Planning for Sport and Active Recreation Facilities ... - Brent Council
Planning for Sport and Active Recreation Facilities ... - Brent Council
Planning for Sport and Active Recreation Facilities ... - Brent Council
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Vale Farm <strong>Sport</strong>s Centre is showing signs of age <strong>and</strong><br />
despite ongoing refurbishment there are concerns about<br />
its structure. Considerable work is required to improve<br />
the functionality of the existing facility mix <strong>and</strong> modernise<br />
the appearance of the centre’s interior <strong>and</strong> exterior.<br />
Willesden sports centre is a newly built sports centre<br />
which was opened in November 2006. The centre is<br />
attracting on average approximately 1,350 visits per day,<br />
providing evidence that if a quality facility is provided that<br />
is accessible to the local community through charging<br />
af<strong>for</strong>dable rates with facility programming that recognises<br />
the needs of all users, the local community will use the<br />
facility.<br />
Summary of report findings<br />
The Continuum review shows that each centre has a<br />
key role to play in providing publicly accessible sports<br />
provision <strong>and</strong> play an important role in meeting the<br />
sporting dem<strong>and</strong>s of residents, particularly amongst<br />
those residents who are unable to access private facilities.<br />
The Continuum review, however, highlighted the<br />
poor physical state of three of <strong>Brent</strong>’s sports centres<br />
(Vale Farm, Charteris <strong>and</strong> Bridge Park) <strong>and</strong> these<br />
facilities become older they are likely to become more<br />
expensive to operate <strong>and</strong> maintain resulting in poor<br />
cost effectiveness, lower customer satisfaction, falling<br />
participation levels <strong>and</strong> declining income levels.<br />
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The review puts <strong>for</strong>ward a number of options as to how<br />
<strong>Brent</strong> should address its sports centre provision in the<br />
future <strong>and</strong> recommendations are made as to the strategic<br />
priorities they propose to enable the long term provision<br />
of ‘fit <strong>for</strong> purpose’ indoor sports centres within <strong>Brent</strong>.<br />
Swimming Pools<br />
Swimming is the most popular activity as mentioned<br />
earlier <strong>and</strong> recorded in the active people survey. Vast<br />
arrays of activities take place in swimming pools from<br />
learning to swim to aerobics <strong>and</strong> they are an essential<br />
facility in <strong>Brent</strong> in relation to getting people active,<br />
particularly as the <strong>Active</strong> People survey also showed<br />
that swimming was the most popular activity amongst<br />
females.<br />
Quantity<br />
There are 9 pools within the borough <strong>and</strong> of these only<br />
two swimming pools are accessible to the public on a<br />
pay <strong>and</strong> play basis. There are 3 pools in private health<br />
clubs which are available to the public through private<br />
membership <strong>and</strong> 4 belong to schools with no public<br />
access. Both publicly accessible swimming pools have a<br />
25 m pool <strong>and</strong> a separate learner pool.<br />
Table 12: Swimming pools in <strong>Brent</strong><br />
Facility Name Postcode Ward Lanes Ownership Facility Age Access<br />
Vale Farm<br />
<strong>Sport</strong>s Centre<br />
Willesden<br />
<strong>Sport</strong>s Centre<br />
Grove Park<br />
School<br />
Wykeham<br />
Primary School<br />
North West<br />
London Jewish<br />
Day School<br />
Uxendon<br />
Manor School<br />
Livingwell<br />
Health Club<br />
Cannons<br />
Health Club<br />
HA0 3HG Sudbury 6 Local Authority 1979 Pay <strong>and</strong> Play<br />
NW10 3QX Willesden<br />
Green<br />
NW9 0JY Queensbury<br />
Ward<br />
6 Local Authority 2006 Pay <strong>and</strong> Play<br />
3 Community<br />
Special School<br />
NW10 0EX Welsh Harp 2 Community<br />
School<br />
NW6 7PP Brondesbury<br />
Park<br />
0 Voluntary<br />
Aided School<br />
HA3 0UX Kenton 0 Community<br />
School<br />
1977 Private<br />
1972 Private<br />
1986 Private<br />
1975 Private<br />
HA9 8DS Tokyngton 0 Commercial 1994 Registered<br />
Membership Use<br />
NW2 5JY Brondesbury<br />
Park<br />
3 Commercial 2002 Registered<br />
Membership Use<br />
NW2 6PG Mapesbury 0 Commercial 2006 Registered<br />
Membership Use