Transforming people & places through skateboarding.
Skate Nottingham is a non-profit place-making, sports development and alternative education organisation rooted in Nottingham’s globally significant skateboarding community. We use skateboarding as a tool to unlock learning and creativity, with an aim to raise the profile of skateboarding as a positive, healthy and creative activity that contributes to Nottingham's social, cultural and economic development.
News & events
Find out about all of our upcoming skateboard coaching sessions and other events!
Adult skate coaching & Curb Club in Colwick
Sunday 31st August
New date after rainy weather postponement!
Curb Club is back at the Joshua Dale skatepark in Colwick, for another weekend of low impact action and hanging out with mates.
Whether you already spend your Sunday afternoons at the service of the curb, or want to come hang out with new people - our aim is to bring adult skaters together in the outdoors for a chilled afternoon.
We’re also hosting an adult skate coaching session beforehand, for those who want to try something new, and build their confidence in a comfortable environment. Our trained coaches will be on hand, and skateboards & helmets are available to borrow. For anyone aged 18+.
11:00 - 12:30: Adult skateboard coaching session
12:30 - 16:00: Curb Club
This is kindly funded by a Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Mental Wellbeing small grant. A priority of this funding is addressing the challenges of mental health and social isolation amongst adult males and reducing the risk of suicide.
Book free tickets for the adult skateboard coaching session if you need to borrow a skateboard & helmet:
Workshops at People’s Hall
6 events throughout September
Introducing People’s Hall! A new (old) venue in the heart of the city, People’s Hall is an 18th century townhouse - with a 19th century public hall extension - used for a variety of community & educational purposes throughout the years. Now set to be revamped, Nottingham Historic Building Trust are working with organisations such as Skate Nottingham to bring community back to People’s Hall!
We’re pleased to present a series of 6 creative, construction, and video-based workshops, rooted in skateboarding and free to attend.
Our different collaborators & workshop leaders will explore themes around skate-friendly cities, design, urban planning, making fun skate edits, and construction of both concrete and wooden skate obstacles!
These will be great experience for anyone aspiring to study or work within these areas. All ages are welcome, with a guidance age of 11+ for the two construction workshops.
Thursday 4th September, 16:00 - 18:00
Mapping a skate-friendly city
Share your ‘perfect day’ skating around Nottingham, linking spaces together, and then design a poster for our festival.
Sunday 7th September, 14:00 - 18:00
Making a concrete obstacle
Learn to design & build a concrete skate obstacle for Nottingham!
Suitable for ages 11+.
Thursday 11th September, 16:00 - 18:00
Reimagining Nottingham’s skate spots
Watch skate videos, think about how we skate a spot, and imagine new designs for Tram Line Spot and Sneinton Market.
Thursday 18th September, 16:00 - 18:00
Designing a new community skate obstacle
Sketch ideas for a new wooden skate obstacle to be built & skated during our ‘Skateboarding in the City III’ festival at the end of the month.
Sunday 21st September, 10:00 - 16:00
Filming a serious stupid skate edit
Storyboard a film, create stupid characters, and film yourselves skating Nottingham spots!
Suitable for all ages, young children should be accompanied by parents/carers.
Thursday 25th September, 14:00 - 18:00
Building a community skate obstacle
Construct the wooden obstacle that was designed in the previous workshop, and give it a test skate outside!
Suitable for ages 11+.
People’s Hall is situated on Heathcoat Street, Hockley, NG1 3AA, just down from Jamcafé & Ice Nine. Workshop programme kindly funded by Forever Notts & The National Lottery Community Fund, with support from the Nottingham Historic Building Trust.
Lambley Lane skatepark consultation
Complete our survey to share your views with Gedling Borough Council
Would you like to see future skatepark development happen at Lambley Lane Recreation Ground? Share your views on the current skatepark and what you would love to see in this part of Gedling in future:
Nottingham skatepark patches
Out now!
We’ve designed 3 embroidered patches depicting Nottingham’s Lady Bay, King Eddie’s, and Arnold Bowls skateparks - ready to be sewn onto your bag, jacket, hat, suitcase, or just collected as a souvenir!
Inspired by the American tradition of National Park patches - cloth badges that became souvenirs in the post-WWII boom of tourism around parks that were protected solely for leisure, recreation, and the enjoyment of people.
Rep your local Nottingham skatepark or start a collection of them all… which Notts skatepark should we release next?
Limited numbers available!
Film your best King Eddie’s lap!
Closing date for entries: Sun 7th September
This unique video challenge is a chance for you to film your best continuous loop at King Edward Park skatepark, with a good selection of tricks, or as many as possible.
Quality, quantity, creativity & style will be considered in all entries, with our favourites winning a Pass~Port deck or some other small prizes.
To enter, simply upload your lap(s) to Instagram, and tag us @skatenottingham and #kingeddieslap by Sunday 7th September. Enter as many times as you like!
King Edward Park is just outside Notts city centre on Carlton Road, NG3 2AR - 5 minutes from Sneinton Market. Find a pin on our Nottingham Skateparks page!
Skateboarding in the City III
SAVE THE DATE!
A new ‘Skateboarding in the City’ festival is happening in Nottingham from 25th - 28th September.
Expect skate jams, new skateable obstacles, creative & construction workshops, panel talks, exhibitions, and more!
It’s been a tough first half of the year for Notts, so we’re stoked to put together a programme and invite guests to celebrate the fact that Nottingham is still one of the best places to be a skateboarder in the UK.
More soon…
Joshua Dale skatepark consultation report
Our published survey results regarding the future development of the Colwick skatepark
Find out what everyone’s views are from our recent in-person consultation event and online survey:
“Nottingham’s forbidden skaters are repaving the city’s landscape”
Read the article via Huck Magazine
Skate Nottingham co-founder Chris Lawton and creative programmes director Tom Quigley were recently interviewed for a Huck Magazine article about Skate Nottingham, our city, its struggles and achievements.
Road to Tram Line Spot
Watch our short documentary now!
This 16-minute documentary about the creation of Nottingham’s landmark, skate-friendly space, Tram Line Spot, was completed in 2023 by talented filmmaker and long-time Skate Nottingham collaborator, Georgianna Scurfield.
Now available online, this follows several international screenings, in which Skate Nottingham were invited to share the Tram Line Spot & wider Nottingham skateboarding story in cities such as Budweis, Czech Republic; Tampere, Finland; and Bordeaux, France; as well as a UK international premiere at the Mansfield Town Film Festival in the summer of 2024.
Watch the film, skate TLS, and be inspired about what you can do for your city!