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Kickstart your summer in 2024 with our Code Green activity days in Peterborough’s skate parks.

Join us for skateboarding, street art, sports, and more…

Dates + Locations

Thursday 25 July: Stanground Skate Park, PE2 8QS
Tuesday 6 August:
Oundle Road Skate Park, PE2 9AP
Thursday 15 August:
Bretton Skate Park PE3 8EU
Tuesday 20 August:
Welland Skate Park PE1 4UP

Maps below


Image Credit: Paper Rhino

Activities From 10am - 2pm.

Free for ages 6 - 16

Come try … Skateboarding with Travis from Illict Skate.

10am - 11am: Pre-bookable skate sessions FULLY BOOKED
NB These sessions are now fully booked. If you want to go in the waiting list please email us HERE.

11:15am - 12:15pm: Pre-bookable skateboarding sessions (available while spaces remain).
To book an hour of skateboarding with Travis, please contact Sarah our Events Producer HERE.

12:15pm - 2pm: Drop-in skateboard demos. Bring your board and safety gear if you can. No booking required.

Kit is provided for the pre-booked sessions, and may be available, depending on demand, during the drop in sessions, if parental permission is given. The safety permission form is available via the link below. Hard copies will also be available on site.

And .. Street Art with Amanda Rigby or Rose Croft

Running from 10am - 2pm. No booking required.

Drop-in session. A professional artist will be on-hand to help you experiment with street-art skills.

And.. Sport

Running from 10am - 2pm. No booking required.

Drop-in session. Healthy You will be running sports activities such as football or dodgeball.

Skateboarding Permission

Parents / guardians must complete and sign a safety permission form before children can take part in skateboarding instruction, or to borrow kit. The form can be completed at the event. We will provide hard copies. Or use the link below to complete the form beforehand and email it to Sarah, our Event Producer here.


Skate Parks Information + Getting To The Events

Stanground Skate Park, PE2 8QS
Thursday 25 July

Google maps capture of Stanground Skate Park

Google Maps: Stanground Skate Park

Stanground Skate park is a concrete skate park featuring a lot of transitions across a series of quarter pipes, half pipes, roll-ins, bowl and spines.

A 3-minute walk from Aldi.
What3words: stops.spray.charge

Oundle Road Skate Park, PE2 9AP
Tuesday 6 August

Google maps capture of Oundle Road Skate Park

Google Maps: Oundle Road Skate Park

Oundle Road Skate park consists of metal-framed and skatelite ramps on tarmac base. The skate park features a funbox in between two quarter pipes. There is a flat bank off one of the quarter pipes leading to another quarter pipe. There is also a curved rail and a ledge.

A 1-minute walk from The Cherry Tree.
What3words: scuba.trader.afford

Bretton Skate Park, PE3 8EU
Thursday 15 August

Google maps capture of Bretton Skate Park

Google Maps: Bretton Skate Park

Bretton Skate park is a concrete park featuring a bowl with taco, manny pad, spine ramp section and two hips.

A 10-minute walk from Eyrescroft.
What3Words: mull.entire.bench

Welland Skate Park, PE1 4UP
Tuesday 20 August

Google maps capture of Welland Skate Park

Google Maps: Welland Skate Park

Welland Skate park has metal ramps, including a wide quarter pipe ramp and a metal fun box.

A 5-minute walk from Eye Road.
What3Words: acid.vines.unique


Testimonials

Read what parents and participants have said about our Code Green events…

My children both had a wonderful time. Thanks for organising this for the local children.
— Louise
Was absolutely brilliant - thanks for having us!
— Cath

More To Do

We have been in touch with other organisations around Peterborough who are offering free or low-cost activities for families and young people over the summer.

Check out what they have on offer HERE.

Or use the link below to sign up for our regular newsletter and we’ll let you know when we have stuff coming up that you might like.


Thank you to the funders and partners who are supporting us in this project.