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EXCLUSIVE NE
SEnine
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Horse
Centre
A multi-million pound
horse riding centre is
being planned for the
slopes of Shooters Hil
as part of the area’s 2012
Olympic legacy.
There 
will be newly-built to increase participation in horse riding costing more than £7m as part of the
stables and extensive among young people and it is expected new school buildings at Crown Woods
paddocks for rider training. The the centre will be aiming to work closely and Thomas Tallis. There will be first-rate
surrounding fields will make space for with local schools. facilities for gymnastics, judo, basketball
gallop areas for a new generation of horse and badminton which will also be
lovers who it is hoped will be enthused There has been a decline in horse riding available for community use.
by the build-up to the Olympics facilities across London as property values
have priced centres out of the market,
Council chiefs have been desperate to rising insurance costs and the expense of
secure agreement to the new centre meeting health and
to offset concerns about the use of safety regulations.
Greenwich Park as the venue for the 2012
equestrian events. A six mile course is to The centre will be
Taking cg are of your body
be built around the park and a temporary a further boost to
23,000-seater stand constructed in front the area which was
of the Maritime Museum. once threatened by
a motorway which
SEnine understands that the location would have sliced
under consideration for the new through the fields
equestrian centre is at Woodlands Farm. and woods from
The main base would be constructed in a river crossing
Clothmakers Wood on the site of the old to Falconwood;
CharteredPhysiotherapists
Co-op abattoir at the northern side of the plans were
the site towards Plumstead. scrapped in 1993.
The entrance to the centre would be Since then, the
from Garland Road, using access roads Woodlands Farm
which existed for the abattoir and it is Trust has developed
hoped a minimum of trees would be lost a thriving
by the development. educational
community farm
specialists in sports and spinal injuries
Negotiations are underway with existing after taking a long
Acupuncture Golf Movement Analysis
riding schools in the borough as well lease on the land
Sports Massage Strength & Conditioning
as those in Bexley and Lewisham with from the Co-op. Podiatry & Gait Analysis Talks & Seminars
a view to making the new facilities a
VibroGym Training & Rehab First Aid Courses
centre of excellence for the area. The borough is
Old Bank House, Mottingham Road Mottingham SE9 4QZ
also set to benefit
The Pavilion Leisure Centre, Kentish Way, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3EF
A main objective of the development is from new facilities
For further information: 020 8857 6000 www.physioactive.com
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