NEWS

The Arena
140 x 60ft wall to wall floor capable of 5kN/m2 loading. Surface covered in any type of flooring as required. Seating around the sides can provide a viewing area of 12ft ¾ of the way round.

The Exhibition Centre
Size as for the arena, but could be laid out with stalls around sides under
canopy roof.

The Ice Rink
Size as for pool, but with exits on the long sides. Seating provided around long walls. Sized to take 100 people on the ice at any one time. Suitable for public sessions, private parties, ice exhibitions and classes.

Kings Meadow Baths Impressions of
versatility of use.

The Pool
120 x 45ft
3ft 6ins shallow end, 6ft 8ins deep end
Heated 24 C and 28 C

I have until mid April to produce a fully worked up business plan to put before the Reading Borough Council. It will be based on a Charity Trust with trustees directing.
I have some exciting ideas which transform the Bath into a multi function centre whilst retaining summer swimming. There are two options:
1) there is a removable beam floor that sits on beams that extend from one edge to the other and sit on wall hangers,
or
2) we go for a rising floor.
Both of these options could be under £400k.
The project I am proposing is an exciting one: we will be offering a unique training opportunity to the category of young people between the ages of 16 and 19 who are described as NEETs - having slipped through the net and not set on a career. I have the start of some very encouraging signs for sponsorship. The repairs to the Baths and the addition of a pavilion to the side are estimated to cost just under £2.7m and will attract funding. The extension will considerably enhance the activities.
On completion the Baths will operate for swimming in the summer and be converted to a dry arena for the winter. An inflatable roof will enhance the area in poor weather conditions and help retain some of the heat. The pool will be heated with either ground source heating or air recovery pumps. In winter the waste heat from the ice rink will be available to heat showers for the football changing rooms. Bob O’Neil

By using a rising or a removable floor all the following situations can be created without destroying the raison d’etre.

BIG SPLASH
Open Days at
Kings Meadow Baths
28/2/2008

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