Telford swimming pool regulars return following revamp

Customers have flocked again to a Telford swimming pool after it reopened on Tuesday, following a few 12 months of main refurbishment work.

Key enhancements to the pool on the Wellington Civic and Leisure Centre have included putting in an air supply warmth pump, new roof and wall set up within the pool corridor, together with an energy-efficient sizzling water system and improved air flow.

While the work was underway, folks wanting to make use of a pool have gone to different websites, together with Short Wood, Oakengates and Abraham Darby.

“It’s nice to see happy faces and regular customers coming back from other centres,” stated Alex Hart, obligation supervisor on the pool.

“We’ve got our lessons back and running next week, next Monday, so will be nice and happy to see them back.

“Especially those that stay nearer to residence right here as effectively… having the opposite centres open as regular made it rather a lot simpler for them to go there.”

The whole project was to modernise the pool and to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions.

It is part of Telford and Wrekin Council’s efforts to be carbon neutral by 2030.

“We’ve insulated the constructing as effectively, so [in] the pool corridor, we have insulated the partitions and the ceiling, a brand new lighting system… a brand new pool encompass, refurbished spectator space, [and] we have the pool cowl put in now which is able to assure it for the longer term.,” said Robin Glover, leisure operations manager at the authority.

As customers returned on Tuesday, Mr Glover added that it was “sensible” to see if so busy.

“We’ve been actually grateful to our prospects, they’ve moved to locations like Short Wood swimming pool, Oakengates Leisure Centre, Abraham Darby Sports and Leisure Centre, so thanks to them for sticking with us whereas we have been closed.”

The council stated the work adopted on from comparable funding programmes at Oakengates Leisure Centre in 2024 and Newport Fitness and Swimming Centre in 2022.

It comes at a time when a coalition, including the Local Government Association (LGA), say funding should be invested in facilities people rely on every day to stay active and healthy, like swimming pools.

Its analysis stated 60 per cent of swimming swimming pools had been past their anticipated lifespan or in want of refurbishment.