Description
Pendowr Pump Track is an asphalt pump track in Priory Park, in the centre of Bodmin, North Cornwall. It is a single circuit of rollers and berms, built by local firm Angel Trails and open to the public in a council-owned park.
The Track
- It is a circuit of rollers and berms, designed for bikes and ridden by pumping your body up and down rather than pedalling.
- The surface is asphalt, laid as a base coat and a top coat over imported quarry stone. The base reuses material from the old skate park that stood on the site.
- Angel Trails, a Bodmin firm that designs and builds pump tracks and trails across the South West, designed and built the track.
The Site
- The track stands on the site of Priory Park's old skate park, which was rebuilt and relocated to another part of the park. In the 1980s the same ground held a downhill BMX track.
- Bodmin Town Council owns Priory Park, and the football ground of Bodmin Town FC is next door.
Getting Here
- Priory car park, PL31 2DQ, is the main car park for Priory Park. It is pay and display, with charges from 9.00am to 4.00pm, Monday to Saturday, excluding bank holidays, so check the council's parking page for current rates. It is a few minutes' walk across the park to the track.
- Priory II, beside the Bodmin Town FC ground, has further spaces and is closer to the track.
- Public toilets are near Priory car park.
- Bodmin town centre is a short walk away, so you can arrive on foot or by bike.
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