Planning for Sport and Active Recreation Facilities ... - Brent Council
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Chapter Six Indoor <strong>Sport</strong>s Facility Provision<br />
Quality<br />
The health <strong>and</strong> fitness sites in <strong>Brent</strong> are relatively new or<br />
recently refurbished as customers expect to see modern<br />
equipment in gyms. The average age of the facilities is<br />
5 years old <strong>and</strong> this will mean that capacity will not be<br />
affected as much in these facilities. The 4 local authority<br />
sports centres health <strong>and</strong> fitness facilities have all had<br />
extensions <strong>and</strong> / or new equipment installed in the last<br />
two years.<br />
Accessibility<br />
Map 34 indicates that the publicly accessible health<br />
<strong>and</strong> fitness centres are located close to the Southern<br />
Borough boundary <strong>and</strong> in Northwick Park <strong>and</strong> Sudbury<br />
wards. There are areas within Welsh Harp <strong>and</strong> Dollis Hill<br />
wards where residents are outside the recommended<br />
1.6km walking catchment area of any health <strong>and</strong> fitness<br />
provision. Registered membership <strong>and</strong> private facilities<br />
are the only provision in the Queensbury, Barnhill,<br />
Alperton <strong>and</strong> Mapesbury wards <strong>and</strong> no facilities<br />
are actually located in Welsh Harp, Dollis<br />
Hill, Dudden Hill, Kenton, Preston Wembley<br />
Central <strong>and</strong> Fryent wards.<br />
Map 34: Catchment map –<br />
health <strong>and</strong> fitness facilities<br />
Location of Health <strong>and</strong><br />
Fitness <strong>Facilities</strong><br />
Legend<br />
Ward Boundaries<br />
Pay & Play<br />
Registered Membership Use<br />
Private<br />
Pay & Play Buffer 1.6km<br />
Reg Member Use Buffer 1.6km<br />
Private Buffer 1.6km<br />
#<br />
Map 35 shows how long it would take people to walk<br />
to the nearest health <strong>and</strong> fitness facility (all providers).<br />
This shows that residents living in parts of Preston, Welsh<br />
Harp Barnhill, Dollis Hill <strong>and</strong> Dudden Hill wards have to<br />
walk between 23 <strong>and</strong> 29 minutes to the nearest health<br />
<strong>and</strong> fitness facility. This map doesn’t take into account<br />
which facilities are private, registered membership <strong>and</strong><br />
which ones are publicly accessible. The majority of fitness<br />
members as stated by the Fitness Industry Association<br />
(FIA) report into fitness memberships (2007) are willing to<br />
travel up to 2 miles <strong>for</strong> a local authority health <strong>and</strong> fitness<br />
facility, however <strong>for</strong> private health <strong>and</strong> fitness facilities<br />
people are willing to travel up to 3 miles.<br />
Map 35: Travel time map – health <strong>and</strong> fitness<br />
Symbol<br />
Chapter Six - Indoor <strong>Sport</strong>s Facility Provision<br />
Travel Time<br />
(minutes walking)<br />
0.42 - 6.196<br />
6.197 - 11.972<br />
11.973 - 17.748<br />
17.749 - 23.524<br />
23.525 - 29.3<br />
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