Final phase of Swindon Link’s leisure centre reopening is announced
The swimming pool at Swindon’s Link leisure centre is expected to re-open on 2nd January 2024 following the latest update from specialist contractors.
Once again Swindon residents will be able to access the pool between 6am and 10pm on weekdays and from 6.30am to 6pm on weekends, with a full range of activities spanning public swimming sessions, swimming lessons and club swimming on offer. The swimming pool changing rooms and showers will also be accessible and heated.
In order to enable a January reopening, the project team have opted to install temporary plant and machinery, which will be used for heating and a temporary power supply and circulation pumps to get the pool running. New circulation pumps are on order, along with further specialist equipment including water treatment equipment and electric control panels. These will be installed later in the year and a short period of closure will be required while the installation takes place.
Commenting on the swimming pool reopening, Barnaby Rich, Better’s partnership manager for Swindon said: “We are delighted that we are finally able to announce the reopening of the Link’s swimming pool. We know what an essential role it plays in the lives of so many local people and what a valued community asset it is. That’s why we’ve opted to open the pool at the earliest possible opportunity, using some temporary equipment, which will need to be replaced, rather than waiting for the delivery of the new specialist kit that is on order.”
Councillor Jim Grant, Swindon Borough Council’s Cabinet Member for Communities and Joint Working, said: “This is great news for everyone who uses the pool at the Link from those who swim every day to our younger club swimmers and those who take lessons. It is extremely positive that just a couple of weeks after announcing the reopening date for the ice rink, we are now able to look forward to swimming once again at the Link. I’d like to thank Better for their pragmatic approach in reopening the swimming pool as quickly as possible because it is really important that we have good swimming provision in Swindon