logo logo
  • Lessons
    • Group Skateboard Lessons
    • Private skateboard lessons
    • Holiday skate camp
    • Skateboarding parties
    • Enrichment programmes & after school clubs
    • Corporate events, Team Building & Festivals
    • Adult Skateboarding Lessons
    • Home Education Skateboard Lessons
    • Coach Training
  • Skills
    • Beginnner programme
    • Progressing programme
    • Become a member
  • Skateparks
    • Copeland Park Peckham
    • Charlton Park Skatepark
    • Folkestone gardens skatepark
    • Victoria Park Raemers Skatepark
    • Peckham Rye Park Skatepark
    • Bournemouth Kings Park Skatepark
    • Poole Bourne Valley Skatepark
    • Whitegrounds skatepark
    • Hackney bumps skatepark
    • Mile End Skatepark
    • Stockwell skatepark
    • Bromley Skatepark
    • Mudchute skatepark
  • Blog
  • Login
    • Bookings
    • e-Learning
Basket
£0.00 / 0 items
0

Basket

  • 0

Category Archives: Folkestone gardens

Lewisham Council’s commercial ban at Folkestone Gardens Skatepark, Deptford.

Stu August 8, 2023 4 Comments

Subsequent to raising concerns about the encroachment of the planned play area onto the skatepark, we have been informed by Glendale and Lewisham council that all commercial activity at the skatepark is to cease. After raising concerns about the plans for Folkestone Gardens, and urging the council to get advice from professionals who are experienced […]

Continue reading

Improving Folkestone Gardens and Evelyn Ward in Deptford

Stu September 23, 2022 Leave a comment
Greening evelyn ward folkestone gardens skatepark

We’ve recently been consulting with Wonky.Space and The National Trust on the Greening Project at Evelyn Ward, Deptford. The skatepark and Folkestone Gardens are in Evelyn Ward and they want to know how the space can be improved. On Saturday 24th September the National Trust will be sharing some early concepts of how Folkestone Gardens […]

Continue reading

New London Bridge and Hackney skate schools open at Easter

Stu March 24, 2021 Leave a comment
new skate schools easter
Due to a coach injury we are unable to offer the lessons at Whitegrounds for the Easter holidays. If you've already booked please accept our apologies. We will be in touch shortly to rearrange. I am buzzing after releasing about 700 group lesson places today. I've been busy over lockdown finding new skateboarding coaches to [...] Continue reading

Charlton closed. Private lessons available at Folkestone Gardens, Deptford.

Stu June 25, 2020 1 Comment
charlton skatepark still closed due to covid19

Fences have been pushed down by riders but Charlton skatepark remains officially closed despite government relaxing restrictions on outdoor activity. It seems odd, with many organised training sessions of football, a contact sport, going on at Charlton park that a non-contact sport like skateboarding is still not permitted. You can see the Skateboard England guidance […]

Continue reading

Skateboard lessons at Folkestone gardens skatepark

Stu January 27, 2020 4 Comments
Isaac steering on his skateboard

This weekend I ran a private skateboard lesson for Isaac, aged 8, at Folkestone gardens skatepark in Deptford. Folkestone gardens skatepark has a lot of transition, and is bowled out at one end. There are more street features at the other with a rail down some stairs. It’s a great park for learning to skateboard. We […]

Continue reading

Newsletter sign up

Sign up and get our practical guide to learning to skate

Recent Posts

  • Skateboard Fitting Service at Copeland Park
  • Copelands x Three Amigos Spring Jam
  • Free skateboards lessons at Copelands for Peckham schools
  • Week 2 homework: Carving toe to heel edge drill
  • Week 1 Homework; confidence pushing with lead foot balance drills

Categories

  • 52 weeks of homework
  • Adult
  • After School Club
  • beginner skateboarding
  • Bexley
  • Bournemouth
  • Bromley
  • buyers guide
  • Carving
  • Charlton
  • Charlton skatepark
  • Cinema
  • Community
  • Competition
  • Copeland Park
  • Corporate event
  • Design Museum
  • Electric Skateboard
  • Festival
  • Folkestone gardens
  • Fundraiser
  • Game of Skate
  • Grading
  • Greenwich
  • group
  • Hackney Bumps
  • Hen Stag Party
  • Home Education
  • Lewisham
  • London
  • Longboard
  • Membership
  • Mental Health & Wellbeing
  • Mile end
  • miniramp
  • Mudchute
  • Olympics
  • Peckham Rye
  • Poole
  • private
  • Progressing
  • Pump track
  • Pushing
  • Skate camp
  • Skate sessions
  • Skateboard coaching
  • skateboarding lessons
  • Skateboarding party
  • Skatepark
  • Skaterham
  • Skateshop
  • Southbank
  • Stance
  • Stockwell
  • Surf skate
  • Tower Hamlets
  • Uncategorized
  • Victoria Park
  • Walthamstow
  • Whitegrounds

Sign up to our Newsletter..

..and get our practical guide to starting skateboarding

skateboardgb logo

skateboardgb logo

© School of Skate 2025
  • Lessons
    • Group Skateboard Lessons
    • Private skateboard lessons
    • Holiday skate camp
    • Skateboarding parties
    • Enrichment programmes & after school clubs
    • Corporate events, Team Building & Festivals
    • Adult Skateboarding Lessons
    • Home Education Skateboard Lessons
    • Coach Training
  • Skills
    • Beginnner programme
    • Progressing programme
    • Become a member
  • Skateparks
    • Copeland Park Peckham
    • Charlton Park Skatepark
    • Folkestone gardens skatepark
    • Victoria Park Raemers Skatepark
    • Peckham Rye Park Skatepark
    • Bournemouth Kings Park Skatepark
    • Poole Bourne Valley Skatepark
    • Whitegrounds skatepark
    • Hackney bumps skatepark
    • Mile End Skatepark
    • Stockwell skatepark
    • Bromley Skatepark
    • Mudchute skatepark
  • Blog
  • Login
    • Bookings
    • e-Learning

What are you looking for?