| CHARITY ABSEILS
An organised abseil for small groups on local crags, or large groups
on the stupendous Marquess of Anglesey Column overlooking the Menai
Straits can earn you sponsorship money for your favourite charity.
Booking info
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Sessions are run for any length of
time according to the numbers of people wishing to abseil.
As a guide, 10 or 12 people will need at least a couple of
hours, allowing an extra hour of the use of the column for
us to set up and de-rig. 40 people require eight or nine hours.
Allow yourselves plenty of time between the germ of your fund-raising
idea to the date of the actual abseil, and give us plenty
of warning to arrange the booking of the column.
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More about Marquess of Anglesey Column
As you approach Anglesey on the A55 via the Britannia Bridge, the
skyline just to the left is dominated by a tall column, atop of
which is the statue of the Marquess of Anglesey. This is probably
the best and most exciting venue for charity abseils – it
is 110 feet high up to the platform, is accessed via a dark spiral
staircase inside the column, and has a magnificent view of the Menai
Straits and the Snowdonia Mountains from the top. The column is
open to the general public when abseils are not taking place.
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Of course, people who abseil for
charity are unlikely to be experienced abseilers, or it would
be difficult to get sponsorship! The Beacon Climbing Centre
can arrange a half day or full day’s abseil session
from the column for you and your cause, providing full safety
equipment and expertise, and of course, reassurance and moral
support! There is a separate charge for the use of the column
itself, owned by the current Marquess of Anglesey: this charge
is variable according to the time of year, and the column
is closed to the public during an abseil. This means that
the abseilers and their families can socialise at the beautiful
little open-air café near the base of the column, and
there can be quite a party atmosphere. |
Please note – summer weekends are in demand, so please book
early. We will liase with the column owners to arrange for the sole
use of the column at a time to suit you and them, and inform you
of their charge.
Go on, what are you waiting for?! |
