New changing facilities at Saxon Leisure Centre
Wednesday, 6 February 2019
The Saxon Leisure Centre in Biggleswade is set to receive new swimming pool changing facilities costing £1 million.
Funding for the new facilities was given the green light at our Executive meeting this week (Tuesday 5 February). The improvements will modernise the facilities, make them more family friendly and give users more privacy.
The extensive work will include reconfiguring the changing rooms so that all of the family cubicles will be next to the learner pool, making them more convenient for families with young children. The locker layout will be improved, with more of the popular larger lockers put in place.
The communal male and female showers in the main changing area will also be replaced with individual shower cubicles, for greater privacy.
The refurbishment work will also replace the toilets and dressing areas and will upgrade the accessible changing rooms.
Councillor Steven Watkins, our Deputy Executive Member for Community Services - Libraries, Leisure and Countryside, said: "At a time when public services across the country are being squeezed, we are investing more in our leisure facilities. The £1 million upgraded Saxon pool changing facilities will help ensure that this leisure centre meets our residents’ expectations of modern facilities.
"We hope that the improved pool changing facilities at Saxon Leisure Centre will help encourage more local people to get involved and participate in this sport. Swimming is fun for people of all ages and a good form of exercise, whilst also being an essential life-saving skill."
The pool will remain open during the majority of the works which are due to start in March 2019 and will be complete in the autumn.