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Rotherham Leisure Complex
“e public reaction to the new facilities, which have been enhanced with additional
e hub of four inspiring sports
activity areas such as a climbing wall, fitness suites and dance studios, can be gauged
by the fact that attendances have almost doubled compared with the elderly leisure
and community centres
centres which have been replaced”
Derrick Connolly, Capital Project Development Manager, Rotherham MBC
Widely considered to be one of the swimming pool provision across the area.
finest leisure facilities in Yorkshire and Using Sport England’s Active Places
25M
indeed the North of England, the tool, Rotherham were able to identify
flagship £11 million Rotherham Leisure likely demand for swimming pool
25 metre, 6-lane main swimming pool
Complex is one of four superb new local provision and the scale of facilities
with a movable floor. Leisure pool with
authority leisure centres for the area. required to meet the demand, and then
spa, ‘lazy river’ and 70m flume
test different scenarios of pool numbers
e state-of-the-art town centre leisure and locations across the authority to
complex plays a key role in a dynamic ensure demand was efficiently and
drive to revitalise Rotherham. e effectively met (this also included
£35 MILLION
quality, finish and range of wet and dry sub-regional and cross-border analysis).
£35 million PFI contract for the four
activities on offer compare to the best in e outcome resulted in the
centres - the largest PFI leisure award
the private sector, and at public pay development of four strategically placed
by the DCMS
and play prices it is attracting record facilities, rationalising the old outdated
numbers of people. Along with its facilities. is plan has attracted £35m
internal flexibility, exacting capital investment through DCMS
environmentalperformancespecifications PFI/PPP plus additional PFI credits
12M
and guaranteed quality for the next 30 from DCLG for the Maltby site to
Indoor 12m climbing tower, sports hall,
years, it is set to provide the local develop a ‘Service Centre’ bringing
4 squash courts, 90 station fitness suite,
community with a great asset for the together sport, leisure and health.
dance studio, cafe, sauna and steam room
long-term.
e towns Complex is complemented
e four-centre scheme is the realisation by a new two-building centre at Maltby,
16,000 M
2
of a far-sighted vision by Phil Rogers, opening Autumn 2009, with wet and dry
the Council’s Director of Cultural and leisure in one and council and GP
A total of over 16,000 sq m of new leisure
Leisure Services, and Council members, services in the other. Two further leisure
space for the area
to provide the best possible leisure centres, at Aston-cum-Aughton and
facilities for local people and help Wath-upon-Dearne Leisure Centre, are
revitalise Rotherham. Delivered in both on school sites providing first rate
conjunction with DC Leisure facilities for the schools as well as
Management, we have worked with the the public.
Council as a single, fully engaged team
at every stage, giving us the insight and e three completed centres are already
awareness that is essential to bringing drawing considerably greater numbers
a vision to life. than expected, and indications are that
they will far exceed the original target
Working with the partnership, participation levels.
Rotherham adopted a strategic approach
to develop a long-term plan for
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