Innovative Leisure


The high life


Climbing walls and high ropes specialist, Innovative Leisure, is continuing to develop its range of products and increasing its reach into new parts of the attractions market. Managing director, Phil Pickersgill, talked to GAP about how the firm continues to scale the heights…


A good place to start would be with a little potted history of Innovative? Founded by myself in 2000, the company was born from my experience in the leisure industry in Europe and a desire to develop a new niche in the market. The initial objective for the company was to introduce unique, family- focused adventure products which started with climbing walls.


I wanted to introduce a whole range of adventure


attractions to the European market and we have stayed focussed on that all the way through the past 18 years.


June/July 2017


Today, our portfolio consists of hundreds of successful installations and an ever-evolving product range. The company is constantly researching and evaluating new ideas in order to introduce, as the name suggests, the most innovative attractions. The addition of the Sky Trail range of high ropes


courses, and the partnership with US based manufacturer Ropes Courses Inc. since 2010, has fuelled significant growth for the company and our team. The diversity of our product catalogue means that we


supply attractions to fit many sectors of the leisure industry. Our clients include theme parks, visitor


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