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This place
rocks, says Peter
MORE than 1,000 people have signed up for membership to the
new Swiss Cottage leisure centre set to open on March 18 –
and centre bosses are expecting a million visits over the next
year.
The £27-million leisure centre, designed by architect
Sir Terry Farrell and run by Greenwich Leisure Ltd (GLL) on
behalf of Camden Council, boasts a five-a-side football pitch,
two swimming pools, a two-floor gym and 14-metre climbing wall.
Plans to replace the original centre, designed by Sir Basil
Spence in 1960, were submitted in 1998 and after delays because
of a sit-in by protesters against the redevelopment deal work
started in earnest in 2003.
User groups were unhappy with a deal with private homes developer
Barratt who were given a chunk of land to help pay for the cost
of the work, and fears that the centres facilities would not
be as good as the ones they were replacing.
Town Hall director environment Peter Bishop (pictured testing
out the new climbing wall) said: “Just come and see for
yourself.” |
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