Cambridge Leisure Complexes
Parkside & Abbey Complexes
Parkside Pools and Gym, just a stone’s throw from
Cambridge city centre, and Abbey Leisure Complex
to the east of Cambridge provide leisure facilities to
the whole of the city. Both sites have been managed
since October 2013 by leisure trust GLL.
Sarah Brown, Executive Councillor for Community
Well being at Cambridge City Council said: “We
are excited to have worked with GLL to update and
modernise the facilities at Parkside Pool and Abbey
Leisure Complex....”
Design Development/Features
Work completed on the redevelopments in April
2014 with a substatial £3m investment to improve
the facilities at both sites.
At Abbey Pools, a three-phase overhaul saw the
gym expanded to cater for 60 exercise stations, as
well as a new group exercise studio and a dedicated
group cycle studio. New air conditioning was also
installed. The dry side changing rooms and poolside
sauna were all refurbished and a GP referral office
created.
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At Parkside Pools, which has three pools, two flume
rides, an exercise studio, cafe, children’s activity
room and conference room, the project saw a
fitness suite created for the local community. The
investment created a 423 sq m, 95-station fitness
suite, dedicated male and female fitness changing, a
120 sq m 20-person studio and a GP referral area.
We are committed to providing first
class leisure and sporting facilities to
local residents and as such are investing
millions into the leisure facilities at
Parkside and Abbey Pools
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Daryl Emes, GLL
Sarah Brown, Executive Councillor for Community Well
being at Cambridge City Council said: “We are excited
to have worked with GLL to update and modernise the
facilities at Parkside Pool and Abbey Leisure Complex. This
work has delivered superb, state of the art facilities for the
whole community, and will help us help those members
of our community who find themselves excluded from
traditional fitness facilities.”
Daryl Emes, GLL Partnership Manager for Cambridge
agrees. He said: “We are committed to providing first class
leisure and sporting facilities to local residents and as such
are investing millions into the leisure facilities at Parkside and
Abbey Pools.”
Contract Value: £ 1,404,000
Contract Length: 22 Weeks
The project was technically and structurally complicated as we knocked lots of small
spaces into one big area, but Parkside Pools is an iconic building in the centre of
Cambridge, well known by local residents, and the new and upgraded services have
massively enhanced the leisure facilities on offer to the community.
Ian Cotgrave, Managing Director for Createability
CS Cambs GLL 14.06.14 © Createability Ltd
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Cambridge Leisure Complexes
Createability took out and reconfigured the first floor of
the existing sauna and steam suite, changing rooms and
offices. The offices have been relocated to a redundant
area alongside the swimming pool.