Rock & Rapid Adventures

Booking and Membership Website for a Climbing and Outdoor Adventure Centre

Schools and groups section built to make trip planning simple for bookers
Project Summary

Rock & Rapid Adventures run the largest indoor climbing centre in North Devon, alongside coasteering, kayaking, high ropes, archery and a bunkhouse, all from their base at Hacche Mill near South Molton. Their adventure centre website has to speak to a first time climber, a monthly member, a school trip organiser and a stag party, often in the same week.

When they came to us, the business was split across two websites on two very similar domains. One covered the climbing wall, the other covered the wider adventure centre. Visitors landed on whichever one Google chose to show, the team had two sites to keep up to date, and the two domains were quietly competing with each other for the same Devon searches.

We brought the lot under one roof. The two sites became one, the spare domain was retired and redirected, and the page structure was cut back to match what people in Devon are genuinely searching for. Every page was rewritten around the local audience, with far more of the centre’s own photography doing the selling. You can see the finished site at rockandrapidadventures.co.uk.

Why this adventure centre website mattered

Two domains can feel like a safety net, but in search it is really a split. Every link, every mention and every bit of trust Google had built was shared across two addresses instead of strengthening one. Consolidation is rarely the exciting option, yet for a business with one site and one physical location, it is usually the one that shifts the numbers. A properly planned website redesign gave Rock & Rapid one address to promote, one site to update, and one set of rankings to grow.

Climbing wall and membership pages with online booking for Rock & Rapid Adventures
Adventure centre website for Rock & Rapid shown on desktop and mobile
How we helped

Website Redesign

  • Merged two websites into one, retired the second domain, and mapped every old URL across so nothing was lost along the way
  • Cut the page count back to the pages people actually search for, so each one had a clear job to do
  • Built separate routes for casual visitors, members, schools and group organisers, so nobody has to wade through content meant for somebody else
  • Rewrote the copy around North Devon, with the centre’s own photography carrying much more of the story
  • Connected FareHarbor booking to the session and course pages, and set up the membership tiers with monthly direct debit options

SEO, Content and Ongoing Support

  • Local SEO built around South Molton and North Devon search terms, rather than generic climbing terms with no local intent behind them
  • Google Business Profile optimisation, including regular Google posts, service listings, and ongoing monitoring of how the profile performs
  • Image optimisation, file naming and alt text across a photography heavy site, so the pictures pull their weight in search as well as on screen
  • Ongoing content, keeping the activity, schools and events pages current as the season changes
  • Hosting, website maintenance and support, so the team can get on with running the centre
Results

Three months after launch, the numbers were doing the talking.

  • Local search traffic grew from 150 visits a month to 1,200, within three months of the new site going live
  • One domain now carries all of the authority, rather than two addresses splitting it between them
  • Four audiences served without confusion, covering drop in visitors, members, school bookers and group organisers
  • Bookings and memberships handled online, which takes a steady stream of phone admin away from a small centre team
  • Accommodation and catering surfaced alongside the activities, which lifts the value of every school and group booking

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