The facility manufactured rope for the rigging of sailing ships. Philip Mortimer’s business was known as a “ropewalk,” a long, narrow building in which fibers were spun into ropes that could ...

This is the last traditional working ropewalk in the world. They use traditional methods, and 150-year-old equipment to make 500,000 pounds of rope each year. Ropemaking is a simple process of ...

A new piece of play equipment has been installed at the Ropewalk. The Canopus has been added to the Ross-on-Wye play area, designed as a space station to offer "a unique opportunity to embark on an ...