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Vale Farm Sports Centre is showing signs of age and despite ongoing refurbishment there are concerns about its structure. Considerable work is required to improve the functionality of the existing facility mix and modernise the appearance of the centre’s interior and exterior. Willesden sports centre is a newly built sports centre which was opened in November 2006. The centre is attracting on average approximately 1,350 visits per day, providing evidence that if a quality facility is provided that is accessible to the local community through charging affordable rates with facility programming that recognises the needs of all users, the local community will use the facility. Summary of report findings The Continuum review shows that each centre has a key role to play in providing publicly accessible sports provision and play an important role in meeting the sporting demands of residents, particularly amongst those residents who are unable to access private facilities. The Continuum review, however, highlighted the poor physical state of three of Brent’s sports centres (Vale Farm, Charteris and Bridge Park) and these facilities become older they are likely to become more expensive to operate and maintain resulting in poor cost effectiveness, lower customer satisfaction, falling participation levels and declining income levels. Manor Health Club 47 The review puts forward a number of options as to how Brent should address its sports centre provision in the future and recommendations are made as to the strategic priorities they propose to enable the long term provision of ‘fit for purpose’ indoor sports centres within Brent. Swimming Pools Swimming is the most popular activity as mentioned earlier and recorded in the active people survey. Vast arrays of activities take place in swimming pools from learning to swim to aerobics and they are an essential facility in Brent in relation to getting people active, particularly as the Active People survey also showed that swimming was the most popular activity amongst females. Quantity There are 9 pools within the borough and of these only two swimming pools are accessible to the public on a pay and play basis. There are 3 pools in private health clubs which are available to the public through private membership and 4 belong to schools with no public access. Both publicly accessible swimming pools have a 25 m pool and a separate learner pool. Table 12: Swimming pools in Brent Facility Name Postcode Ward Lanes Ownership Facility Age Access Vale Farm Sports Centre Willesden Sports Centre Grove Park School Wykeham Primary School North West London Jewish Day School Uxendon Manor School Livingwell Health Club Cannons Health Club HA0 3HG Sudbury 6 Local Authority 1979 Pay and Play NW10 3QX Willesden Green NW9 0JY Queensbury Ward 6 Local Authority 2006 Pay and Play 3 Community Special School NW10 0EX Welsh Harp 2 Community School NW6 7PP Brondesbury Park 0 Voluntary Aided School HA3 0UX Kenton 0 Community School 1977 Private 1972 Private 1986 Private 1975 Private HA9 8DS Tokyngton 0 Commercial 1994 Registered Membership Use NW2 5JY Brondesbury Park 3 Commercial 2002 Registered Membership Use NW2 6PG Mapesbury 0 Commercial 2006 Registered Membership Use
Chapter Six Indoor Sports Facility Provision Capacity ratios Compared to the individual boroughs in London, Brent has the lowest amount of facilities per 1000 people The current provision of 9 pools across the borough equates to 1652m² of water space in total (private and public) generating a capacity ratio of around 6.27 m² per 1000 population. To match the London average of 16.16m², the borough currently requires an additional 2927m². This could rise to almost 3,656m2 by 2016 if no additional provision is made and population growth occurs as projected. When including only the publicly accessible pools in the calculations, the capacity ratio falls to just 3.26m² per 1000 population. Table 13: Capacity ratios – swimming pools Facility Type All Pools Pay and Play Public Access Harrow Harrow Leisure Centre Golds Gym (Harrow) Current Provision Map Brent 24: walking Walking Travel time to Time nearest to Nearest publicly Publicity Accessible Swimming Pool (Straight Line) accessible swimming pool Kenton Queensbury Fryent Northwick Barnhill Welsh Harp Park Preston Vale farm Sports Centre Dollis Hill The Manor Holmes Place (Cricklewood) Sudbury Mapesbury Dudden Hill Camden David Lloyd (Sudbury Hill) Tokyngton Esporta Health & Fitness (Swiss Cottage) ) Boots Wellbeing Centre (Greenford) Wembley Central Willesden Green Brondesbury Park Stonebridge Willesden Sports Centre Alperton Harlesden Kilburn Queen’s Kensal Green Park Gurnell Leisure Centre Ealing Copthall Leisure Centre Laboratory Spa & Health Club Holmes Place (Hendon) Barnet Hammersmith & Fulham Kensington & Chelsea Quality The age of the facilities have been included in table 12 as this will have an affect on the capacity of the swimming pool. With age, a swimming pool won’t be able to cope with the same demands as a new pool. The average age of the swimming pool facilities is 20 years old which means that their capacity is reduced and they are less attractive to use than new facilities. Accessibility Brent has very poor accessibility to swimming pools, 50% of residents live more than 20 minutes walk from a pool. This is particularly poor accessibility when compared to neighbouring boroughs as shown in graph 5 on the next page. Whilst there are a number of publicly accessible pools located in neighbouring boroughs, these are not accessible to residents living in the central band running north to south (Kenton, Barnhill, Tokynton and Stonebridge wards) who have to walk up to 50 minutes to the nearest pool. CAPACITY RATIO ( Facility type per 1000 population) - DEFICIENCY / + SURPLUS (In comparison with London average) TOTAL (m²) 2001 (263507) 2001 (293900) 2016 (305400) London average (2001) Jubilee Sports Centre Westminster England average (2001) Current (2001) (m²) Legend Pay & Play Registered Membership Railway North Circular Road Borough Boundary Mid (2011) (m²) Chapter Six - Indoor Sports Facility Provision Future (2016) (m²) 9 1,652 6.27 5.62 5.41 16.16 18.44 -2927 -3456 -3656 2 860 3.26 2.92 2.81 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 5 1,224 4.65 4.16 4.01 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Walking Time (mins) 1 - 10 11 - 20 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 50 48
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