Sutton’s new £11m state-of-the-art leisure centre has been selected as a finalist in the best community building category at a London award’s evening next month. Opened to the public in January, the Westcroft Leisure Centre in Carshalton has been chosen for the LABC London Regional Building Excellence Awards which take place in May at The Guildhall.
The centre – which boasts an 160 station gym, two different sized swimming pools, an eight badminton court sized multi-use sports hall, a day spa, dance and spinning studios, crèche, café and library – has also received ringing endorsements from Olympic and Paralympic stars including four-times Gold medallist David Weir and bronze medal winning gymnast Kristian Thomas.
The award evening also provides Sutton’s representatives with the opportunity to network with some of the industry’s leading professionals as they celebrate the creation of some of London’s most outstanding buildings.
The LABC awards are highly recognised within the construction industry with winning projects automatically qualifying for their National Building Excellence Awards which will take place in November.
Carshalton Central ward Councillor Jill Whitehead, Chair of the Environment and Neighbourhood Committee said: “Recognition for this work that has gone into making Westcroft such an asset to the community is always well received and this just goes to show how highly it is thought of across the whole of London.
“We worked extremely hard to make sure this project lived up to everyone’s expectations and seeing the thousands of people from all over the borough attend in January was testament to this. Although I’m sure the competition will be extremely tough I’m hopeful we can now go on to win this award and showcase the great work being undertaken here in Sutton.”
During its opening weekend (Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 January) over 5,000 people flocked to Carshalton to try the new facilities. For more information about Westcroft Leisure Centre visit www.everyoneactive.com/tabid/1649/default.aspx.
