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Skating in Colchester

131 km of surveyed smooth ground mapped in Colchester, plus 10 skateparks. Graded for skateboards, inline skates and quads.

Open Colchester on the map

The ground

Smooth ground mapped	131 km
Separate stretches	812
Away from traffic	93%
Skateparks within 15 km	10

Surfaces are graded for small wheels from OpenStreetMap survey data — asphalt, concrete and paving quality, with anything over 30 mph and every A-road excluded, because a road being smooth and a road being safe to skate are not the same thing.

Longest smooth stretches

• Salary Brook Cycle Route — 2.3 km
• Riverside Walk — 1.3 km
• Cowdray Avenue — 1.2 km
• Boadicea Way — 814 m
• The Moors — 688 m
• Berechurch Hall Road Cycleway — 639 m
• Circular Road North — 624 m
• Circular Road West — 523 m
• Wivenhoe Trail — 518 m
• Priory Street — 496 m
• Shelley Avenue — 491 m
• Saint Peters Road — 460 m

Skateparks

• Colchester Skatepark · New Town
• Boada Skate Park · Shrub End
• Marks Tey Skate Park
• Brightlingsea Skate Park

Plus 6 more that OpenStreetMap has no name for — they are on the map with the area they sit in.

Nearby

• Chelmsford
• Southend-on-Sea
• Cambridge
• Canterbury
• Ely
• City of London
• London
• Westminster