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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Buckled Wiltshire road that became hotspot for skateboarding to be repaired

A screengrab from a video of skateboarder making use of the buckled section of the B4069 near Lyneham in 2022.
The section of road buckled and cracked after heavy rain in February 2022, creating crazy angles that attracted skateboarders and BMX riders. Photograph: Adam Hughes/SWNS

It became an unlikely hotspot for skateboarders and BMX riders who found that a landslip on a country road had created an attractive testing ground for spins, jumps and flips.

Two years on, a planning application to restore a section of the B4069 in Wiltshire that had buckled as if it had been hit by an earthquake has finally been submitted but, to the dismay of local people, it may still take another year before the road is reopened

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