A CLIMBING and rope challenge course suspended from mature trees is to be created in woodland above the Castle Green Hotel, at Kendal.

Professional people attending training courses and conferences at the hotel will use the Tarzan-style outdoor activity course, which got the backing of South Lakeland District Council' s development control sub-committee.

Planners heard it was anticipated 14 trees would be felled or thinned to create the course, which would include a 200-metre-long aerial runway, a 15-metre-high climbing tower and suspended cable walks.