Tucked away in a discreet corner of Kennington Park we have a proper, retro 1970’s skatepark complete with retro graffiti. Its name is Kenny, and it once saw local kids flipping and flying, but today poor little Kenny is now abandoned and resembles that fun fair from every Scooby Doo * episode and it needs your help.
In between vigorous hand washings in April, 2021 we made time to have a socially distanced meeting with the Friends of Kennington Park. After a lot of work by the Friends, in 2024 Lambeth Council agreed to overhaul the skatepark and open it to the public. You can read about the history of the skatepark and our chat here.
Fast forward to 2025 and Lambeth has decided against restoring the skatepark due to a loss of revenue from central government. The Friends have started a Change.org campaign to restore the funds and they need your help. The petition can be found here.
We’re not taking a position on this, which is unheard of given it involves Lambeth Council. On the one hand, there’s supposed to be a viewing area at Kenny, so it would be fun for us non skaters to cheer as they fly out of the bowl and almost crack a rib in writing pain perform gravity defying acts. However, in spite of their foibles, Lambeth needs money to help the most vulnerable in our midst, such a children. The choice is yours, but its even been in ITV!
* Gez Z’s – Scooby Doo was a cartoon from a long time ago.
