First phase completed at Oakengates centre

Oakengates Leisure Centre in Telford has reopened its health club and gym, following the completion of phase one of the facility’s redevelopment project.

The gym was temporarily moved to the adjacent Tennis Centre while refurbishment work was carried out.

Works included improvements to the exterior of the building – which will make a “significant difference to the venue’s carbon footprint” – and the redecoration of the interior areas.

The next phase of the redevelopment includes essential maintenance work to the swimming pool, which is expected to be completed this summer (August 2024). The centre’s other facilities – sports hall, studio, 3G football pitch, track and tennis centre – will remain open throughout the duration of the works to the swimming pool. Oakengates Leisure Centre is owned by Telford & Wrekin Council.

Councillor Carolyn Healy, the council’s cabinet member for climate action, green spaces and leisure, said: “This planned investment will ensure that we are offering facilities to benefit the health and wellbeing of our residents. We continue to work towards our target of our operations to be carbon neutral by 2030. The work at Oakengates is part of a wider package of activity in our Carbon Neutral plan.”