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Welcome to Your Skatepark Dsign Page.

This page is your hub for all things design-related during the development of your new skatepark. Here, you’ll find the latest updates, design iterations, and opportunities to share your feedback.

CANVAS are proud to be working with you and Lewes District Council to bring this project to life. We’ll use this space to share progress and gather input as we move toward final design sign-off. Please check back regularly for updates.

The next consultation date is:

to be announced. Please check back here by 25th february:

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Designs for comment, based on consultation to date - 12th february 2026

Design options for comment

Online feedback suggests a strong liking for:

  • Mini-ramp

  • Low-level transitions

  • Low-level, low-impact elements

  • Floodlights (not part of this project)

Online comments, coupled with the recent consultations have informed the below design options for comment. Please review the options below and comment the preferred option by 23rd February 2026

Option 01

Mini-ramp. 3’ height and up to 7-8m in width (up to 25’). This option will act as a stand-alone item and would provide one of the widest mini-ramps of this size for some distance. It would allow for a break-out area and a totally different aspect of the existing layout

Mini-ramp will be adjusted so as not to encroach on existing mural

Option 02

The inclusion of this layout is to show how a separate ‘Mini-ramp area’ could be achieved, whilst not being a traditional mini-ramp. The low level transitions are designed to be supplemented for retaining speed through the central pump-bump. This layout would allow a beginner, or any user, more time between transitions and create a different, mellow use of the space.

option 03

This option includes a wide Manny-pad, bank to ledge and low-level Quarter-pipe (2-2.5’ height). This option allows for flat land use between the existing volcano and the proposed Manual pad. Space is relatively tight between the transitions and the manual pad, so the length and width needs to be relatively close. We looked at moving the manual pad off the edge, to allow flow around it from the transitions, but it would come to close, for safety requirements, to the existing volcano. We therefore looks at option 03 as an alternative option, if this is something that would be wanted.

option 04

This option has the manual pad thinner to allow it to be moved off the edge, if this is preferred. The manual pad could be made slightly higher to create a ‘beginner’ ledge which can act as a higher manual pad.

incoming online comments up to february 2026:

2nd consultation notes 22nd january 2026:

A second consultation took place with the council. After reviewing the design options from the first meeting, as a group we agreed that extending the existing skatepark with a standalone extension is much more preferable than having isolated forms within the existing Tarmacadam area. It was advised and agreed that the new concrete elements would greatly out-live the life of the already degraded Tarmacadam.

It was confirmed that some additional funding has been secured to benefit the skatepark extension, which will be input to the overall footprint of the new area.

1st consultation notes 10th december 2025:

Canvas held an online public consultation session via Microsoft Teams for the users and residents of Lewes to discuss the project and suggest ideas for its design development. The purpose of the session was to allow members of Canvas, Lewes District Council, users and residents to generate design ideas and ultimately create a ‘wish list’ to move forward with based on their requests.

Option 01 - Develop the tender design from the feedback received. Install the existing flat bar on the new surface and remove the ledges so there can be 3ft quarterpipes either end of the new surface. One quarter-pipe to blend into vert wall.

Option 02 - Develop an isolated futures area on the tarmac and improve the existing rough flat bank surface alongside adding features to, such as pull out quarterpipes if the budget allows.

  • Lighting was requested by multiple users but confirmed that this would be difficult to get approved.

  • The users asked if they could raise community funds to try and get a few more features, like a quarter-pipe at the end of slab so they could back and forth in the new area. Could Canvas provide a cost for a 3ft quarter-pipe so they know what they would need to raise.

    The users felt that the new area was a bit disconnected and didn’t really connect to the flow of the rest of the skatepark.  

  • One user wanted to see if an alternative proposal could be looked at where we install less slab and have more features on the tarmac as they believe it wasn’t that bad of a surface to ride on. They gave an example of Perry Park in Phoenix Arizona, USA as an example of what they would like to see for the tarmac area.

  • If we were to remove the ledge set up and just install the existing flat bar on the concrete surface would that be enough to cover the cost of a quarterpipe at the end of the new area.

  • Could we swap the flat bank at the end of the new area for a quarterpipe that blends around into the vert wall so you get a bit of a hip transfer. If it could also blend around the back of the vert wall into the rough flat bank that would be great.

  • If we went for the smaller slab and isolated elements option could we resurface the flat bank around the back of the ramps as it is really rough and not used because of this.

  • Would we be able to also do something interesting with the flat bank like pull a quarter-pipe out of it or do some sort of jersey barrier.

Have your say

Please add your comments via the form. Your comments will be used to inform the design which will be used in any upcoming design workshops. Your information will be stored by CANVAS and the project team only, in line with our GDPR Policy.