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in brief •Spa expansion
Pendle Leisure Trust has teamed with strategic partner Alliance Leisure to manage the £220,000 extension of its public sector spa.
Inside Spa, part of a £3m redevelopment of Pendle Wavelengths, first opened in June 2007. The facility, located in East Lancashire, is being extended to accommodate a relaxation room for large groups and clients waiting between spa use and treatments. A further four treatment rooms are being built where the existing crèche currently stands, and the reception area will become home to a manicure and pedicure bar.
The spa is in its fourth year of operation. Between 2008/09 and 2009/10, it tracked a 30 per cent increase in public spend within the facilities. The work is due to complete in March.
The spa is expanding to cater for demand The development is due to open in spring 2012 To the lighthouse
Main construction work is due to get underway this spring/summer on a £2.5m gastro pub and spa at Mercia Marina. The development, designed by Pinelog, will be called the Lighthouse to reflect its centrepiece four-story hexagonal tower. It is envisaged that the tower will become an architectural tourist attraction in its own right. The Lighthouse will also include a pub/restaurant, fitness suite, therapy
rooms, beauty salon, spa, gym, 15m swimming pool and 10 guest bedrooms overlooking the marina. Surrounded by water on three sides, the Lighthouse will include outside seating overlooking the 585-berth marina. Madecorn Leisure, which owns the marina, recently launched an 18-lodge holiday home development on the 70-acre Willington site.
Derby launches £50m leisure strategy
Derby City Council has launched a £50m leisure strategy to aid regeneration and aims to develop a 50m Olympic size swimming pool and a multi-use sports, leisure and entertainments venue. Adam Wilkinson, chief executive of Derby City Council, said: “We want to maximise the regeneration potential of these, so that we not only end up with two new world class facilities as the hubs for a network of smaller facilities across our city, but also by inviting the private sector to talk to us and then submit bids for wider development packages including these facilities.’ The move follows the announcement of its £10m Regeneration Fund, which
expects to support office and mixed- use developments in the city centre, levering over £85m of private sector investment over the next three years. The council will frame an Official Journal of the European Union announcement to take to the market in March. This runs in parallel with a conventional procurement process that the council is also undertaking. City council leader Harvey Jennings said: “These are difficult times for councils, and the local economy more generally, and this is a statement of the council’s intent to play a major and leading role in stimulating the market for development and leisure in Derby.”
•Durlston Castle progresses
Greendale Construction is more than half way through the building works of the restoration of the Heritage Lottery funded Durlston Castle.
The castle will become a gateway centre for visitors to Durlston and the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. Major restoration work on the Belvedere is nearing completion and includes new windows, rooftop terrace, terracotta balustrade and a copper roof. Work is underway on the two main areas of new build; the shop and Fine Foundation Gallery. The new lift shafts are being created which will enable full access throughout the building for the first time.
The castle will reopen in summer 2011.
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