Skate Park, Dumfries
Unity Skatepark is located on unused Council land at Kingholm Quay Playing Fields adjacent to the River Nith to the south of Dumfries and is an ideal place for Skate, BMX, Urban MTB, Inline Skate, and anyone who wishes to use a top class concrete public skatepark.
The skatepark was developed in close consultation with the Unity Wheeled Projects Group, a charitable organisation formed in 2000 by local skaters to progress and promote the scheme and Dumfries and Galloway Design Services.
Story Construction’s work comprised the construction of this reinforced concrete skatepark including sprayed concrete and bitmac finishings.
The main features are:
- a fun box
- semi bowls
- square rails
- steps
- flat banks
- a big hip
- benches
- ledges of various heights
- and a curved ledge with flowing smooth lines
The skatepark is constructed as a reinforced concrete slab with the various elements consisting of reinforced concrete or sprayed concrete. To minimise surface cracking numerous crack inducers were incorporated into the concrete.