Skateboarding
Skateboarding is a fast, thrilling action sport where you move around on a board, fitted with wheels. You can push off of the ground with one foot to start moving, or use ramps at a skate park to let gravity help you.
An Overview of Skateboarding
Skateboarding is fun and social, you can do it on an indoor or outdoor skate park where you'll get to meet lots of people. Learning exciting tricks and flips may take some time, but when you've mastered them you'll get a great sense of personal achievement.
Benefits
Improving coordination, balance and flexibility are just a few of the health benefits of skateboarding.
Costs
Skate parks are free to access and skateboards themselves can be picked up from just £20.
Involvement
The UK Skateboarding Association website provides lots of useful information on events and on how to get started. Also try the Skatepark Projects Park Finder www.skateparks.co.uk/park-finder/
Adaptations and Equipment
Equipment for skateboarding includes a Skateboard, elbow pad, knee pads and a helmet.
Find Skateboarding Clubs/Groups Near You
Use the search below to find local organisations near you.
Contact your local Physical Activity, Health & Wellbeing Team
Daily Boost
National Governing Bodies
Leicester City Football Club Community Trust
Leicester City in the Community (LCitC) is an independent, registered charity. LCitC harnesses the power of football to inspire individuals to achieve their full potential.
Mama Skate CIC
Skate Parlour is Leicester's only indoor skatepark. We hope to provide a safe, secure, and sheltered space for people of all walks of life to come and skateboard.
Super Star Sport Midlands
Founded in 2011, Super Star Sport is a coaching organisation that prides itself in delivering fun, high quality sports sessions in both nursery and primary school settings.
Oakfield Park
A park for all ages with lots of play equipment, open green space and skate ramp as well as an outdoor gym.
King Georges V Play Area
This play area provides plenty of green space, play and climbing equipment for a wide range of ages as well as a small tarmac court suitable for ball games.
AMBITION Sports Coaching Ltd
AMBITION stands for Achieving More By Identifying Talent In Ourselves Now and we are a Sports Coaching and Academic Support company that specialises in but is not limited to working with children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Social,
Willow Play Park
A park area for children of all ages with gated play equipment, tarmac court, wooden hill fort area and picnic tables.
Jubilee Wood
A 19ha mixed woodland which was presented to Leicestershire County Council in 1977 to commemorate the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
Southfields Park
Here you will find outdoor gym equipment, small play area for children, and a skate park.
Shortcliff Play Area
A park with play equipment as well as a skate park and basketball hoop close by.
Coalville Park
Coalville Park is just a few minutes walk away from the town centre on London Road. There is plenty for you to enjoy, to suit all age groups including tennis courts, a children’s play area and skateboard park.
Active Hinckley & Bosworth
Active Hinckley and Bosworth are a team of individuals delivering, promoting and supporting all things sport and physical activity across the borough.
Whitwick Park
Whitwick Park is within walking distance of the centre of Whitwick located on North Street.
Wykin Community Park
The play area at Wykin Park was designed for toddlers and juniors up to the age of 14 years and was installed thanks to money left in the will of a local man called Archie Marriott. His wish being "to provide a play area for the children of Hinckley".
Melton Healthy and Active Communities Team
Providing Sport, Physical Activity and Health Opportunities for individuals and groups in and around the Melton Borough.
Rocket Holiday Camps
Our Holiday clubs are 3 camps in 1, with stage, sports and solve, there is guaranteed to be an activity your child will love! We bring children together in fun, safe and active environments where they can try many activities and learn new skills
Ashby Leisure Centre & Lido
Ashby's outdoor lido swimming pool will be open again for Summer 2025, but for you now you can still enjoy the rest of the leisure centre's great facilities.
Welland Way Playground
Wonderful play park for primary school age children with open green space and play equipment.
Shobnall Leisure Complex
With a fantastic array of facilities and activities available, Shobnall Leisure Complex is perfect for all of Burton’s sports and leisure needs.
SASP Sport Welfare Officers Forum
A online meeting for Sports Club Welfare & Safeguarding Officers based in Somerset.
You're invited to attend our club welfare forum for anyone involved in sport and physical activity in Somerset, but in particular those in your clubs who hold the role of 'club welfare officer' or 'safeguarding lead'.
If you're the Safeguarding or Welfare Officer at your Sports Club, please join Tracey Sweetland, Somerset Sport Welfare Officer at SASP to learn about local support and opportunities to assist you in your volunteer role.
https://www.skateboard-england.org/
http://www.ukskate.org.uk/