The springboard to a top-class swimming pool

The springboard to a top-class swimming pool

6:00pm Wednesday 13th August 2014 in News By Alex Wynick, Reporter covering Blackbird Leys and Greater Leys. Call me on 01865 425403

RESIDENTS are counting down to the grand opening of Blackbird Leys new swimming pool in four months.

Our exclusive pictures show progress on the 9.23m extension to Oxford City Councils Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre, Pegasus Road.

Contractors began work in July last year on the 18-month project with a new sports pavilion and are on target to finish in December.

The development will have an eight-lane, 25-metre pool with moveable floor, teaching pool, soft play area and new changing facilities.

Blackbird Leys Parish Council chairman Gordon Roper said: I think everybody thats gone in and seen it has realised what a wonderful building it is.

This is something that Oxford has been lacking for years. It will be a benefit to Oxford and the villages around it.

The development will replace Temple Cowley Pools and the existing Blackbird Leys Pool, to close in December.

Building work on the site was delayed by a year due to legal challenges, including two judicial reviews.

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