Littledown, one of the region’s busiest leisure centres is getting a spa and café makeover.
Hot off the heels of a £1.7m investment to expand its health and wellbeing facilities, a new café, diner and spa relaxation area will be opening soon to improve the overall customer experience, encourage more people to visit and continue to provide world class facilities for all at affordable prices.
The centre is managed by BH Live, a social enterprise and trust, in partnership with Bournemouth Borough Council.
Last year 1.2 million annual attendances were recorded and more than a quarter of a million people visited its Terrace café and bar.
Bournemouth Borough Council and BH Live recently invested £1.7m, resulting in an extra 200,000 visits and greater participation from families and young people. Its outdoor artificial training pitches also had a complete refurbishment.
Starting this month, work begins in the café. New kitchen and service counters will provide an improved customer experience, seating will create fresh ambience and a larger soft play area for the under-5s will boost the centre’s play offer for pre-school aged children. The new café will open with a fresh new menu offering more choice, variety and healthy options.
Café improvements are scheduled to complete in January 2017. During this time customers will still be able to purchase hot and cold drinks and snacks from a temporary café. Hot street food will also be available from a pop-up kitchen in its Terrace Bar.
The spa is also undergoing a total transformation in partnership with the Council. It will consist of a new sauna, steam, bio sauna and aroma room, koubel douche and lounge area. New showers, tiling and mood lighting will create a soothing and relaxing atmosphere in which to enjoy the spa’s health and wellbeing benefits. The swimming pool will temporarily close during December 2016 for essential maintenance and repairs. Both the pool and the spa will open towards the end of December 2016.
“We are delighted to see these exciting projects get underway and look forward to unveiling the new café and spa in the next couple of months,” says Colette Kiernander, BH Live’s Divisional General Manager.
Information about these projects and alternative swimming and spa facilities during closures can be found at bhliveactive.org.uk.
During these works, the centre will remain open and other activities including the gym and studio/main hall classes will be on as usual.
Regular updates and pictures will also be posted on the centre’s social media channels.
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About BH Live
BH Live is the South Coast’s leading operator of leisure and event venues; a social enterprise that designs and builds engaging experiences to inspire people and enrich lives.
With more than three million visits a year and over £36.5 million turnover, the organisation is changing lives – placing it at the heart of the UK’s growing social economy.
In 2015/16 BH Live hosted more than 500 events, sold over half a million cultural, sporting and entertainment tickets. They recorded 2.6 million leisure centre attendances and 118,000 conference and exhibition delegates at its venues. This contributed an estimated £66.3 million to the local economy through business and cultural tourism.
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About Littledown
Littledown is managed and operated by BH Live in partnership with Bournemouth Borough Council.
Set in 47 acres of parkland, Littledown has some of the finest leisure, swimming, football and gym facilities in the country.
Accredited by quality scheme QUEST and Sport England, Littledown is ranked among the top performing leisure centres in the UK.
The centre is home to clubs including Bournemouth Swimming Academy, Swim Bournemouth, Littledown Juniors Football Club and Play Football leagues, and attracts more than 1.2 million visits each year.
It provides nearly 300 weekly fitness classes, has one of the largest gyms in the UK with personal training, an exercise referral and children’s activity programme. The BH Live Active team also works with local health authorities, trusts, education providers and organisations to encourage greater participation in physical activity.
Indoor facilities include a 25-metre swimming pool, 17-metre teaching pool, waterslides, splash pool, spa, steam rooms, sauna, spa baths and sanarium. There is a large sports hall for events and multi-sports including trampolining, badminton, table tennis, football and gymnastics.
The centre also has on-site catering and an Ofsted registered crèche.
Outdoor facilities include the leisure attraction, ALTITUDE High Ropes Adventure at Littledown Park, six floodlit 3G rubber crumb training pitches, grass football pitches, parkland for recreation and events, a cricket pitch and pavilion, lake, paddling pool, children’s playground, outdoor catering outlets, leisure orienteering course and parking.
ALTITUDE has a 2016 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence.
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