Eastney Swimming Pool in Portsmouth is to undergo planned investment to improve the city’s public leisure facilities.
Works at Eastney Swimming Pool will see investment to improve water quality. This will be carried out in the New Year as part of enhancements to Portsmouth City Council owned sport and leisure facilities, operated by BH Live.
From 2-9 January 2018 the pool will be closed whilst works are underway.
During this time public swimming is available at Pyramids, Mountbatten and Charter Community Sports Centre subject to their pool timetables.
The pool is scheduled to reopen on Wednesday 10 January 2018 and the new term of swimming lessons will begin on Saturday 13 January 2018.
The project is part of a rolling programme of improvements that BH Live and the Council have developed to maintain and improve the city’s health and wellbeing services for the benefit of its residents and visitors.
Mike Lyons, BH Live’s Director of Sport and Leisure said. “Eastney is charming pool, steeped in history. These works will have a noticeable impact for its community of users. We are working closely with the Council and our contractors to ensure the improvements are done as swiftly as possible to minimise disruption and are very much looking forward to reopening the improved facility.”
Find out more about Eastney Swimming Pool and other swimming pools in the city at bhliveactive.org.uk
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BH Live is the south coast’s leading operator of leisure and event venues; a social enterprise that designs and builds engaging experiences to inspire people and enrich lives.
With 3.4 million visits a year and over £39 million turnover, the organisation is changing lives – placing it at the heart of the UK’s growing social economy.
In 2016/17 BH Live hosted more than 500 events, sold over half a million cultural, sporting and entertainment tickets. They had 2.9 million activity attendances in its leisure centres and welcomed 100,000 conference and exhibition delegates into its venues. This contributed an estimated £44 million to the local economy through business and cultural tourism.
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BH Live operates the following venues in partnership with Portsmouth City Council:
- Mountbatten Leisure Centre – Portsmouth’s flagship leisure and event venue with a national-class 50m swimming pool, 150 station gym, 8 court sports hall, 2 squash courts, spin and dance studios, a cycle velodrome, athletics track, function suites, and an onsite café
- Pyramids Centre – one of Portsmouth’s leading entertainment and leisure complexes with views of Southsea beach and the Solent. It has fun pools, flumes, waves and a three-level soft play adventure world. There is also a multipurpose gym, more than 60 weekly fitness classes and a spa. Regular live music performances, conferences, exhibitions and private events are hosted in the venue.
- Portsmouth Gymnastics Centre – state-of-the-art gymnastics hall, physiotherapy room and meeting room
- Portsmouth Tennis Centre – A 10 court tennis facility in the north of Portsmouth (just off the M275) consisting of 4 indoor courts and 6 floodlit outdoor courts. A comprehensive tennis coaching programme caters for all ages and abilities and is the hub of disability tennis in the area. The programme runs sessions for tots, juniors, adults and also includes variations of the sport such as cardio tennis and touch tennis.
- Eastney Swimming Pool – 20m swimming pool and a spectators’ area
- Wimbledon Park Sports Centre – 20 station gym, 5 badminton courts, basketball court and sports hall
- Charter Community Sports Centre – 20m swimming pool, 20 station gym, sports hall and an outdoor multi-use games area