Allithwaite Pump Track, Cumbria

Allithwaite's safe, fun and progressive pump track

Allithwaite BMX Pump Track

Originally a small stone-surfaced pump track, the ageing BMX facility at Allithwaite was in need of an upgrade to keep it safe and useable for the local community.

Allithwaite and Cartmel Parish Council, with the help of the local community, reached out to several charities and funding organisations for grants to help create a new all-weather pump track.

All pump track building work was completed in just four weeks, and it changed the site from an unused and unsafe facility to a new all-weather tarmac pump track. The track now caters for skateboards, scooters, BMX and trail bikes, as well as rollerblades and rollerskate users.

The track was secured with fencing and access across a playing field was reinstated once the pump track construction work was completed. The track passed a RoSPA inspection and safety signage was installed, ready for the handover in February 2022.

Allithwaite now has a safe, fun and progressive pump track suitable for all ages and abilities and users will be able to enjoy it for many years to come. All works were undertaken in-house by Clark and Kent Contractors, and they included design, consultation, construction, fencing, signage, track markings, access path and ground reinstatement.