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News<br />
Where else<br />
to work out<br />
in <strong>Islington</strong>?<br />
Image courtesy of Aquaterra Leisure<br />
<strong>Islington</strong> is lucky to have a great range<br />
of leisure centres across the borough.<br />
Aquaterra Leisure manages six<br />
centres for <strong>Islington</strong> <strong>Council</strong> which<br />
have all been awarded the prestigious<br />
Customer Service Excellence standard<br />
and Aquaterra holds the Investors in<br />
People award at Gold Status level.<br />
Centres in <strong>Islington</strong> include:<br />
Archway Leisure Centre,<br />
Macdonald Road, N19 5DD<br />
Cally Pool,<br />
Caledonian Road, N1 0NH<br />
Finsbury Leisure Centre,<br />
Norman Street, EC1V 3PU<br />
Highbury Pool,<br />
Highbury Crescent, N5 1RR<br />
<strong>Islington</strong> Tennis Centre,<br />
Market Road, N7 9PL<br />
Sobell Leisure Centre,<br />
Hornsey Road, N7 7NY<br />
For more information on<br />
leisure centres and sports<br />
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facilities in <strong>Islington</strong> visit<br />
www.islington.gov.uk/<br />
leisurecentres<br />
To find out more about your<br />
local Aquaterra centre, visit<br />
www.aquaterra.org<br />
The main arena at the Sobell<br />
Leisure Centre<br />
Sporting hero opens<br />
much-loved baths<br />
Ellie Simmonds and local school kids at the opening swimming gala<br />
Sporting hero Ellie Simmonds was<br />
guest of honour at a swimming<br />
gala to celebrate the £16.5 million<br />
transformation of <strong>Islington</strong>'s<br />
much-loved Ironmonger Row Baths<br />
last month.<br />
Ellie, who won two Gold medals at<br />
the London 2012 Paralympic Games<br />
and two at the 2008 Paralympics in<br />
Beijing, joined the Mayor of <strong>Islington</strong><br />
to officially open the Baths, near Old<br />
Street, EC1. She also met young<br />
people taking part in a celebratory<br />
swimming gala to mark the end of the<br />
refurbishment.<br />
Ellie Simmonds said:<br />
“It is a great facility for the whole<br />
<strong>Islington</strong> community, with not just the<br />
pool but the Turkish Baths downstairs,<br />
and the gym. It is modern but also keeps<br />
the old traditions.<br />
“There were some great swimmers<br />
out there - hopefully if they use this<br />
great facility all the time there will be<br />
some future Olympic swimmers.”<br />
Cllr Janet Burgess, <strong>Islington</strong> <strong>Council</strong>'s<br />
executive member for health and<br />
wellbeing, said:<br />
“We’re on the side of residents and<br />
want to help everyone enjoy healthy,<br />
active lives.<br />
“The new-look Ironmonger Row<br />
Baths is an exceptional place for<br />
residents to swim, exercise and relax,<br />
and a lasting legacy of this Olympic year.<br />
“Ironmonger Row Baths is for all,<br />
whether young or old, fit or less active,<br />
and is fully accessible for disabled people.<br />
“It was wonderful to have Ellie<br />
Simmonds as guest of honour, and for<br />
young <strong>Islington</strong> swimmers to have the<br />
chance to meet a true sporting hero.”<br />
The Baths opened to the general<br />
public on 24 November with a special<br />
weekend of community events including<br />
free swimming and introductory offers<br />
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