Hello and Welcome to the Ledbury Halo Blog keeping you updated as to the progress of the redevelopment of Ledbury Halo - Swimming Pool and Gym.
Halo Leisure in partnership with Herefordshire Council and main contractors SpellerMetcalfe are spending an estimated £2.3 million on a refurbishment of Ledbury’s swimming pool, with work starting in June 2016 to be completed by April 2017 .
The social enterprise and registered charity has already spent some £7.5 million transforming their facilities in Bromyard, Hereford, Leominster and Ross but their CEO, Scott Rolfe, says the facilities at Ledbury swimming pool and the thousands of local people who use it have long been a priority for the leisure group.
£2.3m is being invested into an exciting development of Ledbury Swimming Pool:
- New fitness suite:
- twice the size of existing gym
- double the current number of pieces of equipment
- New fitness studio - supporting personal training and an enhanced group exercise class timetable
- New sauna, steam room and feature shower
- Fresh new family friendly changing facilities
- New reception area
The building work which includes an extension starts in June 2016 and will be completed by April 2017.
Temporary closure of facilities
“The scale of the refurbishment and the need to have the best quality build in the shortest time frame makes it financially and practically impossible for the centre to remain open during the project.” said Scott Rolfe, Halo Chief Executive. “The decision of a short term closure (June 2016-April 2017) has not been taken lightly and all alternatives have been fully explored. Although the swimming pool will close we are hoping to relocate the gym to the youth club next to the pool. It will be bigger and have even more equipment and we will also run our group exercise classes from there too.”
