{"id":35609,"date":"2023-02-14T17:47:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T17:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35609"},"modified":"2023-02-14T17:47:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T17:47:42","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-skateboarders-transform-medieval-disused-church-in-norwich-into-skate-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35609","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Skateboarders transform medieval disused church in Norwich into skate park"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-35610\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/skateboard-300x87.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"87\" \/>Two skateboarding fanatics have transformed a disused medieval church in Norwich into a skate park after successfully raising thousands of pounds on a crowdfunding site, reports <em>Scottish Construction Now.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2018\u2026I don\u2019t think you can skateboard anywhere else in a Grade I listed medieval church\u2026\u2019<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Scottish Construction Now<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>After scouring the rental market for suitable warehouses or industrial units, Sam Avery and Ash Lever chanced upon a 15th-century church in Norwich.<\/p>\n<p>It closed in the 1980s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The new skate park has now been open for three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>A skateboard shop has been installed alongside various sacred treasures, ramps now sprawl across the nave and coaching sessions are due to start for young skaters.<\/p>\n<p>Sam told ITV: &#8220;Once you\u2019ve walked into a medieval church and had a look with a view to putting a skate park in, you don\u2019t really want to go and look at industrial units anymore.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t think you can skateboard anywhere else in a Grade I listed medieval church&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishconstructionnow.com\/articles\/and-finally-heaven-is-a-half-pipe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two skateboarding fanatics have transformed a disused medieval church in Norwich into a skate park after successfully raising thousands of pounds on a crowdfunding site, reports Scottish Construction Now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35611,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35609\/revisions\/35611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}