South Lake Leisure Centre, Craigavon Following an extensive consultation period with a range of organisations and individuals, the new super leisure centre at the South Lakeshore, Craigavon now has an improved design and offering for all. The dynamic £30m+ leisure centre - the largest in our ambitious capital investment programme - will significantly enhance the borough’s leisure product and be one of the best examples of indoor and outdoor leisure provision in the province, catering for the diverse needs of all users.
Situated at the current site of the Watersports Centre adjacent to Craigavon Civic and Conference Centre, the new state of the art leisure facility will offer a varied range of indoor and outdoor activities for all members of the community including families, élite athletes and sports organisations. Subject to a planning application being approved, it is expected that work on this much awaited project will get underway early next year.
Future leisure and sport provision for Armagh Major capital investment has also been earmarked for Armagh in terms of new and improved leisure and sport facilities. We’re currently examining a number of options for transforming and shaping how these services can be delivered in Armagh in the long-term.
Several key objectives have been set for this ambitious development, which include a high-class regional facility/ centre of excellence, providing indoor and outdoor sport facilities, floodlighting and sports science that would cater for regional and local sports organisations.
First opened in 1968, Orchard Leisure Centre has served the community well and is one of the best attended leisure centres in the province. However, the growth of the population coupled with a strong sporting tradition has given impetus to develop proposals for further enhancing the offering to better accommodate the needs of individual users, athletes and sports organisations.
To date, we’ve held initial consultations with a range of stakeholders and sought their views on what they consider to be important by way of new leisure and sport provision for the area. We’ll keep you informed every step of the way as we progress this project.
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