Eagle Street Skatepark Set for £255k Revamp Thanks to Pride In Place Impact Funding
Eagle Street Skatepark Set for £255k Revamp Thanks to Pride In Place Impact Funding
At yesterday’s Hyndburn Borough Council Cabinet meeting, the Leader of the Council announced intentions to invest £255,000 in a new skate park on Eagle Street in Accrington, replacing the current site which has now come to the end of its life after it was opened over 20 years ago.
The investment will come from the Government’s Pride in Place Impact funding and will be used to upgrade the skate park with more modern concrete ramps, replacing the old metal ones, which will make for a smoother and more interesting ride.
Image: Cllr Munsif Dad BEM JP, Leader of the Council at Eagle Street Skatepark
The funding is one of numerous allocations aimed at improving access to sports and physical activity for Hyndburn residents, with other initiatives including a new Sport and Club Development Officer post and capital funding for play area refurbishments and improvements at Bullough Park.
The exact design and layout of the new skatepark will come out of a consultation planned for the summer so that children and young people who use the facility can have their say on its future.
More information on the consultation will be available on the Council’s social media channels this summer.
It is hoped this refurbished skate facility will provide hours of fun for the next generation of wheeled sports enthusiasts in the Borough.
Councillor Munsif Dad BEM JP, Leader of the Council, said:
“This Council is determined to provide safe, well-equipped spaces for our young people to hone their sporting talents. In recent years the Council has funded new wheeled sports facilities at both Mercer Park and Milnshaw Park, and now we intend to upgrade the Eagle Street site for the next generation.
Hyndburn is full of many talented young people and I cannot wait to see them making full use of this state-of-the-art facility when it opens.”
This has been made possible due to funding from the Pride in Place impact fund. The Pride in Place Impact Fund is a UK Government programme intended to deliver visible improvements to high streets and improve places and spaces valued by local communities. Hyndburn will receive £1.5million to be committed to projects before March 2027.