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Celebrating Reading’s Older People
- Activities and information for older residents
- Find out how to stay independent at home for longer
- Come along to Broad Street Mall
- Tuesday 1 October between 9.30am and 2pm
Get Ready To Make A Big Splash!
- Countdown to Rivermead pools' opening date
- 25-metre pool and teaching and diving pool set to open - culmination of £40 million Council investment in leisure facilities
- New facilities include splashpad fun zone for younger residents
Reading schoolchildren make a splash filling the new Rivermead Pools
- Rivermead’s two new pools will be filled with approximately 1,700,000 litres of water over a 12 day period.
- 25-metre pool and teaching and diving pool on schedule to open summer 2024.
Reading Council Celebrates One Million Visits at Borough’s Leisure Centres
VISITS to the council’s four leisure centres are on the rise, approaching one million per year, reflecting the Council’s ongoing investment in new and exciting leisure facilities for residents.
New Rivermead Leisure Centre opens next week
• From Monday 17 July, Reading will boast a brand-new Leisure Centre at Rivermead
• Visitors to the new centre can look forward to 6-court sports hall and a 120-station gym with 3 studios, new soft play and café.
Boost for swimming pool facilities across Reading
- Improvements at Meadway changing facilities start 3 July
- Work on the Rivermead demountable pool from 14 July
- Complete refurbishment of South Reading's swimming pool from September
Christchurch Meadows paddling pool opens on 27 May
- Paddling pool open from Saturday 27 May
- Open seven days a week
Countdown to the opening of the new Rivermead Leisure Centre
- Open to the public from 17 July 2023
- Facilities include a 6-court sports hall and a 120-station gym with 3 studios, soft play activity zone with party rooms and cafe
- Swimming pools will follow in summer 2024
New Year drive to improve health and wellbeing across Reading
- Council investment in targeted activities to reduce health inequalities
- Free weight management courses are available
- Physical activity referral scheme supports people back into keeping physically active
Paralympic swimmer, Graham Edmunds, to officially open Palmer Park Leisure Centre & Stadium
- Paralympic Double Gold Medallist swimmer, Graham Edmunds will officially open the centre alongside the Mayor of Reading on 12 January
- Syncro swimming performance by the Electric Eels
- Free taster sessions are on offer throughout the day
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.