Thrilling indoor skate park could open next year in Peterborough

The move comes as interest in skateboarding, rollerblading, stunt scooter and BMX riding have all soared over the last year.

Peterborough gym owner and skateboarding enthusiast, Lee Horspool (46) is in the process of acquiring premises in Bretton that would be home to the new facility that would be called Y2SK8.

Mr Horspool, who ran a previous indoor skate park in Fletton for more than seven years before the site was sold for housing, said: “Again we find ourselves in the same position where people who skate and ride are desperate for a facility that they and their children are warm, dry, and safe in.

“I am in the process of securing a building in Bretton to bring Y2SK8 park back to life.

“We are looking at opening at the end of this year or January 1 next year at the very latest when I hope that the current Covid-19 restrictions will be a lot looser by then.

Mr Horspool, who runs Horspower Strength and Conditioning, in the Discovery Business Park, Broadway, Yaxley, and who will fund the new skate park, added: “We are presently in negotiations to secure a building in north Bretton which is looking super promising.

“Skateboard, rollerblade, stunt scooter and BMX sales have all rocketed this last year - all going up by about 300 per cent.

“Skateboarding will also feature in the next Olympics so again it will grow in popularity even more.

Skate boarding has a strong following in Peterborough and its earlier Y2SK8 park was a vital training for skateboarding Olmpic hopeful Sam Beckett.