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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Matthew Weaver

Abandoned Bradford sports centre proposed for national skate park

Illustration of The Dunn – a proposed new national centre for skateboarding in Bradford
The Dunn: a proposed national home for UK skateboarding in Bradford. Photograph: C20 Society

An abandoned sports centre that escaped demolition after being turned into a backup Covid morgue could be in line for a new role as the UK’s first national skateboarding park.

Andy McDonald, a skateboarder who was called “Rad Dad” after competing in the Paris Olympics at the age of 51, is among those backing the proposals to reinvent Bradford’s boarded-up brutalist Richard Dunn sports centre.

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