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!
‘From Nottingham with love’ zine
Pre-order available
We’ve published a new photo zine, to share some of the events & happenings in Notts skateboarding over the past 12 months. Featuring photos by Milo Franchi, Joe Walchester, Caleb Norris, Luis Kelk, Harry Platt & Tom Quigley.
Shipping from Wed 22nd October - grab a limited copy now!
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!
“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.
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:
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!