IMAGES of Oldham’s £15 million flagship leisure centre have been unveiled in an imminent planning application.
Oldham Council has revealed the new centre will have a 25m, eight-lane swimming pool of county-competition standard, a learner pool, an eight-court sports hall with flexible seating for 250 spectators, an 80-station fitness studio and a four-rink indoor bowls hall.
It will also have spectator seating, a sauna and steam room, a wet changing room, a spin studio, two group exercise studios, separate changing facilities for dry sports and fitness suite, cafeteria, improved landscaping and public realm works and a 122-space car park. There will be no diving pool.
Council chiefs say Oldham will be able to hold regional and televised competitions at the improved facilities.The artist’s impression gives residents a first look at how the Oldham Sports Centre - at the junction of Manchester Street and St Domingo Street - will appear when it replaces the existing centre in autumn 2015. The current Oldham Sports Centre will remain open until then.
Oldham Council leader Councillor Jim McMahon said: “These fantastic first images show our commitment to providing residents with a state-of the-art centre.”
Public displays of the proposals are on show at the Civic Centre and Oldham Sports Centre until the end of February. Drop-in events and meetings with local user groups are also being arranged.