The skatepark is situated in the Bagh-e-Jinnah gardens in Lahore and neighbours one of Pakistan’s oldest cricket grounds, established in 1885. The park has a long and interesting history dating back to 1860 when, largely an overgrown wilderness, it started to be used by people to practise Badminton and Cricket. Inspired by Kew Gardens in London, plans were made to turn this park into a huge botanical garden where people could continue to practise sport, hold public meetings, stage theatrical entertainment; so in 1862 it’s first tree was planted.
Over the years the park has become home to over three hundred varieties of trees, shrubs and palms, and provides a green oasis of calm in an otherwise vibrant noisy city.
The Lahore Skatepark sits amongst the foliage surrounded by wildlife, sharing an area dedicated to practising various sports and is free for everybody to use.
