'We're delighted' - pump track for bikes and scooters under construction at popular Penwortham park
A pump track is under construction at one of South Ribble’s best-loved parks.
The course - a continuous, looped circuit featuring rolling bumps (rollers) and banked turns (berms) is under way at Hurst Grange Park in Penwortham.
Pump tracks are designed for bikes, scooters and skateboards. Riders generate momentum using up-and-down body movements—"pumping"—instead of pedaling.
The development has been championed by Penwortham Community Hub, with funding from South Ribble Borough Council, after requests from local youngsters. It is being built near the centre of the park, beside the woodland area, where evidence of an improvised circuit was seen last year.
Councillor Angela Turner, chair of Penwortham Community Hub said she was “delighted” to get behind the scheme. She said: “This project came about as a result of a Community Hub public engagement event held at the park last summer whereby local youngsters on bicycles came to see us requesting such a project.
“We had access to some funding from South Ribble Borough Council to perform the necessary earthworks to create the Pump track. Pump tracks are really popular with young people and we are delighted to provide such a facility in our Green Flag Park.”
The opening date for the pump track has not been given.
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