Major improvements planned for Salisbury's Five Rivers Leisure Centre
Wiltshire Council will start work on upgrades this month
A revamp of facilities at Salisbury's Five Rivers Health & Wellbeing Centre will get underway this month.
Improvements include redecoration, new floors, replacement gym equipment and a new virtual studio.
The site won't close during the works but there'll be some disruption for people using the site at times:
• Work in the main studio to provide additional cabling and networking for the virtual studio will take place from Tuesday 25th June for four days, with works in the cycle studio from Monday 1st July for four days
• Further work in both studios to install the hardware required for virtual classes will take place in July, with the exact dates to be confirmed
• The gym will be closed from Monday 12th August with a temporary gym offering in the sports hall from Tuesday 13th August for the duration of the fitness suite works
• Disruption will be minimised as much as possible to all centre users but some fitness classes may be affected and the gym will be temporarily relocated for a period of approximately three weeks.
Wiltshire Council's also said they'll be re-opening the Five Rivers health suite on site on a trial basis.
That was temporarily closed by the authority, along with facilities at six of its other leisure centres, due to the high running costs when energy costs were soaring, and the impact on the council’s carbon footprint.
The trail from September will assess its 'effectiveness and usage' to make sure the facility is viable.
Cllr Ian Blair-Pilling, Cabinet Member for Leisure, said:
“I’m pleased to confirm more improvement works to one of our leisure centres.
“As a leisure service we want to help the people of Wiltshire to increase activity levels and improve health. To do that we need to provide quality services in fit-for-purpose accessible facilities for all.
“We will also be opening up the health suite again on a trial basis. It’s important the health suite facilities are viable at Five Rivers and we’re in the process of working out the best way to offer these services to our customers at good value, but in a way that’s sustainable for us to run. We’ll have more information on this soon.
“We look forward to delivering these projects and providing a much-improved fitness offer for all members.”