We are happy to announce our plans for the Peckham Festival on the 13th – 15th September! We have King Ramps coming through to bolt their flat bank onto the skatepark, extending the park out into the Copeland Park Courtyard. All weekend we will have Tombola (everyone’s a winner baby) Rum bar DJs (playing vinyl) […]
Continue readingFree lessons at the Southbank reunion
On Saturday 17th August the Southbank reunion will be taking place at Southbank! There will be music, drinks, graf and prizes for tricks… We will be running some free taster lessons to kick off proceedings at 11am, and 11.30. We will cover the cornerstone skills: Standing Falling Pushing Carving We will provide everything you need […]
Continue readingSkateboarding for the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme
We had a student approach us to undertake skateboarding as part of their their Edinburgh Award scheme at the Bronze level. In his role as Head Coach, Coach Stu agreed to assess the students progress. Aim of the physical part of the award The aim is as follows: To inspire young people to achieve greater […]
Continue readingOlympic Skateboarding skateparks – Street vs Park disciplines
You may be watching the skateboarding in the Olympics and be wondering what is the difference between ‘Street’ and ‘Park’ disciplines. We’re going to try and answer that question for you. Skateboarding ‘Street’ Whilst this event is called Street, the event doesn’t really take place in the street. Instead a ‘Street’ style skatepark is designed […]
Continue readingGo Skate Day 21st June 2024
This Friday we will be celebrating International Go Skate Day on Friday the 21st June with support from Karma Skateboards. We will first have some free beginner lessons 5pm – 6pm. First come first serve. Please book asap. We will be showing local skate scene video MAYDAY at 7.30pm. We will have a jam format […]
Continue readingShowing London Calling: A Whole Era Showed Up
The all new London Calling documentary filmed and edited by Winstan Whitter of Rollin’ Through the Decades fame, comes to Copelands Skatepark on Friday May 31st. This film documents last year’s event celebrating the London scene of the 1970’s. There will be a free skate session on the night, starting 6pm. We’ll stop skating during […]
Continue readingFirst Birthday of the Skatepark at Copelands
It’s our first birthday! To celebrate we’ve arranged a bunch of stuff for you: Free 30 minute taster lessons We’ll be providing 20 free taster lesson places at 11am. Please bring your friends, (ask them to pre-book). Skate yoga from Slacker We have been running some yoga sessions at Copelands over the last couple of […]
Continue readingDeath Skateboards ’13’ premieres at Copeland Park
@deathskateboards presents: •••1️⃣3️⃣••• (the best 13 minutes of your life) A film by Dan Cates & Lee Dainton. LONDON PREMIERE Thursday 11/4/24 @copelands_sp indoor skatepark 2 minutes from Peckham Rye station. Death skateboards are the oldest UK based skateboard company and have been busy documenting some of the best of the UK skate scene. We […]
Continue readingCopelands Spring Skate Festival
Update – Thanks for coming down – please follow our Copelands Instagram to see some of the action. The Copelands Spring Skate Festival is happening 29th & 30th March. This will hopefully be a yearly festival, with skating, activities, music and a licensed bar. Friday 29th March We start at 10am on Friday the 30th […]
Continue readingNew reception and facilities at Copeland Park
We’d like to show you around our new reception area, where we’re looking forward to meeting your for lesson or event. We have the fingerboard park out front. Please help yourself, we’ve usually got a couple of boards laying around. We have our new reception, where you can find: stickers free mags We have our […]
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