Harrow Lodge Leisure Centre will open on April 12
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A new £23million leisure centre in Havering will open as lockdown restrictions are eased on April 12.
The Harrow Lodge Leisure Centre in Hornchurch Road centre has a 25-metre, eight-lane swimming pool and a 20-metre-wide learning and diving pool, which has a movable floor to change the depth.
The new 25m pool
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It will also feature a 100-station health and fitness suite, sports hall and three exercise studios.
It replaced Hornchurch Sports Centre, which closed last year.
Havering Council and its leisure provider, Everyone Active, has secured over £580,000 from Sport England’s National Leisure Recovery Fund to make up for some of the losses made since all leisure centres were forced to close due to the coronavirus pandemic as well as support the reopenings.
Tom Fletcher
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Harrow Lodge Leisure Centre manager has been picked as Havering s hero for his contribution to the community during the pandemic.
The project, hosted by the BBC, asked London councils to nominate a lockdown hero in their borough – someone who has made a significant difference to their community in this difficult time.
The team delivered more than 3,000 food packages and over 500 PPE deliveries to shielding residents, local food banks, care homes and key workers
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Tom Fletcher, area contract manager for Everyone Active leisure centres in Havering, worked with the local authority to set up a support hub at Hornchurch Sports Centre - which has been replaced by Harrow Lodge - in March last year to meet the needs of the local community with the outbreak of Covid-19.
The main pool at Harrow Lodge Leisure Centre.
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Images have been released to provide a look inside a new leisure centre in Hornchurch.
The multi-million pound Harrow Lodge Leisure Centre is now ready to be opened to the public.
Everyone Active, the leisure operator which will manage the site in partnership with Havering Council, announced an opening date of January 3.
It did not confirm when asked by the Recorder if this date had been delayed due to the introduction of tier four restrictions in Havering, which mean that leisure centres must be closed.
The sports hall at Harrow Lodge Leisure Centre.