{"id":53330,"date":"2025-04-26T23:37:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T23:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/53330\/"},"modified":"2025-04-26T23:37:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T23:37:28","slug":"city-centre-skate-park-inside-old-debenhams-going-from-strength-to-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/53330\/","title":{"rendered":"City centre skate park inside old Debenhams going ‘from strength to strength’"},"content":{"rendered":"

It opened in March\"'Shredenhams'‘Shredenhams’ will be a temporary venue, however, as the building will be demolished.(Image: PAUL GILLIS \/ Reach PLC)<\/p>\n

A new skate park in a former department store in Bristol city centre<\/a> has been going “from strength to strength” since its opening last month.<\/p>\n

\u2018Shredenhams\u2019 opened their doors on March 21<\/a> to give a new lease of life to the vacant Debenhams store, which closed in 2021.<\/p>\n

The space – which also has a caf\u00e9 and bar and other games – has given the old Debenhams a temporary use before a redevelopment project happens.<\/p>\n

The skatepark, created by Campus Skateboarding, has been a big success.<\/p>\n

Millie, the General Manager of \u2018Shredenhams\u2019 said: \u201cWe have had numerous people using the space and we have had people that are coming back and lots of familiar faces that have been coming twice a week to use the skatepark.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Millie said: \u201cIt is more than just a skatepark. The caf\u00e9 and bar are open to the public.<\/p>\n

“We have got lots of other games going on. We have got ping pong tables, pin ball machines, football tables, pool tables, darts. It\u2019s basically just a massive fun space for the whole community to use.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"It(Image: PAUL GILLIS \/ Reach PLC)<\/p>\n

\u2018Shredenhams\u2019 ran their first session for under 16s on April 12. They will be running another session for under 16s on Saturday May 3. This will be a monthly event and will have more events during school holidays.<\/p>\n

The bar stocks local draft beer and is run by the people behind The Dame in Bedminster<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The cocktails use Bristol Distillery Co alcohol and there is a happy hour from 5-7pm Wednesday to Sunday.<\/p>\n

The caf\u00e9 also uses local coffee from Extract Coffee and from next week they are looking to open from 10am for people wanting to use the caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe venue also contains a range of retro arcade machines.(Image: PAUL GILLIS \/ Reach PLC)<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t have to skate, it is a space for everyone to come and enjoy,\u201d Millie said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an amazing thing to be able to use the space, even if it is just for the short term for something like this.<\/p>\n

\u201cBroadmead was crying out for some energy and somewhere to go that is cool,” she added. “There is stuff happening and there is stuff to do.<\/p>\n

“It feels like we have got a lot of support from the community.”<\/p>\n

The opening times for \u2018Shredenhams\u2019 is 12pm-10:30pm Wednesday to Saturday and 12pm-8pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"'Shredenhams'‘Shredenhams’ has opened in the former Debenhams store in Bristol.(Image: PAUL GILLIS \/ Reach PLC)<\/p>\n

\u2018Shredenhams\u2019 only has a temporary lease on the building and after six-months the site is set for demolition.<\/p>\n

In its place developers are planning to build tower blocks<\/a>, the tallest of which will be 28 storeys.<\/p>\n

The plans will provide 502 flats. A total of 100 of these will be \u201caffordable\u201d, broken down into 75 for social rent and 25 for shared ownership.<\/p>\n

This marks the latest change which will affect Broadmead as different shops will be coming and going throughout 2025 and beyond.<\/p>\n

The Galleries will eventually be demolished<\/a> to make way for a new area of shops, cafes, bars, restaurants, a hotel, offices, hundreds of new homes and new student accommodation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It opened in March‘Shredenhams’ will be a temporary venue, however, as the building will be demolished.(Image: PAUL GILLIS…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[10139,381,799,748,15124,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-53330","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bedminster","9":"tag-bristol","10":"tag-bristol-city-centre","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-cabot-circus","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114406899332458332","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}