Improvements to South Reading Leisure Centre have been completed this month.

Alongside works on new swimming pools and facilities at both Rivermead and Palmer Park, work at South Reading started in November last year and completed this month.

This comes as part of the Council’s £40m investment in leisure facilities for the town.

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Users of the centre can now benefit from:

  • An improved gym area 
  • Gym changing room refurbishments
  • Class studio redecoration and improvements
  • New air conditioning
  • A new reception

 

Reading Borough Council’s Lead Councillor for Sport, Cllr Graeme Hoskin, said: “I’m delighted that alongside the work on the new leisure facilities at Rivermead and Palmer Park, improvements are happening at our other centres.

“The improvements to the gym, studio, changing rooms and reception at South Reading are looking great and will make a big difference for the centre’s users.

“It is exciting times to see these improvements and the building of our new pools and leisure centre progressing. This continues to provide residents with tangible evidence of our commitment to delivering the new facilities. 

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“Despite the unprecedented challenges of the past year, the Council and our leisure partners, GLL, remain fully committed to delivering the modern leisure facilities a town of our size and status deserves.

“As well as the improved facilities across all leisure sites being delivered over the next 18 months, there will also be a drive to increase activity, health and wellbeing across the borough, with weight management courses, cardiac and cancer rehabilitation and targeted work in the community to reach those in most need and work towards reducing health inequalities.”

 

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Work started on the Rivermead site last August. 

At Palmer Park, in addition to the refurbishment of the existing stadium building, there will be a new 25 metre, 6-lane community pool. The new community pool and facilities will open to the public in late 2022.

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Work will start in mid-March on improvements at Meadway Leisure Centre in Tilehurst.