Public leisure centres and swimming pools
Case reference FOI2024/00596
Published 4 April 2024
Request
I am interested in collecting information on public leisure centres and swimming pools run by local councils.
Specifically, under the FOI legislation, I request a list of all public swimming pools and leisure centres run by your council between 2005 and 2022.
Additionally, could you please provide information on dates of opening and closure (with at least year-month precision) if they started or ceased operation over that period.
Lastly, could you please provide information on opening and closing hours of the leisure centre/swimming pool in that given year?
That means the final dataset would have the following columns:
Name of the swimming pool or leisure centre, type (i.e. leisure centre or swimming pool or both)
Address
Date of opening
Date of closing
Opening hours in year 2005
Opening hours in year 2006
…
Opening hours in year 2022.
If collecting weekly opening hours is not possible, annual opening hours are sufficient, too.
Response
I am interested in collecting information on public leisure centres and swimming pools run by local councils.
Specifically, under the FOI legislation, I request a list of all public swimming pools and leisure centres run by your council between 2005 and 2022.
Additionally, could you please provide information on dates of opening and closure (with at least year-month precision) if they started or ceased operation over that period.
Lastly, could you please provide information on opening and closing hours of the leisure centre/swimming pool in that given year?
That means the final dataset would have the following columns:
Name of the swimming pool or leisure centre, type (i.e. leisure centre or swimming pool or both)
Address
Date of opening
Date of closing
Opening hours in year 2005
Opening hours in year 2006
…
Opening hours in year 2022.
If collecting weekly opening hours is not possible, annual opening hours are sufficient, too.
A) The Service Area have advised Herefordshire Council do not run any public swimming pools or leisure centres and therefore do not hold this information. Please send your queries directly to the public swimming pools and leisure centres if you require this information.
A list of public swimming pools and leisure centres is available on the Herefordshire Council website via the following link: https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/things/leisure-centres-sports-pitches-courts
Documents
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