The changes will take place on Tuesday 1 October 2024, and form part of Haringey’s ambitious plans to provide a comprehensive Active Wellbeing offer across the borough, after New River Sports and Fitness was also brought in-house back in 2021.
All three leisure centres require attention and as part of the transfer, they will be closed for six days for an initial burst of refurbishment before re-opening to the public on Monday 7 October 2024.
Over the following six months, refurbishment work will continue as part of a significant investment programme approved in December 2023.
Haringey Council’s Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure, Cllr Emily Arkell, said:
We’re really excited to be bringing three of our centres back under the council’s direct control and this marks a fresh start for leisure in our borough.
Whether you are a fitness fanatic, keen gym goer, seasoned swimmer or venturing back into these buildings after a break, you should see a distinct difference in the standard of leisure provision in Haringey from the last few years.
We will be deep cleaning and performing some essential maintenance works during the six-day handover period so that they are clean, safe and well-maintained upon re-opening. We’ll be maintaining those high standards going forward as well.
It’s important to us that we cater our leisure provision to meet the needs and requirements of our communities and residents here in Haringey. Earlier this year we carried out extensive engagement with residents and, in the coming months, we’ll be engaging with them further on the types of activities and services they’d like provided in Haringey’s leisure centres.
A phased approach will be adopted to the works that are necessary at Tottenham Green, Park Road and Broadwater Farm as the council looks to provide the highest quality leisure provision for residents across the borough.
