The Plymouth Life Centre is a leisure centre in Central Park, Plymouth run by Everyone Active in partnership with Plymouth City Council. Its facilities include a family leisure pool, a climbing wall, an eight-lane indoor bowls centre, currently (2015) the only 12 court multipurpose sports hall in Devon, fitness suite, a 10 lane 50-meter Olympic standard swimming pool, an Olympic standard diving pool, along with dryside training facilities, sauna, steam room, showers and a multipurpose area for dance and martial arts. The climbing wall facility is managed by High Sports. The aquatic facilities are the largest facility in southern England and were used by several teams training for the 2012 Olympics. The Life Centre replaces the Mayflower Centre and Central Park Leisure Pools. It opened in March 2012 at a cost of £46.5m.
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Clubs Based At Plymouth Life Centre
The centre is home to the Plymouth Life Centre Indoor Bowls Club, and to Plymouth Diving Club.
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Sporting records
Ben Proud: set the British 50 m freestyle record at Plymouth Life Centre. May 2014
Featured on National Television
Lotto: 2013.
Splash: 2014
The 2015 British Gas Diving Championships (British Diving Championships)
Architecture
The main contractor was Balfour Beatty, and the Architect was Archial.
Usage
Building Awards
Built in Quality Awards Awards, 2013 : 'Best Community Building'
Michelmores Western Morning News Property Awards,2013 : 'Project valued at over £3million'
Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE),2013 : 'Major Project of the Year', 2013 :
Gallery
Architects drawings were released in 2013
The cladding for the building is glass
Tiles
Stainless Steel and Staircases
Flume, Sauna Steam room and showers
Drains
Heating and low carbon technology
References
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20141008135920/http://www.everyoneactive.com/Centre/Plymouth-Life-Centre/72/Home Plymouth Life Centre website retrieved 19 October 2014
- About Olympic and 50 m Swimming pools in the UK and Ireland
- Images of Olympic Swimming Pools in the UK
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