Health club operator The Club Company has completed a £2m redevelopment of the Tytherington Club in Macclesfield. The nine-month project has added a third dance studio to the site, which will host mind-body classes, such as yoga and pilates. The most significant aspect of the project is the introduction of a poolside spa facility for adults. The spa, designed by interior designers Douglas Wallace, incorporates four treatment rooms, a large

Operator Edinburgh Leisure has released detailed designs of the £2.5m redevelopment of its Craiglockhart Tennis & Sports Centre in Scotland. The upgrade is part of the City’s Sport and Physical Recreation Strategy, which is intended to make Edinburgh the most physically active city in Europe by 2020. When complete, the centre will be extended by one storey and will feature squash courts, a new reception area, a fitness studio and

Work has begun on the £5m redevelopment of the University of Bradford Leisure Centre. The university is working with Cambridge-based architects Saunders Boston and Lotus Construction to revamp the sports and recreation facilities on its city centre campus. Chris Spargo, head of commercial services for the university, said: “This significant investment into new and redeveloped sports facilities not only provides a fantastic opportunity for the current and future student community,

The £250m Westside Shopping and Leisure Centre has opened in Bern, Switzerland. Designed by New York-based architect Daniel Libeskind, the new complex boasts 55 shops, 10 restaurants and bars, a 144-room hotel, a multiplex cinema, a fitness centre and a fun pool. Libeskind’s concept was to “create a public space with day and night facilities, a self-enclosed district offering endless amenities and services, almost like a city within a city”.

Work has commenced on the £7.6m remodelling of a large two-storey Marks & Spencer retail unit, which had been vacant for over three years, on High Road in Wembley, London. Designed by Brimelow McSweeney Architects for Dukelease Properties, the scheme will provide a leisure centre and two retail units while existing offices on upper floors will be converted into residential accommodation. The 1,345 sq m health club will be operated

The Peak Health Club, in London’s Jumeirah Carlton Hotel, has reopened following a major refurbishment programme. Zynk Design, which carried out the revamp, was given a brief to create a light, airy, contemporary space that would match the luxury of the five star Jumeirah hotel. The gym features large, curved windows, which provide views of London’s skyline and flood the space with natural light. Walnut floors, glass lacquered timbers and

Construction work on a new sports centre in Ealing, West London, which will replace the now demolished Northolt Swimarama, has begun. The development, which is estimated to cost around £15m, forms part of the council's local strategy to help combat the nation's obesity crisis by improving sport facilities. The new 5,500sq m centre, which is yet to be named, will feature an eight-lane, 25m swimming pool and 12m x 16m

The new Lammas Leisure Centre in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, is set to officially open on 1 November. Operated by Sports and Leisure Management (SLM) under its Everyone Active brand, the centre is being provided as part of a partnership with Ashfield District Council, which will run until 2016. The council has invested £16m in the Lammas Leisure Centre, which includes an ice-skating rink, a six-lane 25m swimming pool, a four-court sports

Construction work has begun on the £8.2m leisure centre and library in Maghull, Merseyside as part of an improvement scheme developed by Sefton Council and Maghull Town Council. Maghull Leisure Centre and Library, designed by GLR architects, will feature a five lane, 25m swimming pool and a learner pool as well as a fitness suite, a sauna, a steamroom and an aerobics studio. There will also be a fitness referral

Croydon council has given the go-ahead for a £5m extension and refurbishment of Selsdon Park Hotel & Golf Club in South Croydon, London. The 200-bed hotel, situated in 205-acres of parkland, is soon to acquire a new 88-bed, single-storey development and the existing leisure facilities will be converted into meeting and conference rooms. A new leisure club will also be created to replace the old facilities and will feature an

Restoration work has begun on the derelict Marshall Street Baths in Soho, London, as part of a £25m leisure centre development. The site, which first opened in 1852 and was closed nine years ago, is expected to reopen in 2010. When complete, the facility will include a restored main pool, a new gym and health suite with sauna and multi-purpose exercise studios. Part of the plans involve the second 70sq

The new £5.8m dual-use pool and fitness suite at Weald Recreation Centre in Billingshurst, West Sussex, is set to open 20 September. The project is part of a strategy to increase the number of swimming pools in Horsham to three. The Billingshurst pool will join Horsham's Pavilions in the Park swimming and leisure complex and Steyning Leisure Centre. To accommodate the new pool, Weald Recreation Centre – owned by Horsham

The £1.7m refurbishment of Saddleworth swimming baths in Oldham, Lancashire, is now underway. Saddleworth Pool, managed by Oldham Community Leisure, is due to receive a new 50-station fitness suite, dance studio and two five-a-side football pitches to join its existing flood-lit sports pitch. Cheshire-based design company Pozzoni has been appointed as the project's architects and plans to deliver a new entrance and reception area as well as reconfigured wet and

