Freedom of information response
Public leisure centres and swimming pools run by local councils
My research focuses on local governments and the provision of public goods. I am thus 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.
Thurrock Council currently does not run any public swimming pools and leisure centres. All facilities are currently operationally outsourced to Impulse Leisure.
Impulse Leisure is a non-profit distributing organisation (NPDO), a charitable company providing leisure and recreation facilities to the local community.
Impulse Leisure, the parent company, manages Adur Community Leisure (ACL) and Thurrock Community Leisure (TCL). Their Clubs include Belhus Park, Blackshots, Corringham, Lancing Manor, Southwick, Wadurs Pool and Chanctonbury.