mountain Training
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The Pure Outdoor Foundation
Ticketing made possible by
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Mountainova
Bursary places made possible via
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The Alpkit Foundation
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Arc'teryx
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Sports England
Sustainable transport with support from
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National Trust
With support in kind from
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Alpkit
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Blackdog Outdoors
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The Climbing Hangar Sheffield
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The Foundry Climbing Centre
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UK Climbing / RockFax
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Black Diamond
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OCÚN
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Yeti
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Athletic Brewery
With thanks to
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United We Climb
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ClimbOut Festival
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Women's Trad Festival
Thank you to our previous retreat attendees for all the wonderful photos including Eleanor. Special thanks to Jeng Au for the festival identity design. Icons are from freepik.
If you want to support us please contact: wanderersofcolour@gmail.com
Press enquiries: climbing@wanderersofcolour.com