Broadwater Farm / Ashley Road · 2025

Corner
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01 / The dead corner

This bit of the park had been a dead space, unloved and unused, and referred to as ‘piss corner’. We’d jammed pre-existing and makeshift ramps in there, but it never had an intentional build.

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The finished bankLondon / 2025

02 / The build

We needed something here so people could pick up speed to hit the original hipped bank (now deceased) in the opposite corner, and also to stop people using the dead corner as a toilet – so we built the bank at the end of 2025.

It is one of the most solid timber structures ever built by humankind. It is mostly self-supporting (we can’t tie into the bridge supporting structures), has more joists and noggins than you’ve had hot dinners, and is topped off with an 18mm exterior ply surface.

Surface18mm exterior ply

StructureMostly self-supporting

Timber100% reclaimed

FinishSlight transition

03 / Material + options

It was even finished off with a slight transition to make the ride on smoother, less “wak-ahh”! All the timber was reclaimed from the hoardings around several local building sites at Broadwater Farm and Ashley Road.

The bank has had a few extras added and trialled. A ledge on the top, a hubba down one side, a wedge block on top, a concrete kerb on top. So many options for a classic flat bank.

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