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!
Autumn skateboard coaching sessions
6 new dates from Sat 12th September, 11:00 - 12:30
We’re stoked to announce a new programme of free skateboard coaching sessions at several of our favourite Nottingham City skateparks; King Edward Park, The Ashley Mabbott skatepark, and Tram Line Spot!
Our team of qualified skateboard coaches will be hosting sessions every Saturday from 12th September - including 5 open, all ages (7+) sessions, and one dedicated adults-only coaching session. Skateboards & helmets available to borrow.
Sat 12th September, 11:00 - 12:30: King Edward Park, all ages 7+
Sat 19th September, 11:00 - 12:30: King Edward Park, all ages 7+
Sat 26th September, 11:00 - 12:30: The Ashley Mabbott skatepark (Broxtowe Country Park), all ages 7+
Sat 3rd October, 11:00 - 12:30: The Ashley Mabbott skatepark (Broxtowe Country Park), Adults only - 18+
Sat 10th October, 11:00 - 12:30: Tram Line Spot, all ages 7+
Sat 17th October, 11:00 - 12:30: Tram Line Spot, all ages 7+
We look forward to bringing people together at these outdoor public skateparks to encourage healthy activity and wellbeing during the autumn months. There’s no need to book tickets - just turn up!
This new activity is funded by a Public Health Community grant from Nottingham City Council.
You can find these skateparks on our Notts skatepark map. Questions about the sessions? See our FAQs page.
Exhibition extended!
Tue - Sat at New Art Exchange until Sat 26th Sept
Our recent ‘Concrete Heritage, Rolling Archive’ exhibition has finished, but with lots of images staying up within the stairwell space from the ground floor up to level 2 inside New Art Exchange! Pop by to see some Hyson Green skateboarding history!
Free skateboard coaching sessions
Sunday 13th & Sunday 27th September, 11:30 - 13:00
Pasture Road skatepark, Stapleford, NG9 8GS
We’re pleased to add two more dates to our spring/summer programme of skateboard coaching events at Stapleford skatepark, in partnership with Broxtowe Borough Council!
Join us on Sunday 13th and Sunday 27th, whether you’ve never stepped on a skateboard before, or whether you’d like to learn new tricks with our team of talented skateboard coaches! Skateboards & helmets available to borrow. Open to all abilities & ages 7+.
There’s no need to book tickets - just turn up!
This new skatepark was kindly funded by FCC Communities Fund and The Stapleford Towns Fund, plus donations from 202 people to our 2023 Stapleford skatepark Crowdfunder campaign, which had match-funding from Sport England. A special thanks to Stapleford Towns Fund for funding this programme of 2026 activities.
You can find the park on our Notts skatepark map.
New Betongpark Colwick T-shirts out now!
Celebrating our recent Joshua Dale skatepark build
Available in our website shop are 2 new T-shirts to celebrate our 2026 community build project at the Joshua Dale skatepark in Colwick with Betongpark Ltd, in which we built a new concrete quarter alongside our curbs, further developing a disused space.
Designed by Nottingham skater & artist Matt Vardy a.k.a SCARCE, these T-shirts features his ‘curb killa’ character hitting the big red curb on the back, and the Skate Nottingham x Joshua Dale skatepark x Betongpark logos on the front.
The baseball tee features front and back prints as well as ‘curb red’ sleeves, and the premium short sleeve has the back design in a two-colour print, all screen printed locally by Dizzy Ink.
We’re launching these at affordable prices of £22 for the premium short sleeve (a thicker tee, good for winter), and £18 for the baseball tee, offer ends Sunday 12th July. Limited stock!
Skate Nottingham x Betongpark quarter build
Video edit from our Joshua Dale skatepark build now online!
On one of the hottest weekends so far in 2026, Skate Nottingham & Betongpark Ltd hosted a construction workshop at the former Joshua Dale skatepark in Colwick, Nottingham, to further regenerate a community space with a fresh concrete quarter.
This followed wide consultation of residents & skatepark users in the summer of 2025, after which Skate Nottingham made a successful application to the Common Ground Award 2025/26 for £10,000 of capital funding exclusively for this space!
This award was offered on the strength of the ongoing work with local authorities and user groups by Skate Nottingham, and the extent and quality of the recent community engagement. The award body, the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, described this as an innovative project and liked the use of participant-led regeneration for a public amenity involving young people.
The project was also supported by the kind donations of £4,544 from The Joshua Dale Skatepark Fund, and £4,000 from Live Like Ralph CIC. A big thanks to Gedling Borough Council for working with us on this, and Colwick Parish Council for their support.
A big thanks to the build team & volunteers for their hard work to create this for the community: Theo Hughes, Zak, Ryan Alcock, Andrew Holt, Laurie, Ben Footitt, Bill Redhead, Tom Bailey, Abby Booker, Adz Kolakovic, Zombie Stu, Pete, Alex Griffin, & young Jake. The project was managed by Chris Lawton & Tom Quigley, working with Stu Maclure, Ryan Alcock & Ben Rutherford at Betongpark Ltd.
Nottingham skatepark patches
Introducing the Tram Line Spot patch
Our 2025 range of embroidered patches depicting Nottingham skateparks now has a new addition - Tram Line Spot! The landmark skateable space just had to feature in time for winter. These patches are 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.
Fix-ups & Fastplants
Short film from our recent Tram Line Spot activation now online!
Tram Line Spot on Nottingham's Sussex Street is a landmark, multi-use public space, that is an asset to the city. If left unused, it could become an unpleasant space, but if supported, maintained, and activated, it can bring liveliness, fun, learning, culture, and an improved sense of safety on this main thoroughfare through the city.
This event was kindly funded by The Mindera Foundation and It's In Nottingham. Thanks to Nottingham City Council and Sneinton Waste Action Group for their support!