Once viewed as a necessary evil by designers, swimming pool covers are turning on the style with a plethora of fashionable, multi-coloured and printed finishes that now enhance rather than detract from swimming pool finishes. Read more….
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.
With water and energy savings in the region of Ā£34k per year and a reduction in water consumption by 90%, Defender Filters offered a win, win, situation for the modernisation of a 40 year old plant room at a leisure centre in Canterbury, Kent. Not only is the Kingsmead Leisure Centre more energy and cost […]
It has taken many years of testing to convince the pool market that the most reliable and best available option for treating and disinfecting water is through using ultraviolet (UV) technology. UV systems have breached the market through providing a missing link in the disinfection system puzzle ā as the treated water is free from […]
Loyal Grove Leisure has launched a pirate ship adding to the range of childrenās play features. The new design has an authentic galleon shape and is themed throughout with an aged timber effect with masts, sails, flags, a ships wheel, squirting cannons and rum barrels all completing the look. The ship has an assortment of […]
This award-winning pool was constructed by the team from David Hallam Swimming Pools who provided the specialist water leisure knowledge on a special educational needs school building project in Rutland by main contractor, Willmott Dixon. The pool is 10m x 5m x1m and has a turnover of approximately half an hour. Equipment includes chemical control […]
Summit Leisure recently provided a retractable enclosure over a new surf simulator attraction at the Woolacombe Bay Holiday Park in Devon. The enclosure was essential for the park operators to reap the full benefit of their investment as they wanted to be sure of being able to offer holiday makers the maximum use of facilities […]
Multi-award-winning Oyster Pools and Leisure of Wales completed theĀ installation of a state-of-the-art hydrotherapy pool at Blackmarston, a community primary special school in Hereford. The pool was officially opened by Sacha Kindred OBE and his fiancĆ©e, Nyree Lewis, both swimming gold medallists at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. They wowed pupils, staff and guests with first-hand […]
Originally developed to deliver new UK schools more quickly and at a fixed price, Sunesis Leisure has now been launched a range of cost-effective swimming solutions aimed at the school and local authority markets. Each Sunesis Leisure design features a swimming pool and learner pool of either four or six lane widths, housed in a […]
As the Ā£24 billion London Olympics continues to dominate the headlines, UK leisure attention is already refocusing on grass roots sport, where funding concerns remain heightened.
A report by the Local Government Association warns that there will be severe cuts in non-statutory services by 2020 ā but it is not all bad news. Sophisticated swimming pool design continues to deliver cost-savings while offering the potential for increased income generation by attracting more visitors ā particularly the young ā into the water.
The multi-award winning Calorex Heat Pumps team has completed a remarkable double, winning a top honour in the National Heat Pump Awards for the second consecutive year.
