Planning for Sport and Active Recreation Facilities ... - Brent Council

Chapter Six Indoor Sports Facility Provision
Given the geographical location of the pools, just under 50% of Brent’s population do not live within a 1.6km
catchment of any pool site as can be seen from the graph 5 below.
Graph 5: % population within 20 mins walking time of pool sites
% Population within 20mins walking time of pool sites
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
AREA TOTAL
Brent
Barnet
Camden
The map below identifies ‘travel time‘ by walking to the nearest swimming pool (all types of use) within and beyond
the borough. The areas shown by red triangle denotes those who have to travel the furthest (over 29 minutes) to get to
a swimming pool (Kenton, Barnhill, Stonebridge wards) and this doesn’t exclude the private pools.
Map 27: Travel time map – swimming pools
Ealing
Hammersmith & Fullham
Symbol
Travel Time
(minutes)
0.48 - 7.67
7.68 - 14.86
14.87 - 22.05
22.06 - 29.24
29.25 - 36.43
Harrow
Kensington & Chelsea
Westminster
Chapter Six - Indoor Sports Facility Provision
2+ Pools
2 Pools
1 Pool
No Pools
Personal Share
Active Places Power personal share
tool analyses how much personal
share (expressed in m2) each individual
resident within the borough has of
the nearest swimming pool and this
has produced a score of 0.58m2 (ie:
each borough resident has 0.58m²
water space on average) compared
to the London average of 0.84m²
again indicating that the borough is
well below the average. This tools
includes facilities which are outside of
the borough as these might be closer
for some of Brent’s residents that live
close to the borders, however it only
includes facilities which are publicly
accessible. The map indicates the areas
of high personal share indicated in red
compared to areas of low personal
share indicated in blue (Stonebridge,
Welsh Harp and Mapesbury).
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