Welwyn Skate Park

03/03/2026

Keep an eye out for our leaflet that will be distributed this week to all residents in Welwyn - we'd love your thoughts on our plans and if you can spare a small donation to help us to get this park built.

04/02/2026

The Welwyn Skate Park team are meeting again this evening to discuss the latest updates to planning and fundraising. Watch this space for more news.

10/01/2026

News articles like this are a great inspiration for what could be achieved in Welwyn.

New £245k 'unique' skatepark officially opens in Hawkwell | Echo

The upgraded facility at Clements Hall in Hawkwell is designed to serve skaters, scooter riders, BMXers.

19/11/2025

🌟 How Skateparks Transform Communities 🌟

We’ve been looking at real-world examples of how skateparks bring positive change to local areas — and one of the best case studies comes from Campus Pool Skate Park in Bristol.

What started as a disused swimming pool has become a thriving community hub. After two years of consultation and a successful community asset transfer, the space was transformed into an indoor skatepark with a café and hangout area. It now provides:

✅ A safe, accessible place for young people to skate
✅ A welcoming space that supports social connection, not just sport
✅ A sustainable community venue, with the café now generating more income than the skatepark itself
✅ A brilliant example of turning an abandoned building into something the whole area can benefit from

The project shows exactly what a well-designed skatepark can do: reduce antisocial behaviour, give young people a place to belong, and breathe new life into unused spaces.

This is the kind of impact we’re aiming to bring to our own community.

🛹💛 If you’d like to support our skatepark project — or learn more about what these spaces can deliver — get in touch!

09/10/2025

🏙️ Brooklyn Banks is back — and we can do the same in Welwyn! 🛹 https://downtownny.com/news/brooklyn-banks-returns/

After 15 years behind fences, the legendary Brooklyn Banks in New York has finally reopened. Once the heartbeat of the city’s skate scene, it was saved thanks to years of community campaigning and support from people who refused to let it disappear.

That story hits close to home. Just like them, we believe Welwyn deserves a space where young people can skate, create, and connect safely — a skatepark built by and for the community.

The reopening of Brooklyn Banks shows what’s possible when passion meets persistence. Now it’s our turn to make it happen in Welwyn.

💚 Every donation, share, and show of support brings us closer to making the Welwyn Skatepark Project a reality.

👉 https://www.welwynskatepark.com/
Let’s build something amazing together — a place future generations will be proud of.

Help us to build a skatepark in Welwyn, Hertfordshire

19/09/2025

Skateboarding is not just for kids - Andy Macdonald, aged 50, competed for Team GB in Paris 2024, making him one of the oldest skateboarders at that level, alongside very young athletes like Sky Brown and Lola Tambling. This shows skateboarding’s broad age-span and possibly changing views of who skateboarding is “for.”

Welwyn Skate Park will have benefits for everyone, regardless of age.

15/09/2025

🌟 Help Us Build Welwyn Skate Park! 🌟

Skateparks are so much more than ramps and rails – they’re places of community, care and wellbeing.

Research by Clark & Sayers (2023) found that skateboarding during lockdown gave young people:
🛹 Confidence and resilience
🤝 Supportive friendships and a strong sense of belonging
💚 Better mental health and a real boost in happiness

That’s why we’re fundraising to build a brand-new Welwyn Skate Park – a safe, inclusive space where young people can connect, grow, and thrive.

👉 Support the project today and help us create something amazing for the whole community!



(Source: Clark, S. & Sayers, E. (2023). “Skateparks as communities of care: the role of skateboarding in girls’ and non-binary youth’s mental health recovery during lockdown,” Pedagogy, Culture & Society)

12/09/2025

Skateboarding is great for physical and mental health - it's official.

Government research suggests, "Skateboarding is vigorous, skill-building physical activity that helps young people meet movement guidelines; government strategy links sport participation to large health and economic returns (c. £4 social return per £1 spent)"

Our project to raise £250,000 to build Welwyn Skate Park will potentially bring £1,000,000 of social return to our community.

Building a healthier nation by tackling high levels of inactivity, and making sure that the sport and physical activity sector thrives for future generations.

11/09/2025

Our GoFundMe is live! -

Help Build Our Community Skatepark! We are a small committee of local parents work… Welwyn Skatepark Committee needs your support for Welwyn Skatepark

11/09/2025

🚀 Rolling Ahead: Welwyn Skate Park Project 🚀

We’re excited to launch this page to keep you updated on our community-led mission to bring a brand new skate park and recreation space to Welwyn at the Ottway Walk playground site. 🛹🚲🛴

At this year’s Welwyn Festival, your support helped us raise over £600, bringing our fundraising total to an amazing £11,000 so far – a fantastic start towards our £250,000 goal. Thank you! 🙌

🌟 Our vision:
✔ A modern skate park for skateboarding, scootering & BMX
✔ A safe, inclusive space for young people and families
✔ A free facility that boosts health, skills, and community spirit

💡 What’s next?
We’re moving towards the tender process for designing and building the park – so stay tuned for updates here!

👉 How you can help:

Donate via our website: www.welwynskatepark.com

Share this page to spread the word

Get involved as a volunteer or fundraiser (email: [email protected]
)

Together, we can make this vision a reality for Welwyn! 💙

Help us to build a skatepark in Welwyn, Hertfordshire