The oldest surviving open-air swimming baths in the UK are set to be fully restored and reopened to the public, after years of neglect. Campaigners for the Grade II listed Cleveland Pools, a 200-year old Georgian lido in the historic city of Bath, secured funding of £4.1 million, including a development grant of £366,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
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With some dealers reporting sales figures up by as much as 20 per cent; the home hot tub market is enjoying a much welcomed resurgence. Extended spells of warm weather have combined with improved economic stability to kick start sales.
Dartmouth Golf & Country Club’s £850,000 investment in a new spa has paid immediate dividends with the West Country resort reporting a 71 per cent increase in revenue compared to 2013. The popular resort has been inundated with enquiries from people eager to experience the new facilities since opening in the spring, with a further 23 per cent rise in walk-in customers for the new swimming pool.
A bit like the original Ford motor cars that were only available in black, swimming pool customers used to be able to choose any colour of pool finish they liked – as long as it was blue. Fast forward to today’s technicolour dreamcoat era and we have a customer that is truly spoilt for choice. A rainbow of colour options, materials, textures, patterns and images.
A bit like marmite, salt chlorination is a love it or loathe it concept for the UK pool and spa trades. While an estimated 90% of all Australian residential pools and half of new domestic pools in France and North America favour salt water chlorination, the British market share languishes at a mere one per cent.
A former Olympian and Commonwealth swimmer has launched a brand new swim school in Darlington, Country Durham. Double Commonwealth champion and British record holder Chris Cook, opened the Swim Buddies academy in September, after identifying a lack of swimming opportunities for children in the North East. Based at the Education Village, Swim Buddies caters for […]
Firefighters from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service helped to fill the new swimming pool at Washington Leisure Centre in Sunderland, as part of regular crew training. The 25m pool, which is due to open next spring, was checked for being water tight by the fire fighters, before 15,000 tiles were cemented in.
Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Leisure Industry Week (LIW) returns to Birmingham’s NEC from September 30 to October 2, promising to be bigger and better than ever before. Up to 7,000 leisure industry professionals are expected to visit the three day show, spanning across six core sectors including Pool & Spa, Play, Health & […]
Automatic control has drastically reduced the risks of human error in the UK’s commercial pool sector… It is hard to comprehend how any modern day commercial pool operator could demonstrate responsible ‘duty of care’ if they have not switched to automatic water treatment dosing. A relic of the bygone days being practised by just a […]
It has only taken about 40 years for UV to enjoy its overnight success, as Ashleigh Mackenzie reports… Offering efficient disinfection, cost savings, quick return on investment and improved bathing quality, it is no wonder that almost half of the UK’s commercial pools have now opted for ultraviolet as their preferred method of water treatment. […]
