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Orchard Park

Aka 'Akward' Park.

In pictures and theory this should be a nice little park.
In reality it borders on being a waste of concrete.

It's not laid out at all well, the bowl (and the only bowl for miles around) is rubbish and doesn't skate like a bowl, the mini ramp is about 5 foot, and very nearly vert, and pretty much all the transitions are somehow just weird or wrong...

Or Maybe I'm just being overly picky...  Here's some guys ripping it apart:

Here it is, there's free parking spaces right next to the park:

Kings Hedges Mini Ramp

Approx 6-7' metal mini ramp.
Haven't skated this yet, but heard it's very nice!

 

 

Here she is, right next to Nun's way skatepark:

Brown's Field Pump Track

Little tarmac pump track at Brown's Field Community Centre.
Built in 2015 I think.

Haven't been yet, but been told to take a brush!

I believe parking is available at the Community Centre if it's open:

Blue Thunder

The legendary blue thunder!
This is a gnarly concrete wall/transition that once upon a time used to be part of an actual pool.
The pool is long gone, but a section of wall remains on the edge of a kids play park.

Great Kneighton Skate Park

Apparently due to be built in 2017.

This is the best picture I've found so far, looks like a street plaza set up:

Chesterton Concrete Mini Ramp

Big gnarly concrete mini ramp:

I haven't skated this ramp for around 15 years.
I recently got around to re-visiting it (Jan 2017), but it was wet :(
I actually wasn't too upset... I'm a little rusty at the moment, and it looks quite intimidating in person!
It's approx 6ft high with steep transitions.  Surface is a bit rough in places and starting to crumble.


Located on Chesterton Recreation Ground: