Splashpoint Leisure Centre
{{Short description|Leisure centre in Worthing, England}}
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| cost = £17.9 million
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| location = Worthing, {{postcode|BN|11}}
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| address = Brighton Road
| client = Worthing Borough Council
| owner = Worthing Borough Council
| current_tenants = South Downs Leisure
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| start_date = 2011
| completion_date = 2013
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| opened_date = 20 June 2013
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| main_contractor = Morgan Sindall
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Splashpoint Leisure Centre is a leisure centre located in the centre of Worthing, West Sussex, England. It contains a 25-metre long pool and gymnasium. Designed by WilkinsonEyre it won an award at the World Architecture Festival in 2013. WilkinsonEyre won an architectural design competition held by the Royal Institute of British Architects, which attracted 109 expressions of interest.{{cite web|url=https://www.e-architect.co.uk/england/worthing-swimming-pool|title=Worthing Swimming Pool Design Competition|date=1 September 2009|publisher=e-Architect|accessdate=3 February 2020}}
It was opened by Paralympian swimmer Ellie Simmonds on 20 June 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10500564.paralympic-star-ellie-simmonds-makes-a-splash-at-worthing-pool/|title=Paralympic star Ellie Simmonds makes a splash at Worthing pool|date=21 June 2013|accessdate=1 February 2020|publisher=The Argus}}
Location
Splashpoint Leisure Centre lies between Brighton Road to the north and the town's beach and promenade to the south. To the west lies Beach House and its grounds, while to the east lies Bayside, a residential high-rise building.
Architecture
According to Chris Wilkinson, principal architect at WilkinsonEyre, the "building seeks to draw on forms already present in the town, taking on the undulating linearity of the ranks of surrounding terraced houses and the breakwater groynes on the beach."{{cite web|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/wilkinson-eyre-opens-179m-copper-clad-pool-in-worthing/8647921.article|title=Wilkinson Eyre Opens £17.9m Copper-Clad Pool in Worthing|publisher=Architects' Journal|date=14 May 2013|accessdate=3 February 2020}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.southdownsleisure.co.uk/splashpoint-leisure-centre/ Splashpoint Leisure Centre on South Downs Leisure website]
{{Worthing}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Worthing