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The climbing tower at Haven Banks Outdoor Education Centre, beside the canal in Exeter, in 2025

Haven Banks Outdoor Education Centre

Exeter, DevonSteel frames on piles beside the canal

Photograph: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0

The outdoor education centre on Exeter's waterfront has a 23 m climbing tower and a 45 m canal pontoon.

Client
Devon County Council / NPS South West
CASE role
Civil and structural engineering
Construction contract
£5.6m
Opened
July 2013

The steel frames give open internal spaces on a narrow waterfront site. The piled foundations had to work around high groundwater and the concrete anchor blocks of the existing quay and canal walls.

Climbing facilities at the centre
Climbing facilities at the centre.Haven Banks
The centre and climbing tower beside the canal basin
The centre and climbing tower beside the canal basin.CASE Consultants

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