SkateparkNews

A controversial skatepark has been given the go-ahead despite thousands of people objecting. Brighton and Hove City Council applied to move the facilities at The Level as part of a £2.7 million revamp of the area. Opinion among locals was split with some claiming it would become an important community resource while others questioned the loss of open space. Last week, the local authority’s planning committee agreed to the proposals…

By Natalie Crockett – South Wales Argus Work to complete Newport’s new skate park  is progressing well, despite the recent bad weather. Acrete Skateparks and the council have worked together to add in some additional features to the facility under construction in Tredegar Park, which will be floodlit thanks to a Sports Wales grant. It will include a mini bowl/DIY section and an extra “pump bump” on the bike jump…

PETERBOROUGH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ENGLAND – Peterborough’s extreme sport community has been boosted with the news of a £100,000 development of Stanground skatepark. Youngsters who regularly use the park, in Thurning Road, behind the community centre in Whittlesey Road, have successfully gained the sizeable sum through Peterborough City Council’s Young Peoples’ Service. The breakthrough follows a raft of meetings in recent months with various organisations, including the council and police, who decided…

PETERBOROUGH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ENGLAND – Desperate for a new indoor skatepark to be built in Peterborough, a talented skateboarder has taken matters into his own hands. Rieaston Meins lives just a stone’s throw away from the city’s former indoor park Y2SK8, in Fletton, which closed two years ago, and has been campaigning for a replacement. But having recently found out a new indoor skatepark is not in Peterborough City Council’s current…

MEMBERS of Portishead Skatepark Project (PSP) are urging people in the town to pledge their support for a skatepark at the Lake Grounds. After several years of intensive effort by skateboarders, a formal planning application has now been submitted. The proposed park will be located close to the promenade, near the boathouse, and will comprise of two concrete bowls and a street area sunk into the ground with a raised…