In storage with Westminster City Council since the end of the project last autumn, the objects now have a long-term home at Stoke Bridge skatepark. The two obstacles will help modernise the amenity, which celebrated its 20th anniversary this year.

Skateboard GB, Skate Suffolk and Ipswich Borough Council worked with skatepark experts Betongpark - who created the sculptures for The Strand -  on the project. Skateboard GB provided grant funding to Skate Suffolk to transport and install the forms. With each object weighing one to three tonnes, specialist equipment was required to transport and re-locate the pieces between Westminster and Ipswich.

The project is a trailblazer for low-cost updates of older skateparks. A similar project in Sheffield, on Exchange Street, Castlegate, has recently been shown to have reduced anti-social behaviour, whilst new projects in Nottingham, near the partially-demolished Broadmarsh shopping centre, and the UCL East Campus at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, provide further examples of how to regenerate urban spaces.

“It is great to see amazing sculptures which were created for and by skateboarders, being given a new lease of life in Ipswich. We are delighted by the forward-thinking attitude of Ipswich Borough Council for recognising the need to continually upgrade skateboarding facilities in the town,” said James Hope-Gill, CEO at Skateboard GB.