A new £28 million leisure centre has opened in Eastleigh, Hampshire.

The 9,400 m2 Places Leisure Eastleigh building was created by AHR in collaboration with Arup and Interserve.

Designed to BREEAM 'Excellent' standards, facilities include a gym, fitness studios, 25m eight lane swimming pool, 15 badminton courts, tennis courts, squash courts and all-weather pitches, as well as a café and soft play area.

The centre was designed in close collaboration with the council, operator, Sport England and user groups from the existing centre, to ensure the new building would meet the needs of the borough for the next 40 years.


Karle Burford, AHR director, said: "We wanted to design a centre that would meet the council's objective in promoting a healthy borough and offer the people of Eastleigh a new health and fitness venue with improved facilities, benefitting the whole community."

Adam Spall, AHR regional director, said: "This building demonstrates that high quality design, with exceptional daylight and openness can be achieved in tight timescales and within the Sport England affordable leisure centre model."

Council Leader Keith House said: "Places Leisure Eastleigh is sustainably designed, is in complete harmony with its parkland setting and packs far more into the same footprint as its predecessor, which was an important consideration in the scheme. It is a tribute to AHR and our other partners in the project that such an impressive facility was delivered on time and on budget."

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