Opening date revealed for £8.5m leisure centre

An £8.5m state of the art leisure centre in Ladywood, Birmingham will open its doors next month.

Birmingham Community Leisure Trust (BCLT) will operate the facility on behalf of Birmingham City Council (BCC).

Located between Icknield Port Road and Ladywood Middleway, the venue will open its doors to the public on Friday August 9th.

The new centre is the last of four new builds funded by BCC and Sport England as part of the 15-year BCLT contract signed in 2015.

Ladywood joins the other new sites, Erdington, Northfield and Stechford Leisure Centres, plus five other facilities currently operated by BCLT around the city.

Cllr Ian Ward, leader of BCC, said: “I’m certain the people of Ladywood and surrounding areas will really make the most of this fantastic new leisure centre and, as we count down to the 2022 Commonwealth Games, this state-of-the-art facility shows our continued commitment to first-class grassroots sporting facilities in Birmingham.”

Ladywood Leisure Centre will boast a 130-station gym, a 25-metre, eight-lane competition standard pool, and dedicated teaching pool for lessons.

There will also be a Poolpod which helps people with disabilities get in and out of the pool.

Brian Taylor, BCLT’s chair, said: “We are incredibly proud to be opening this fantastic state-of-the-art facility, which we are confident will become a hub of activity for the residents of Ladywood and surrounding areas. Our team has worked incredibly hard with our construction partners ISG to make our vision for the centre a reality.

“This new facility has already created over 50 new jobs, and our recruitment team has done great work engaging with the local community, successfully securing positions for long-term unemployed people in the area.”

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