Regional Sporting Village to be built in the heart of Basildon.
Work commenced 12th October 2009.
Work on the new Sporting Village project has now started, and In April 2011 the best public sports facility in Essex will open its doors at Gloucester Park North. The Basildon Sporting Village will include a 50 metre swimming pool, regional gymnastics centre, fitness suite and much more. A new grandstand for the athletics track is also being built, along with new 5 a-side football pitches and a car park. Visit the new Basildon Sporting Village website to find out more.
The facility that will also include a regional gymnastics centre has already been named in LOCOG's official Pre Games Training camp guide for London 2012.
Site and visitor parking arangements for Gloucester Park North - October 2009 to April 2011.
Inevitably once building work commences there will be some disruption between October 2009 and April 2011, as the Sporting Village site is blocked off for health and safety reasons. So we ask users of Gloucester Park to please bear with us as we deliver this fantastic project for the people of Basildon.
The current car park will close until April 2011, with a temporary car park with 64 spaces being provided next to the new netball courts. Ample parking will be available at Gloucester Park South.
Access to the athletics tracks, temporary changing, synthetic turf pitch and netball courts will also be via this temporary car park.
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Site and visitor parking arangements for Gloucester Park North - October 2009 to April 2011 [228kb]
For further information please call 01268 294239
Funding
Funding grants for the project has come from:
YouTube 3D Video CGI fly through of the Basildon Sporting Village.
The following is the transcript for the YouTube 3D Video CGI fly through of the planned Basildon Sporting Village.
YouTube 3D Video CGI fly through starts.
Image pans 360 degrees around a birds eye view of the new facility. The centre zooms into view,
Displays captions,
"Basildon Sporting Village – the best public sports venue in Essex...".
"A centre for sporting achievement surrounded by football, netball, athletics and rugby...".
Lowers down to ground level and moves towards the entrance to the new facility,
Displays caption, "A first class facility accessible to everyone...".
The doors open
Displays caption, "Home to the South Essex Gymnastics Club...".
Pans around the ground floor reception
Displays caption, "A hub for the community with crèche and café learner pool for children and novice swimmers...".
Moves upstairs and spins into the new fitness centre
Displays caption, "A fitness gym with 100 workout stations".
And into new studio space
Displays caption, "Multi-purpose studio for community groups and classes".
Zooms from overhead into the new sports hall
Displays caption, "A multi purpose sports hall large enough for 8 badminton courts".
Moves out of the sports hall and zooms into new 50 metre swimming pool
Displays caption, "A 50 metre competition standard swimming pool with seating for 450 spectators and moveable wall and floor to allow set up as two 25m pools".
Film zooms out to three images of the external building
Displays caption, "Basildon Sporting Village – the best public sports facility in Essex – RIGHT HERE IN BASILDON!"
End of YouTube Video of the planned Basildon Sporting Village.
The Sporting Village will provide facilities for a wide range of sports, including:
There will be a 50 metre competition size swimming pool with seating for 450 spectators.
It will also boast a large sports hall, a regional gymnastics centre, fitness centre, multi purpose studio and climbing wall.
Other facilities include
12 national standard netball courts have already been completed, and Basildon rugby club also has planning permission to set up their new home at Gloucester Park.