skate boarding in Accrington?
 

an info would be helpful....
where are people allowed to skate board?
any close indoor or outdoor parks around?
any local skate shops?

ty xx:mosher:

Re: skate boarding in Accrington?
 

there's a skate ramp at the bottom of Ormerod Street (is it Eagle Street?), also one in Mercer Park in Clayton

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Try this link;Accrington, Lancashire, The Best Things

Should give you an idea of local places to go.:theband:

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thank youS xx

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My son was an ex skater and there was plenty of places he used to skate in the centre. If you do what he did and used your imagination then you will find a lot of good places. If not then there is a skatepark with several ramps literally a 2 minute walk from the town centre.

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its not like the old days anymore though they have cctv and plastic cops that move you along now :rolleyes:

yes im afraid its true kids us old farts were grinding accy center up way before you lot were even born and teh only reason why older folk complain about you is out of jelousey that there joints cant take it any more :D

like somone said though theres a skateboarding ring/park set up just up from teh libary in accy center

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I haven't had a skate in Accy in a long time... Sadly lots of the best street spots have died a death, Theres still a few little ledges, gaps and banks knocking about, failing that you can try the park, it's a bit shoddy but a good laugh when theres a few of you out, the mini ramp in mercer park is absolute gash :) that's all that needs to be said on that one...
The closest indoor park was Interact in Burnley, but I'm fair sure that's gone now...
When the weathers good Clitheroe has a great concrete park. But if your after a tour of some of the street spots give me a shout ;)

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ya will be ok down our street at the moment,i'm out of ammo.:D

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i tried showing my youngest the basics of skateboarding but eneded up looking like a gereactric on a runaway zimmer frame lol

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he found the one near the job centre and we went to clitheroe too. thank you. he spent most of the time skating in manchester near piccadilly.

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there is a skate park in accrington (I think its neer a big gear or something like that) its only a small one like but its good to waste some time at

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The skate park in Accrington is on Eagle Street:)

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im n process of putting a new skatpark up in accrington and have been working with graham jones and youth service clast year so hopfully should have new park for next year. plans are drawn up and price has been set and location has been picked . fundraisin and asking or money of large companys is the way forward now , spearfish is going to help who hosted the last accrington culture day down on eagle street skate park and hopfully next years event will be at the new location.

thanks for reading
peace in the middle east

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Where is the new skate park going to be located?
Memorial park in Great Harwood would be an excellent location as they have no play provision at all in that park.

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we asked round for ages and alocated location has been coppice park up near peelpark school on one of the tennis courts as they are no loger used much .

tom
peace in the middle east

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What would you suggest?

I thought that was the job of the Police.

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You would think so Neil as that is what they are meant to be doing at the mo but with no real sucess!! I think before the skate park gets built something needs to be put in place that there would deff be a patrol of the bobbies in the area, even if its just the community ones at least it might show that the people higher up want this to work for the benifit of both the skaters and the allotment holders.
Dont know if any-body else has any idea's?:)

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Places like the skate park are classed as diversionary tactics. By giving the teenagers somewhere to go and something to do hopefully they will not be bored and end up causing trouble elsewhere.

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Yeah I agree with you but there is always the non-skaters that will just go up there to cause trouble as they have nothing beter to do and class something like the skate park as a easy target

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as i am one of the allotment holders myself i know there is trouble caused up there but providing something for kids to do they should stop vandalism and iv been led to believe the vandals are the kids already using the football facility up there so i dont see the skate park making much difference and think theres a proposal of cameras being installed so we shall catch the litle thugs that put the windows through and burntdown the shed and rbbed the alcohol .

tom
peace in the middle east

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cant say i do my entrance is on the peel park pub side bellow the road leading to bowling green

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ahhh weve just had a shed burnt down in next aloment accross and windows been broken on other sheds hopfully should be last of it as iv had a sturn word with local kids .

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It makes me so angry, what is the point to there behavior?:mad:
People have these allotments to excape for a while and tend to the plants that they have grown from seed all for some mindless kid to come along and think its a "laugh" to destroy things. My Dads had his allotment for over 20 years now and never used to get bothered

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well wat can we say its just this generation of scum

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Yvonnes dad allows the local infant / junior schools to take the kids round and look at this allotment, they love it and start their own little plots at the schools.