FORT ROAD SKATE PARK

Does anyone have any photos of the recreation ground before it became a skate park?

The Skate Park behind Fort Road Recreation is not very good in my opinion. It was a waste of money, especially the metal ramp which was not a good idea.

As a local who uses the skatepark on a daily basis I have many views on the park. As many people know the design of the park was made approximately 10 years ago, so when it was built it was what skaters wanted in the 90's. All the skatepark needs is a few things added and a sort out. I and many other would like this to happen but as we all know there is a very slim chance of this happening......

As a local too, I agree with Connor this park has aged and it has a very 90s design to it. Not just that though, during the wet and damp winter the ramps begin to rust which makes the park more dangerous. It's easier to put a hole through a rusted ramp than a brand new wooden ramp. Maybe looking into an indoor skate and parkour park would be an idea. Could mean a new business or a thing for a charity, that way the ramps couldn't get damanged or vandalised and kept clean 24/7. We don't want the skate park to be somewhere for people to be scared of but to have fun in at all ages. Remember you wouldn't want your kid to go through a rusted damaged ramp and knock themself unconscious.

Just to say that the skate park at Fort Road is invaluable to the kids in the area, they have a huge part to play in the growth of the area and the community as a whole. Let them have ownership and take responsibility and make us all proud of them for a change.

i (I) dont agree with the skatepark. its (it is) full of bullies and trouble causers (makers). c(C)hildren just grafitti over it, and it just makes n(N)ewhaven look like a mess! a(A)lso it(')s very dangerous,(.) i (I) mean last week a boy was on the ramps and fell of(f) his bike and cracked his head open, and i(I) think he got (was) taken to hospital coz (because) i(t) was that bad! it wouldn(')t surprise me if he got (suffered) concussion! i(I)t is very dangerous and a disgusting sight(,) and it(')s a waste of money!

I think Newhaven skate park is alright but there is are too many teenagers who hog the ramps and prevent the younger ones from using them. We younger ones would like to use them as well so maybe there should be two skate parks, one for the younger skateboarders and one for the teenagers, then we could all enjoy ourselves. The people at the skate park are good on scooters and bikes but if we younger ones try going up the ramp they make fun of us.

Demi...of course people have the odd fall it's a skatepark! ''Very dangerous'' would you advise people to not use a bicycle when they are young just in case they fall because it is 'very dangerous?'. I like the park but ye(s)h does get a bit rusty but at the time (when it was) of it being built it was good...better then that heap of junk in Seaford anyway.