Skatepark Guide
Here is a list of the best local skateparks around Melton Mowbray.
Boardroom
Unit 5, Thames Street, Leicester - 0116 253 7198 - (Mobile) 07775 620750 - Website
Description
Recently moved to the old Edge Skatepark location. There is a mini ramp,
the old edge bowl, or 'pool' as it is now called. Long hair must be tied
back! There is a big vert wall, driveway with long UAD grindbox. There
is also a run with two layers, banks leading to each. The rails in the
park can be removed or placed elsewhere if you ask nicely. There is also
the 'Euro Gap' which is a 4 set to flatbank gap. Flatbanks against one
wall and quarters on the other. They sell food and drink, have toilets,
helmets ARE compulsory for Under 12s, and anyone under the age of 11 MUST be supervised by an adult/guardian aged
18 or over.
Directions - Bus
Catch the normal bus to Leicester (5,5A) and arrive at the Haymarket Bus
Station. Turn to go back the way the bus just came and cross over the
round-a-bout next to Subway (or be safe and go round it). At the Police
Station, turn left and head for the walk-over that goes over the main road (next to St
Margaret's Bus Station) and you should be walking into a slight
Industrial Estate. Follow the road into the Industrial Estate which is
right in front of you as you come off the walk-over and turn right at
the end. Follow this road down past the large opening on the right and
you will see the Boardroom just
beyond that.
Directions - From Leicester Train Station
Go out of the Train Station and turn right and walk towards the big
underpass that goes underneath the roads. (Careful, you can pick up
quite a lot of speed here if you're on skates!) Follow the underpass to
the other side and carry right on down the road until you reach the
clock tower in the centre of Leicester. From here go down the street
past the Haymarket shopping centre (the street which has Argos on it.) and
head to the bottom near the Police Station.
Turn left just after the Police Station and walk down the street heading
towards the walk over the main road (next to the St Margaret's Bus Station).
From here head over the walk over bridge. Once you get
off the walk-over turn left and head into the Industrial Estate. At the
end of the road, turn right and walk past the big space on your right,
and Boardroom is just beyond this on the right.
Adrenaline Alley
Arnsley Road, Corby, NN17 5QW - 01536 202049 - Website
Description
Previously located outdoor at the Rockingham Speedway, the Adrenaline
Alley is now situated inside a large warehouse space on the outskirts of
Corby. The park contains numerous ramps, to name a few are the resi
jumpbox, bowl area, mini ramp, large intricate street section, large
jumpbox and volcano section, curved wallride, an oververt and the
popular foam pit. Recently it has become home to Europe's only resi vert
ramp alongside a 14ft vertramp. A very well established park! They sell
food and drink, have toilets, helmets are compulsory for everyone and
are available to hire for £4 (you get £2 back when you return it),
lockers are available but bring your own padlock.
Directions
Probably best to drive if you can, as public transport apparently
doesn't go that close to the park. So for car directions use a route
finder and put in the postcode NN17 5QW for Adrenaline Alley.
Bottesford
Description
All the ramps are made from wood with wood surface and tarmac floor.
There is a 4ft mini ramp, 8ft roll-in and jumpbox, big mini ramp, about
5ft high with a vertwall riding up the back of the roll in, a small
funbox with grindbox, vertwall at the exit of the jumpbox and, recently
added, a new wallride set up that incorporates two quarters and a
flatbank with backboard.
Directions - Bus
Take the bus from St Mary's Way to Bottesford and arrive next to a pub.
Follow the road round to the front of the pub and go down the road. Keep
going until you find a field with a skatepark in it.