Waterworld Gym Closure This Weekend While Improvement Works Take Place

Major renovation works to improve facilities at a Wrexham leisure centre are underway – with a temporary gym closure this weekend while new equipment is installed.

Waterworld, located in the town centre, is the latest leisure centre in Wrexham to undergo a stage of refurbishment and improvement works.

More than £1 million has been invested in new facilities at the leisure centre, which include the installation of a new lift, improvements made to the reception, cafe, ground flood changing rooms and the addition of a cycle studio. A new gym will also be installed.

Wrexham Council began a contract with Freedom Leisure last spring, with the leisure company taking on the management of four leisure and activity centres and five dual-use sports facilities.

The improvements at Waterworld are just one part of £2.7million worth of investment made by Wrexham Council and Freedom Leisure into all four leisure facilities and new 3G pitches across the county borough.

Chirk Leisure & Activity Centre, Gywn Evans and Queensway Stadium have also undergone extensive refurbishments as part of the £2.7million investment into leisure facilities across Wrexham.

Once complete the improvements at Waterworld, which will see the installation of new state-of-the-art gym equipment and new facilities, will give users new ways to keep fit.

As a result of the works taking place, the gym area will be closed from 5pm this afternoon (Friday) through until Monday 7th August to allow for new flooring to be laid.

The gym will also be closed for further renovation and the installation of brand new equipment from Monday, August 14 to Friday, August 18 – with the new facility opened on Saturday, August 19.

Once complete, an official opening for the new facilities at Waterworld will take place at the centre in the autumn.

Cllr Paul Rogers, Lead Member for Youth Services and Anti-Poverty, with responsibility for Leisure, had the opportunity to visit the centre earlier this week and see the changes being made at Waterworld.

He was given a tour of the site by centre manager Richard Milne, taking in the renovated ground-floor changing areas, and ongoing work to the gym and free weights area.

Cllr Rogers said: “Progress is coming on at great speed at Waterworld and Freedom Leisure have done everything they can in order to ensure the impact of the work has been minimal to centre users.

“I’ve been very impressed by the standard of work that’s taken place so far – the new changing rooms are a great improvement on the earlier ones, and centre users will be impressed by their new look.

“The improved gym and fitness suite will also be of massive benefit to users- they’ll be pretty much unrecognisable to users once the work is complete.”

Cllr Rogers added: “This is an excellent facility right in the heart of Wrexham, and I’m sure once it’s all finished, users will be very impressed with what’s on offer.”

Richard Milne, Centre Manager for Waterworld, added: “We’re very grateful to all customers for their patience while work has taken place.

“We’re now entering the last few phases of some work, so it shouldn’t be too long before it all comes into place, but customers have still been excellent while work has taken place and we’re very thankful for that.”