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From your first wobble
Toddler on a balance bike, ten-year-old on a scooter, teenager on a BMX, adult on a mountain bike. Same loop, same afternoon. The track grows with you.
Lochwinnoch
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A PUMP TRACK
FOR LOCHWINNOCH.
Scooters. BMX. Skateboards. Balance bikes. From your first wobble through to airing it out. Same loop, same village, same afternoon.
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01 / The ideaA loop of tarmac,
A loop of tarmac,
in the corner of
the park.
A pump track is a continuous loop of rollers and banked turns laid in smooth asphalt. You move around it by pumping your body. No pedals required. Scooters, BMX, skateboards, bikes, balance bikes. Same surface, same loop, same time.
No booking. No charge. No team. No coach. Turn up. Ride. Stay till it gets dark.
Indicative impression
0
Booking
needed
2+
Years old
welcome
365
Days
a year
Where
On the corner where the old BMX track is, fronting Lochlip Road, a short walk from the village centre. Same footprint, modern surface, designed for everyone who rolls.
02 / Why it mattersSix reasons it's a
Six reasons it's a
no-brainer.
02
No team, no coach, no clock
If team sport isn't your thing, this is for you. No score, no positions, nobody let down by your bad day. Just deciding for yourself what 'better' looks like.
03
Stop having to leave the village
Right now, kids who want to ride properly are being driven to Troon, Largs and Beith. A track here means after school is enough. Your friends are at the park already.
04
Off the streets, into the park
Scooters and bikes on the road and in car parks aren't safe and aren't fun. A purpose-built loop in the park is both.
05
Bring people to the village
Riders travel for good tracks. A weekend session at our park means visiting families who buy lunch in the village, get the train back home, and tell their friends.
06
Send it.
When you're ready, the same track gives you airs, manuals, lines you've planned for weeks. The progression goes as far as you want to take it.
03 / Other parks
These already exist.
Modern community pump tracks are everywhere now. 35 pump tracks across Scotland and counting. We're not asking for something experimental. We're asking for what's already working in dozens of villages and towns.
35 pump tracks in Scotland
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Closest neighbour
Glasgow
Cathkin Braes
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Highland Skate Park
Inverness
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Scottish Borders
Walkerburn
All of them
Scottish Skatepark Directory
35 pump tracks. One map.
Open the directory
Wishaw, Hawick, Moffat, Bungendore, Alford, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Hamilton, Edinburgh. The list is long, and growing every year. Lochwinnoch wouldn't be the first. We'd be in good company.
04 / The villageWe're already riding.
We're already riding.
We just don't have anywhere good.
On any dry afternoon you'll see kids running across and climbing on the old BMX mounds, on foot, because there's nothing there they can actually ride. The interest is here. The infrastructure isn't.
The Local Place Plan asks for it. A community survey of the village raised it. Lochwinnoch families are already driving multiple times a week to find decent tracks elsewhere. Bringing all of that home is the point.
100s
of trips out of the village a year
3+
towns parents drive kids to
1
missing facility (this one)
"Skate ramps and a bowl could be a great addition to the park."
A Lochwinnoch resident, Local Place Plan
05 / The planHow we get from
How we get from
here to opening day.
Five steps. Each one unlocks the next. We're at step one, which means right now is when your voice carries the most weight.
- Step 01LiveNow
Listen
Talking to the village. Hearing what people want, what they worry about, what they want changed.
- Step 02ComingNext
Design
Specialist designers come in. The track gets drawn. The drawings come back to you.
- Step 03ComingThen
Fund
Apply for the money. Get permission to build. Make the proposal real.
- Step 04ComingSoon
Build
Construction starts on the existing footprint. Watch it take shape. Don't ride it yet.
- Step 05The pointThen
Ride
Opening day. Bring everyone. First wheels down.
Tracks like this typically go from idea to opening in around eighteen to twenty-four months. We're not in a rush. We want to get it right.
06 / Have your sayThis is being shaped,
This is being shaped,
not pitched.
What you say changes what gets built. That's not a slogan. It's the only way these projects work.
01Below ↓
Drop a note
Use the form below. Two minutes. Anonymous fine, named is stronger.
02Coming
Catch us in person
A drop-in event will be arranged to answer any questions in person and hear what the village wants. Date and venue to be announced. Anyone welcome.
03Soon
Follow along
A project Facebook page is in the works for day-to-day updates, photos, and informal Q&A.
What happens to your feedback.
01
Logged
Every comment received (through the form, in person, on social) is recorded.
02
Read & answered
Patterns are pulled out. Real concerns get real answers. The proposal updates in response.
03
Published
The full feedback record will be published on this site, and submitted alongside the planning application when the time comes.
07 / Send a noteTell us
Tell us
what
you think.
Support, doubts, suggestions, questions, ideas, criticism. Any of it useful. Two minutes is plenty.