In reply to Mattilda:
It's not the BEST place for a climber, tbh ... it's better than Ipswich though, does that help?
Walking is good, Beacons and the Black Mountains < 1 hour away, and the whole of mid-Wales and Shropshire are similar driving times. If you want cragging you're 1.5/2 hours away from Wye Valley, Avon Gorge etc; there's also esoterica like Malvern, Pontesford , LLanymenach and Elan valley but the Peak District it ain't.
There's definitely NO bouldering, which all right thinking people would see as a positive.