Investigating Leisure Provision in Swindon

Investigating Leisure Provision in Swindon

In this piece of coursework I will be investigating the leisure

provision in Swindon. To answer the hypothesis ‘is skate park

provision adequate in Swindon?’ To do this I will use methods which

include environmentalists, photographs, sketch maps etc.

I think that there should be a new skate park in Swindon. I don’t want

to take down the old come but I think it would benefit Swindon if

another skate park was constructed. I believe this because I myself

have actually been to the skate park is Swindon and it’s quite small.

The negative point of this being that too many skaters will skate in

the same small skate park which is likely to cause accidents. If a new

bigger skate park was built the skaters would spread out into

individual parks and have more than enough space to skate. The current

skate park in Swindon is located in the outer suburbs by referring to

the burgess theory, I think the new one should be placed in the centre

so it’s nearer to the majority of the town on the whole.

Population.

Swindon.

Under 16

21.0

16 to 19

4.5

20 to 29

13.3

30 to 59

43.0

60 to 74

12.0

75 and over

6.2

Average age

37.2

Marital status

Swindon

Single (never married)

28.6

Married or re-married

53.0

Separated

2.4

Divorced

8.9

Crime

Violence against a person

Sexual offences

Robbery

Burglary from a dwelling

Total number of offences recorded in Swindon.

1,835

139

120

801

Rate per 1,000 population Swindon.

10.1

0.8

0.7

4.4

Rate per 1,000 population England and Wales.

11.4

0.7

1.8

7.6

I believe that the majority of the town will be for the skate park