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Palmer Park Leisure Centre & Stadium opens next week
- From Monday 19 December, Reading will boast a brand new 25m 6-lane pool
- Visitors to the new centre can also look forward to a 100-station gym, new soft play and café.
Reading school children help fill the new Palmer Park Community Pool
- East Reading’s new community pool filled with 325,000 litres of water over a five-day period.
- Palmer Park Leisure Centre and Stadium on schedule to open in December.
Leisure update shines a light on major progress so far
- Update on progress to improve Reading’s leisure facilities
- Improvement work completed at two leisure centres
- Leisure usage almost back to pre-Covid levels
George Palmer statue gleaming after a good clean
- The George Palmer statue has received a deep clean in anticipation of the opening of the new community pool.
- The statue will form an integral part of the large new pedestrianised area surrounding the sports centre
Further boost to Reading’s leisure centres proposed
- £295,000 for South Reading Leisure Centre pool
- £36,000 for waymarked pedestrian route for vision impaired users at Palmer Park
Get set for a hole-in-one at the Prospect Park Ranger Station
- Exciting new play activity centre at Prospect Park
- Mini-golf and Sky Tykes low ropes now open for play
Meadway Leisure Centre showcases improved facilities
- Improvements at Meadway Leisure Centre include refurbishment of the gym, studios, and changing rooms
- The centre’s reception has been significantly revamped
- The gym has been extended with improved equipment
Reading Council reveals the winning design for new flagship play area at Prospect Park
- £530,000 investment to provide exciting new equipment
- Work on the new play area will begin in Autumn 2022
School children send a message to the future at new leisure centre site
- Time capsules buried at the Rivermead construction site
- A local school has provided mementoes to capture the spirit of 2022
- New leisure centre due to open in spring 2023
Council commits almost £1 million additional funding for more carbon reduction measures at brand new leisure sites
- New measures to include solar panels and three additional air source heat pumps (ASHP) at Rivermead and Palmer Park
- Investment will contribute to the Council’s ambition to achieve a net-zero carbon Reading by 2030
Prospect Park play centre transformation nears completion
- Exciting new play activity centre coming soon to Prospect Park
- Work on the transformation is nearing completion ready for a phased opening over the next few months
Steel frame of flagship new Rivermead goes up
- The steel frame of the new centre is taking shape
- The development will include a 25m 8-lane competition pool and diving pool
- Facilities open by spring 2023