Felixstowe Skatepark

How About Some

admin — Sun, 23 May 2010 16:06:04 +0000

How about YOU making a positive CHANGE and design a piece of artwork to go in YOUR skate park?

Leveltwo has got £500, equipment and professional artists waiting to help you plan, design and make your masterpiece!

Chat and sign up with the Leveltwo youth workers at the skate park or call the number below.

01394 272521

SK8 Space Meeting

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:28:50 +0000

You will have the opportunity to discuss what is good, bad and ugly about the skate park .

It’s an opportunity to make changes too!

Venue: Level Two

Date: Wednesday 14th April

Time: 4:30pm – 5:30pm

Launch Party

admin — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:05:15 +0000

It’s all go for the skate park launch party next week on the 1st September where it all kicks off at 11am and ending around 3pm.

Free entry to the park and it has been confirmed there is going to be fish and chips available, ice cream van, face painting for the little ones and plenty of cakes on a stall run by the Christ Church next to the park.

There will be a skate and BMX competitions with Prizes, there are three age categories under 12, under 15 and 16+. Register before 11:45am to take part in the competitions which will be held at 1:00pm.

The opening ceremony will be taking place at noon with speeches by councillor Doreen Savage and Joan Sennington who as ex mayor had the skatepark as her chosen charity and has a part of the park named after her, affectionately known as Joan’s Hip! A representative from the FSA committee will give thanks and a young person Peter Ball will speak on behalf of the young people. The mayor will be present at the ceremony and it wont be a traditional ribbon cutting! This is an event for the whole community to celebrate, and we hope to see you there.

Link to Launch Party poster designed by young people, go on print one off and put it in your window.

Park Opening Update

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:27:08 +0000

The park is now in the last stages of construction with work still to be completed on the CCTV and Floodlights. We’ve been informed by Suffolk Coastal District Council that we are waiting for the electrical hook up so the CCTV and Flood lighting can be connected. They are trying their best to hurry this along and have been told this is likely to be done in the next two weeks. This puts the park on schedule still to for the official opening which has been confirmed again by Suffolk Coastal as being on Tuesday 1st of September between 11am and 3pm. However, until the work is finished skatepark will remain a construction site and we urge people for their own safety to be patient and wait for the parks completion before using it. If we receive any more information we will post an update here on the Felixstowe Skatepark website.

Park Near to Completion

Rosie — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:52:19 +0000

These photos taken at the end of week 9, show the park nearing its end stages. The benches, main outer surface and flood light posts are in place.

Reports have come in that some people have already skated in the park. Please DO NOT enter the construction site, as it is still very dangerous even if it looks nearly completed, there are heavy machinery and dangerous materials around, which could cause injuries. Breaking the fences to get in is also not acceptable! There is not much longer until the park will be open to the public (beginning of September according to sources from Level Two), so please wait out that little longer and enjoy it safely. Thank you!

Photos by Rosie Graves

Now that looks like a skatepark!

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:29:20 +0000

I’ve not been in town for two weeks and when I finally got the chance to go and have a look at how the build of the skatepark was going; I could not believe my eyes. I’ve been waiting for this park a long time, and I know people that have been waiting for a skatepark in Felixstowe for over ten years. It’s so nice to see the concrete in the ground; the smooth curves of the transitions and it looks like a park that’s ready to skate!

As with whenever I go to see the park, my camera came with me and below I’ve included some of the best shots I took at the weekend. This includes some photographs of the earth bungs that will help to deaden the noise made on skatepark. I’ve also included a couple of shots to try and show the layout of the park and the equipment.

Photos by James Hume

In Comes the Concrete

Rosie — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:26:31 +0000

Last week the main structure of the skatepark was beginning to show, but this week at the construction site, the main focus is on the surfaces. The photos below show the workers spraying the concrete to continue to produce the smooth walls, lips and main bowl of the park.

Photos by Rosie Graves

Construction Site Special #1

Rosie — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:02:07 +0000

On Monday FelixstoweSkatepark.co.uk was granted access to the Felixstowe Skatepark construction site on Orwell Green to take some new close up images of the build. I was allowed to walk completely around the main area of the park to be able to get some great images that display just how much progress has been made in only 7 weeks.

The first few photos below are some wide shot images at different positions around the main area showing the development of the entire sunken concrete structure. Next are wide shots next to close up images of the ledges and ramps from a range of angles around the site to display the location with a more detailed view.

After the long shoot around the construction site, I was able to talk to some of the construction workers who confirmed to FelixstoweSkatepark.co.uk that the park should be finished in roughly 3 weeks time! So it’s great news that hopefully in August we will finally be able to enjoy the completed skatepark.

Each week leading up to the completion we will enter the site and take more close up photos in our Construction Site Specials to record the last stages of the build, so stay tuned!

Photos by Rosie Graves

Beginning of Week 7

Rosie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:57:24 +0000

Time has gone by fast since our photos at the end of May in the very first week of the build. It’s now mid July and, as the photos below show, the constructors are significantly making way into the final skatepark design. At this stage it is even clear to see the shape of the ramps that are being prepared to be sprayed with concrete.

Check back here later this week to see close up shots from within the construction site itself, here at FelixstoweSkatepark.co.uk.

Photos by Rosie Graves

Skatepark Taking Shape

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:56:49 +0000

Sorry its been a while, as you can see from the photos below, the skatepark is coming along nicely. The shape of the park is very to clear to see now, with the earth work done for the bowls and ramps. Also the work is well underway on creating the earth bungs that will surround the park to minimise the noise pollution from the park to the nearby houses.