1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (328+ words) Plans to upgrade a south London park with new play equipment, redesigned areas and improved accessibility have been submitted. Wandsworth Council wants to transform Furzedown Recreation Ground, in Tooting, to make better use of the area for visitors. The proposals…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (806+ words) Skaters have launched a campaign to save one of London’s only indoor skateparks as it faces sudden closure. Barking Sporthouse announced on Tuesday that it will close its skatepark on August 2 and replace it with padel courts. Eleanor Dunlop, who…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (214+ words) As the films show, it went on to become the “home of British skateboarding”, not simply a place where skating innovations like kickflips could happen — alongside BMXs and rollerskating — but a hub for a community of young people who had…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (790+ words) Kennington Park’s historic skate park has been given a cash injection from Lambeth Council worth more than £500,000 to help bring it back to life and make it safer to use again. The popular 1970s skatebowl, known to many as ‘Kenny’, had…...