Lack of access to local swimming pools is the key factor in a disappointing decline of swimming participation since London 2012. The Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) confirms, as of June 2015, there were 5,055 public swimming pools in England – that is 61 fewer pools than in 2013. “The biggest challenge facing the whole leisure […]
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Work has begun on the rebuild of Erdington Leisure Centre in Birmingham – the first of three centres across the city to be replaced by Birmingham Community Leisure Trust (BCLT). The £8m development at Erdington will feature a 25m swimming pool, a teaching pool and is part of a £40m investment to improve leisure and […]
Sport and Leisure Management (SLM) has taken over the running of Westminster City Council’s eight sports and leisure centres. The company, which is known to consumers as Everyone Active, will manage Jubilee, Little Venice, Marshall Street, Paddington Recreation Ground, Porchester Centre, Queen Mother and Seymour Sports Centres. It will also take over the management of […]
A new community-driven campaign to breathe new life into Peckham Lido has been given a £10,000 boost by Southwark Council. The Peckham Lido, to the north of Peckham Rye, fell into disrepair in the 1980s and was largely demolished, but the new campaign has captured the community’s imagination with plans to build a 50m swimming […]
This sleek subterranean pool with a moving floor is one of many custom-designed features built at a multi-million pound luxury London property modelled on the famous Maison de Verre in Paris. Jamie Smith, Managing Director at London Swimming Pool Company said: “While space is not an issue at the sumptuous property, a pool with a […]
With the number of children learning to swim at its health clubs doubling in the last 18 months, swimming participation has become a key focus for Nuffield Health. By bringing its third-party swim school providers in-house and offering lessons to non-members, last year more than 10,000 children learnt to swim in Nuffield pools and the […]
Heatstar are now offering the option of tailor-making any of their new state-of-the-art dehumidification units to fit existing pipes and ductwork. The replacement of outdated, often inefficient and noncompliant swimming pool environmental control systems can be problematic. The issue is that having new equipment installed can, in itself, often cause disruption to the effective running […]
Nuffield Health plans to roll out a swimming lesson initiative for adults this year, after succeeding in its pledge to teach 10,000 children to swim in 2015. The swim school target was set following the 2014 Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) School Swimming Census which discovered that 45 per cent of children aged between seven and […]
Attracting over 450 delegates over the three days, the ISPE Workshops at SPATEX were extremely well-supported once again. Covering over twenty topics there really was something of interest to everyone and delegates packed the ISPE technical arena to take advantage of the information on offer. Whilst ISPE Workshop attendance was around 6 per cent up […]
A small team with big ideas, the team from Kinniburgh Pools aren’t afraid of a challenge. In fact, the company’s first solo project was the installation of a 20m x 20m temporary above ground pool for a BBC game show, working with global media production company Endemol. Now offering a turnkey approach for all projects, […]
