Swimming In Hyndburn Sports Centre

[Lilly]

Originally Posted by accymel

Yes very appauling was Hyndburn Sports centre there was quite a few families that turned up this afternoon to go swimming as weather was appauling, they too checked the website for details, one disgruntled father nearly bust the doors on the way out as like rest of us wasted our time only to be told to go to Rossendale or shadsworth. No wonder accy is getting worse when even the facilities are stopped or closed down & they wonder why kids doss on the st corners
HSC, wasn't aware that no changes were made to HBC website, their management committee decided to close early on Sunday at 2pm for swimming section from jan 31st 07, yet today they could of had a pool full this afternoon having a roaring trade but sadly lost their trade to surrounding out of town areas instead & they wonder & yet no member of the public was aware of this change either until they turn up like us today! But the swimming pool closes early than other places at 4.30pm on sat & 5pm weekday so really not great times anyway as earlier than other places that can cater for after school swimmers till 6pm or even 8pm.

Luckily went elsewhere thanks to Hyndburn disappointing quite a lot of kiddies today hoping for a family swim

They're closing the pool at 1.45pm on Saturdays aswell,I found out today.Very annoying,what's going on?They wouldn't let me in today as I had the audacity to turn up with two children aged 6 and 3 and no other adult to accompany me.They said we couldn't go in as the adult/child ratio for the under 4s is one to one.I told them she is nearly 4 and the little one did tears but still the heartless jobsworth stood firm.
Seriously,I know they are only trying to cover themselves in case of accidents and they have to draw the line somewhere but I am losing patience with Hyndburn Sports Centre at the moment.With one thing and another it looks like they don't like customers coming in.

[Gobbiner]

Originally Posted by fc:stanley

not as many chemicals hardly non what so ever.

You dont want to swim at any pool where they aren't using enough chemicals. You really don't want to know what gets scooped out of the water.
You really don't want to drink the water

Originally Posted by fc:stanley

the hygiene in the changing rooms is awfull as well.

Cant argue there

[fc:stanley]

Gobbiner ill give you the first one then

[Lilly]

I just thought I'd bring this thread back up as it is getting worse at Hyndburn sports centre.

The cafe has now closed for good.

I was there today with my son, after his lesson we went up to the cafe to get a drink. The shutters were down and there was a note saying that the cafe will not be open again. I made enquiries and apparently they just weren't taking enough money. It always seemed busy enough to me.

Even the vending machines have gone, I assume they belonged to Caterleisure who ran the cafe.

So, a warning to all....if you're going to the sports centre do not expect any food or drink. The chairs and tables are still there in the cafe area so you can still have a sit down but that's about it.

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by Lilly

I just thought I'd bring this thread back up as it is getting worse at Hyndburn sports centre.

The cafe has now closed for good.

I was there today with my son, after his lesson we went up to the cafe to get a drink. The shutters were down and there was a note saying that the cafe will not be open again. I made enquiries and apparently they just weren't taking enough money. It always seemed busy enough to me.

Even the vending machines have gone, I assume they belonged to Caterleisure who ran the cafe.

So, a warning to all....if you're going to the sports centre do not expect any food or drink. The chairs and tables are still there in the cafe area so you can still have a sit down but that's about it.

Have Blackburn with Darwen now taken over the running of it, I know it was being proposed. It would explain things a bit better if they have, make the facilites even worse than they were then everyone has to go and spend their money at Waves.

If they haven't then the people who run Hyndburn Leisure should be looking for alternative work.

[BERNADETTE]

Is the bar still open Lilly?

[Lilly]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

Have Blackburn with Darwen now taken over the running of it, I know it was being proposed. It would explain things a bit better if they have, make the facilites even worse than they were then everyone has to go and spend their money at Waves.

If they haven't then the people who run Hyndburn Leisure should be looking for alternative work.

Blackburn with Darwen haven't taken control yet.

[Lilly]

Originally Posted by BERNADETTE

Is the bar still open Lilly?

No, that's shut too!

[megan]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

Is not possible on a Sunday afternoon. Despite the web site saying it's open until 4.30pm as from the end of January it now closes at 2pm on a Sunday afternoon.

Hello Hyndburn this is 2007, places now open on Sundays, even shops.

Swimming for the public is unavailable on sunday afternoons,because a swimming club Pioneer 79 uses the whole sports centre for teaching four year olds how to swim to training for national swimmers,this arrangement with the swimming club has been very sucessful and has been contiuing a number of years

[megan]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

Have Blackburn with Darwen now taken over the running of it, I know it was being proposed. It would explain things a bit better if they have, make the facilites even worse than they were then everyone has to go and spend their money at Waves.

If they haven't then the people who run Hyndburn Leisure should be looking for alternative work.

As a regular user of the sports centre i did miss the cafe and vending machines,but two new vending mahines have been installed with a wider choice of food and drinks than before

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by megan

Swimming for the public is unavailable on sunday afternoons,because a swimming club Pioneer 79 uses the whole sports centre for teaching four year olds how to swim to training for national swimmers,this arrangement with the swimming club has been very sucessful and has been contiuing a number of years

How is the success measured ? Don't take a lot of notice of swimming so can't say I know how many people trained at Hyndburn Sports Centre have made the Olympic team.

[accyman]

one thing that wont have helped hyndburn sports center any is that word has got around that they allow teh dirtbags , addicts and teh homeless to use teh showers for 50p on whatever day it was i got told

sure put me off taking my kids there

better still is that waves is apparently shut down because the roof was falling in on people while they swam

theres some sort of argument about closing pools down in haslingden so its a no go there and im not sure if great harwood baths is still open or not

[shillelagh]

The swimming pools are still open at both haslingden and marl pits and both will be open till next year at least. Theres a review going on at the minute ...

[Romps]

Maybe the 25m, 6 lane Pool, 250 spectator capacity Accrington Academy, due to open in 2012 will be open to the pubic at times?

[Lancashire Lassie]

I hope so even now theyre not open on a sunday afternoon - i got booted out as the pool was taken over for the swimming team...! do they know its supposed to be a PUBLIC swimmming pool!!