Doors close on Altrincham Leisure Centre as multi-million pound redevelopment begins

The doors have closed on Altrincham Leisure Centre for the final time, as work starts on an exciting multi-million pound redevelopment; reopening as move Altrincham in 2024.

 

Trafford Council’s investment into the scheme will transform the tired leisure centre into a state-of-the-art modern leisure facility for the community to enjoy.  Branded move Altrincham, the centre will benefit from a 25m swimming pool, a 20m learner pool, a pool pod to improve accessibility, a combined lobby area with pool viewing and café, a wet village change, an inclusive changing places toilet and a health and wellbeing spa facility.

 

There will also be a wellness assessment room, an enlarged fitness suite, fitness changing and dry change areas, two flexible studio spaces, an immersive indoor cycle studio, a four-court sports hall and storage, a gymnastics hub and staff rooms and offices. The new-look facility will help Trafford Leisure achieve its vision of becoming the most active place in England

 

The new mix of facilities has been developed with support from Sport England to deliver long-term sustainable leisure provision that gives the best health and wellbeing outcomes for local residents. The refurbishment follows the successful redevelopment of move Urmston in March 2020 and will see further refurbishments carried out on a phased arrangement at both Stretford and Sale Leisure Centres.

 

The investment supports Trafford Council’s strategy and commitment to get more people moving more often, helping improve health and wellbeing, and is part of its Physical Activity Strategy, ‘Trafford Moving.’ It also supports the Council’s corporate priority to reduce health inequalities across the borough.

 

move Altrincham will include the replacement of the fossil fuel (gas) heating system with Air Sourced Heat Pumps and Solar Panels, which are significantly more sustainable options than the existing systems and support Trafford Council’s action plan to be Carbon Neutral by 2038.

 

Jo Cherrett is CEO of Trafford Leisure, a community interest company wholly owned by Trafford Council, which manages leisure in Trafford on behalf of the council, using any profits and assets for community benefit. She says: “We are retaining most of our current workforce from Altrincham during the full closure, finding them alternative work at Trafford Leisure’s other sites, to ensure we still have our reliable team of experts to welcome members back to move Altrincham in the summer of 2024.”

 

Cherrett continues:  “The local community in and around Altrincham are passionate about their town and have an overwhelming desire to see their community thrive. When we re-open our doors, the modern, fit-for-purpose leisure venue will be an inspiring space to help local residents with every aspect of their wellbeing. It will become the second site Trafford Leisure will open under the new brand name, move.”

 

Cllr Jo Harding, Trafford Council’s Executive Member for Culture, Leisure and Strategic Partnerships, says: “This is not just a lick of paint – we will be totally transforming this centre like we did at move Urmston and the results will be just as impressive. We are investing millions of pounds into this project as we believe that is the right thing to do to ensure residents are given top-class facilities to help them improve their health, fitness and wellbeing.”