Plymouth City Council has appointed design and planning group Arup to create the £44m Life Centre, a new sports and leisure complex in the city's Central Park. Arup, which created the the $100m ($79m) Water Cube aquatics centre for the Beijing Olympics,was appointed along with the project's lead designers SMC Charter Architects, part of SMC Group. They will work with property consultants EC Harris and the council to manage the

The designs for London 2012's velodrome have been unveiled by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA). The VeloPark, as it will be known, was designed by Hopkins Architects – with Expedition Engineering, BDSP and Grant Associates – and will be based to the north of the Olympic Park. The facility will include a 6,000-seat velodrome for the indoor track cycling events and a BMX circuit. After the Games, a road cycle

The development of a £12m sports complex in Matlock, Derbyshire, could be delayed following the withdrawal of funding partner the Marston's pub company. Derbyshire Dales District Council, owner and operator of the proposed facility, intended to invest £7m into the project, which was to be generated from the sale of land to Marston's and of Sherwood Hall Leisure Centre, which was recently sold for £1m. The pub company backed out

Loyal Leisure, owner of Strathmore Golf Centre in East Perthshire, has received outline planning permission for a multi-million pound expansion, which includes on-site holiday accommodation. The plans, approved by Perth and Kinross Council, include a 30-bed lodge with a health and fitness suite, 34 chalets and a new clubhouse with a pro-golf shop, a bar and meeting rooms. The chalets, of various sizes, will be built in clusters across three

Westfield London, a £1.6bn mixed-use development is due to open this October as part of the regeneration of the White City Opportunity Area. The scheme, designed by US architect Michael Gabellini on behalf of Australian-based developers Westfield Group, will feature a 14-screen cinema run by National Amusements and a gym with health spa. The 200,000sq ft, three-floor development will also boast two levels of retail stores and The Atrium, an

The 19th century Clifton Victoria Baths in Bristol, one of the oldest Grade II-listed swimming pools in the UK, is due to reopen this October following an extensive £2m restoration project, which began October 2006. The lido will be operated by, Bristol-based restaurant group the Glass Boat Company, which has been working in collaboration with architects Marshall Kendon and English Heritage to upgrade the 885sq m facility. When complete, the

A new four-star Novotel hotel will open on 29 September in Paddington, London, as part of the second phase of a three-part mixed-use development called PaddingtonCentral. The development is part of an 80-acre regeneration project for the area, which began in 1998 and is being led by Paddington Waterside Partnership. The second phase of PaddingtonCentral, being built on Kingdom Street, is a joint venture between Development Securities, Morley Fund Management

A new leisure development in Louth, Lincolnshire, is set to be powered by renewable energy sources. East Lindsey District Council has confirmed that a number of cost-effective energy-saving measures are being incorporated into the new Wood Lane Leisure Centre. Work on the new £11m facility has already begun, and will include measures such as rainwater harvesting and automatic pool hall lighting control. A report, prepared for the council by the

The Arena Leisure Centre in Camberley, Surrey, is to undergo a £1.7m refurbishment. The project is the result of a partnership between the centre's owners, Surrey Heath Borough Council, and management company DC Leisure, which operates the site on behalf of the council. Work on the four-phase refurbishment will begin at the end of the summer, and includes the updating of centre's fitness facilities, as well as improvements to accessibility.

Work on the £4m refurbishment of William Penn Leisure Centre in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, has been delayed due to a dispute between the client - Three Rivers District Council - and Gee Construction. The aim of the project, which began in March 2007, is to expand and revamp aging facilities to cater for rising visitor numbers. The improvements to the centre were expected to be completed by summer 2008, but the

Spanish health club chain Metropolitan has opened a new 4m euro (US$6.3, £3.2m) sports, health and wellness centre in the city of Vigo in the Spanish region of Galicia. Located on the top floor of the new A Laxe Shopping Centre, facilities at the 2,000sq m (21,528sq ft) club include a 500sq m (5,382sq ft) fitness suite equipped by Life Fitness, a swimming pool and a spa area offering a

Leisure trust Tone Leisure has appointed Alliance Leisure to fund and project manage the redevelopment of three of its managed sites. The regeneration work will see facilities improved at the Wellington Sports Centre in Wellington and the Wellsprings Leisure Centre and Blackbrook Pavilion in Taunton. All three sites are expected to reopen to the public later this year. Wellington Sports Centre will be the first project to finish at the

Public voting for the National Lottery Awards, an annual search to find the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded projects, is now open until 4 July. The awards are split into seven categories – arts, education, environment, health, heritage, sports and charity – and each category features 10 projects. The three projects that receive the most votes, either online or by telephone, will progress through to the final round of voting, which will

The new £2.6m sports centre at Bassingbourn Village College has opened to the public. The new facility includes a multi-purpose indoor sports court, an all-timber gym floor and integrated dance space and a dance bar. Other amenities at the centre, designed by architects Pick Everard, include an all-weather pitch, reception and office area, and separate changing facilities for outdoor and indoor users. Building work featured a number of energy-efficient measures,