Part of the giant Fluidra group, Astral UK is flexing its combined global design and technical muscle and at the same time looking to speed-up pool construction across all UK water leisure sectors. New for 2019, Astral’s four-choice pool construction programme offers a turn-key solution, ideal for companies that are already working at capacity, or […]
Commercial Swimming Pools
News updates from the commercial swimming pools sector, including local authority pools, health club pools, hotel pools, school pools, holiday park pools and water parks.
Open to all, regardless of trade-affiliation, the UK Pool & Spa Awards has earned itself a not-to-be-missed reputation as one of the water leisure industry’s most valuable marketing tools. Spanning both the residential and commercial pool sector, this year’s competition entrants reads like a who’s who of the industry elite, many of whom took time […]
UNIVERSITY students were among the first to get a look behind-the-scenes at the £5m restoration work happening at Newcastle City Pool and Turkish Baths. A group of sport management students from Northumbria University were invited to take a tour of the Grade II listed building, and get a first-hand insight into the redevelopment process. The […]
Aqua Platinum Projects are delighted to be continuing their evergrowing relationship with top drawer property developers, The Berkeley Group. The design and build of a stunning lap swimming pool and infinity edge vitality pool, within a sumptuous new property development, by Albert Embankment, shared the title of Commercial Pool Of The Year in the recent […]
Designed by FaulknerBrowns, Coventry’s new The Wave, leisure centre is taking shape ahead of its opening this spring to coincide with city’s European City of Sport status. Reflecting the city’s weaving history, the £36.7m building project is a unique, circular shape and will include a 25m swimming pool, a spa and a spectacular water park […]
Automatic dosing is essential for efficient pool management…. The equivalent of switching to cruise control in your car, or even driver-free for the most advanced systems, automatic dosing is not a new phenomenon but never has it made more sense. Not only does automatic dosing offer more economic pool management, it is safer for staff, […]
First opened by members of the TV Gladiators in 1997, the pool at Ribby Hall Village holiday park, Wrea Green, Lancashire, is used by members and visitors alike. With a staff team of 25, the annual operation bather load is somewhere between 280,000 and 300,000. The pool underwent a major upgrade as part of a […]
The £18.6million state-of-the-art facility Bert Williams Leisure Centre, named after the legendary Wolves and England goalkeeper, replaced the existing Bilston Leisure Centre, in the West Midlands, which dates from the 1960s. The main pool is a 25m, eight lane competition pool built to ASA standards. The separate 16.67m x 8m studio pool contains a full […]
School pools across the country, provide the key ingredient to a joined-up approach to community sports provision. For example, the London borough of Edmonton, clubbed together to raise an outstanding £4.5 million, in just 18 months, to be able to invest in what has turned out to be an award-winning swimming pool and sports centre. […]
The O2 is an award-winning pool at InterContinental, London, built on the ground floor, rather than in the basement, to ensure the spa is light, airy and seductive. Operators, Grove Developments, chose the multi-award winning team, London Swimming Pool Company, to deliver the bespoke design that includes a large main pool (17 x 7 metres […]
