The Arkose Group
A French leader
Arkose opened its first “blocpark” at the end of December 2013 in a rapidly developing area in eastern Paris: Montreuil. Today Arkose has centres in 6 towns: Montreuil, Bordeaux, Massy, Paris (Nation), Lyon, and Villeurbanne. The group intends to continue its development in France and abroad.
Arkose is one of the French leaders in boulder gyms and aims to develop 15 new blocparks in France and abroad by 2018.
The Arkose concept
More than just climbing gyms
Arkose invites you to experience urban, ethical, aesthetic blocparks that are more than just climbing gyms. They have been designed around the central theme of bouldering, an entertaining fun, friendly, safe sport that anyone can do! Arkose urban gyms are carefully designed to be friendly and welcoming. They are lively urban environments in their own right which convey the Arkose Group’s key values: environmental responsibility, conviviality, proximity and accessibility.
The Arkose Group blocparks
arkosebordeaux
1250 m2 of fun inside a one-hundred-year-old winery
Contact details
Galerie Tatry, 170 cours du Médoc
33000 Bordeaux
Tél : +33 (0)5 56 80 57 46
bordeaux.arkose.com
Opening hours
Monday to Friday 11 am – Midnight
Weekends & public holidays 9 am – Midnight
arkosemassy
The largest boulder room in France!
Contact details
4 rue Galvani,
91300 Massy
Tél : +33 (0)1 64 47 07 47
massy.arkose.com
Opening hours
Monday to Friday 8 am – Midnight
Weekends & public holidays 9 am – Midnight
arkosemontreuil
900m² in a typical warehouse from the great industrial era
Contact details
33 rue du progrès
93100 Montreuil
Tél : +33 (0)1 49 88 45 07
montreuil.arkose.com
Opening hours
Monday to Friday 8 am – Midnight
Weekends & public holidays 9 am – Midnight
arkosenation
The first boulder room in Paris itself!
Contact details
35 rue des Grands Champs,
75020 Paris
Tél : +33 (0)1 71 93 14 34
nation.arkose.com
Opening hours
Monday to Friday 8 am – Midnight
Weekends & public holidays 9 am – Midnight
Food by Arkose
Local & fresh
Arkose is expanding with local partners, the best suppliers to serve you good, wholesome products sourced from integrated agriculture. Our meat is of French origin, we serve traditional, free-range chicken, our fish is caught off the French coast, our cooked meats and cheeses are produced by committed artisans who are passionate about their craft, and our fruit and vegetables are grown on local farms. The wines we serve are natural, produced according to the principles of biodynamic or organic viticulture.
Bouldering
The new outside
Bouldering was born in France on the rocks at Fontainebleau at the start of the 20th century. From its origins as training for mountaineering, over the years it has developed into a sport in its own right with its own rules and places to practise. Bouldering is a type of climbing done without ropes on walls up to 4.5m in height with thick mats on the ground to break falls. It is a type of climbing that is:
– safe, accessible to adults and children from 3 years old
– progressive and challenging with increasing levels of difficulty thanks to colour-coded routes like ski runs (green/ blue / red)
