A new £7.5million leisure centre has opened in Tewkesbury to replace the ageing Cascades Leisure Centre. The new Tewkesbury Leisure Centre includes a main five lane, 25m pool, a 20m learner pool and a range of splash water fun features. It also houses dry-side facilities including a 60-station gym, sauna and steam rooms, a flexible […]
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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 […]
Oldham Active has proudly launched its brand new £15 million flagship leisure centre, as part of a long term plan to put Oldham on the sporting map. Replacing an older facility on Lord Street the new Oldham Leisure Centre on Middleton Road includes a 25-metre, eight-lane swimming pool of county-level standard, a separate learner pool, […]
A change in management presented a unique opportunity for Dartford Borough Council to breathe new life into its ageing Fairfield Leisure Centre. After 40 years, the facility had come to the end of its useful life and when the centre operator’s contract expired at the end of March 2014, the doors closed to the public. […]
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 […]
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 […]
