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We are pleased to see how much the ramp on the seafront is loved. We agree the ramp is an icon but unfortunately it is no longer financially viable or practical to keep the ramp in the skatepark. The ramp has been closed on health and safety grounds by ROSPA, a health and safety body, as the structure has rotted substantially and is unsafe. It also requires further work to bring the railings up to health and safety standards. The ramp and skatepark have been maintained by volunteers for many years. The new facility will be made of concrete as it will need to be as cost effective and low maintenance as possible. The new facility will be open to all - whether bikers, skaters, scooters or otherwise. We wish to encourage everyone to use the park across all ages and of all abilities.

It is the sea that gives Penzance it’s identity but for too long the seafront and harbour, with its unique collection of buildings and marine structures, has been neglected. This has been damaging to the wellbeing of the Town and represents an enormous missed opportunity. The seafront clearly has an important role to play in the social and commercial life of the Town but there has been no agreement about what that role should be and how conflicting interests are managed. Investment is desperately needed but the Town has often been divided about what form it should take. In the absence of consensus the Town has been unable to speak with one voice and therefore has had limited influence over decisions affecting the harbour and seafront. This was graphically illustrated during the controversy over the Isles of Scilly Ferry Link Project. The Penzance Seafront Forum is an initiative to help the community reach consensus over the future of seafront so that it can speak with one voice and have more influence. It seeks to encourage informed debate and local participation to generate a plan of what the community wants to see in the future and how it should respond to development proposals. Whilst the Forum cannot prevent differences of opinion, it seeks to ensure they are recognized early before a lot of time and money is wasted on a project likely to fail. Founding Members: Penzance Civic Society Penzance Chamber of Commerce Penzance Business Network Penzance & District Tourism Association Penzance Harbour Users Association Penzance Sailing Club Friends of Jubilee Pool Friends of Penzance Harbour Penzance Town Council Penwith Community Development Trust Penzance Futures True Friends of Penzance & IOS

Penzance Town Council serving the people of Penzance, Newlyn, Mousehole, Gulval & Heamoor.

Junior Hack Club in Penzance, Cornwall for young people from 11-16. We create hacks. Build things with electronics. Design games. Just have fun as geeks.