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• NEW PARK! I think it's not open yet but you can get under the fence... ;)
• Town park of course. Steve Hemming at local motel 6 has got a £300,000 park coming to town, i think.
• BEst Spost my garages iN CHurchfield
• Any real skateboarder will know about the town park. Theres plenty of paddling pools scatteres around town too which make ideal ramps.
• Sk8 ramps in the town park...duh
• the playhouse is a great spot, ledge that gets bigger and a 3 set. double set by esporta health club and theres a sloped ledge. theres a new sportcentre being made soon and hopefully that will contain some new spots. bishopsfield is a f****** great place to skate, its by staple tye and bush fair, theres ledges, 9 sets, grass gaps, stairs etc. rad job center has a 7 and a 4 but get kicked out. theres a roof gap by the bus stop, (i've done it) the gaps about a board length and a half and the drop is about 2 storeys. post office, 5 set, 4 set, ledges, and wood for ramps.
• New street course at Spurriers next to pets corner, where the old hippid mini was. super rad assortment of trannied and banked, 30 ft driveway thing with square bars blocks pier 7 style. built by uniform designed by Hem and Monk
• harlow is shit for skateboard and bmxers but we shouls get some new stuff soon we hope thier is a dirt trail if u could call it that. more like ant hill that never stay the same
• the steps going down to asda
• We used to have a good half pipe in the Town Park and a little skate park at Brays Grove but Harlow council fenced them off or ripped them up. we're supposed to be getting a new skate park but don't hold your breath!
• watergardens has just been done and is beggin to be shredded
• harlow town park up the hill from the ramps in the paddling pool is a good place fopr beginners, with hills, small hips, sloped entry, etc.
• best spot to skate and chill is the ramps which has got the best skateboarding ramp ever loads of lines to take. street coures with box and anice flat bank hip a huge 12 and beutiful 9 and some flat with a slidey stair, and ur basic long curb and ledge down a melow bank. town has everything roof gaps little stairs big stairs. Most of the schools r the same
• sumners swimming pool/park near the sports center when empty has a few jumps and benches says no bikes or skateboards but who gives a turkey over the road is a good rail for grinding
• Town Park ramps, which are OK...a big pipe and a couple of little boxes. The Town Centre has good illegal spots, Halifax is no longer good due to fences, cobbles and security. Market Square at night, Terminus House carpark for BMX. The Water gardens were good (walls, steps, shoppers) but have been demolished for a new shopping centre, which might provide new places.
• the old sk8ing rink has just had a new halfpipe put in which aint bad but im not a sk8er so i dunt really know, but its constantly filled wiv skaterz
• Everywhere and nowhere. No ramps, nothign of any repute, so the kids skate at the town hall concorse or wherever they feel like it.
• Just to add. The skateboard shop in harlow is now in the harvey centre, 2nd floor, oposite tesco's near burger king. Not in post office walk any longer. and dont mix it up with the shop punkass in the littlewalk centre, this is not a skateboard shop.
• harlow has a new ramp in the town park much to the rich part of the communities dismay! theres a bit of "not in my backyard" going on.
• PEAR TREE MEAD SCHOOL
• Town park, Watergardens, The Square, etc
• Town Park is good but it's dodgy in the winter.
• New ramps in the town park, Bowled corner, Hipped corner, with a roll in, mini Ramp. Also flat bank, a concrete grind box, ledges and rails.
• Try the town park,lots of high walls where i once saw a kid fall and land right on his face.
• A little shop shoved down an aley in the scummy part of Harlow town, behind the market; it's really cheap and funky...a bit small though.
• Not the Old Halifax building (Joseph Rank House) as the it is like a prison there now (guard dog soon)
• Nichollsfield Skate Park. A little park with 4 quater pipes (Little things), a flat bank, diddy fun box, two grind boxes. Mark Hall School, Loadsa handrails (plastic and Metal and Wood, What a choice), Benches, Stair Cases. Burnt Mill School, more of the same. Old Halifax Building, Mad rails. A little concrete rollerblade course (Abandoned long ago), at church Langley. Watergardens, Loadsa stairs and ledges and tons of water. Rails dotted all over town.
• Water Garden steps, By the old Halifax building The market at night
• Harlow Council have recently built some ramps i think theres a half pipe and a couple of verts. They a near the playing field next to the blue clocktower just after potter street
• Halifax building: two steps and many rad things. Water gardens: steps. Paddling pool: transitions, smoothish concrete. Rollerink: handrails, benches, steps, flat, food and drink.

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