All Change for Arnold Leisure Centre

Nottingham’s Paralympic silver medallist James Crisp and Commonwealth champion Sasha Matthews, officially reopened the completed refurbished Arnold Leisure Centre. The £1.2m project, completed over three phases during 2013/14, culminated in a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the final phase bringing the new village style changing facilities into use along with improvements to the pool hall. All three phases were designed and run from our Loughborough office which now has a number of leisure projects under its belt.  Previous phases of the Arnold Leisure Centre included the refurbishment of the first floor 200 seat Bonington Theatre and Bar Lounge, and a new extension to the Centre’s main reception and entrance foyer.

In a local press interview just ahead of the official reopening Centre Manager Shelley Webster said: 

“Before, the changing rooms were very old and cold, and no matter what you did to them or how hard you cleaned them they looked dirty.  Now, they are really spacious and warm. We’ve had really good feedback already with people saying that the new centre really has the wow factor. It’s a much nicer place to work, and a good working environment makes for happy staff. I feel really proud to work here again.”

Leader of the Council, Councillor John Clarke added;

“This is a great boost for Arnold, we can now offer local residents a fantastic theatre, newly refurbished swimming facilities and a new car park, with free parking, across the road. We think that residents will be very pleased with the work that has been done and they will be able to enjoy the facilities for years to come.”