Sports and Recreation
Introduction
Aberdeen City Council caters a wide variety of sports and recreational facilities to anyone who are interested in these activities. Please select a link from the categorised list on the right. You can also search for a venue using Search Sports & Recreation section located at the bottom of the list.
Latest News
Beach Leisure Centre maintenance closure
The Beach Leisure Centre will close for essential maintenance on the following dates:
The gym and health suite areas of the building are closed from 1st - 7th December 2008 inclusive
The swimming pool is closed from 1st -19th December 2008 inclusive
The sports hall remains open throughout the closure
This is to allow for the swimming pool filters which serve the main pool and flumes to be renovated. The health suite showers and poolside showers will also be refurbished and a high level of paintwork will take place throughout the facility during this closure. TV’s are also to be installed in the gym.
We apologise for any inconvenience or disruption this may cause our customers.
(News published on: 28/11/2008)
University commits £5 million to 50-metre pool
Plans for a 50-metre pool in Aberdeen have received a further boost after the University of Aberdeen committed £5 million to the project.
The University Court has agreed to help fund an Olympic-sized 50-metre swimming pool as part of the third phase of Aberdeen Sports Village.
The £28 million first phase of the Sports Village is currently under construction in partnership with Aberdeen City Council and sportscotland on the site of the former Chris Anderson Stadium site in Linksfield.
Now the University has committed £5 million towards the cost of phase three of the overall project after receiving a request for funding from Aberdeen City Council, which has set aside £10 million
and the recent announcement of £5 million of funding from the Scottish Government.
Professor Stephen Logan, Senior Vice Principal of the University of the Aberdeen, said the University was fully committed to helping bring a 50-metre pool to the North-east.
He added: “Aberdeen Sports Village will be a magnificent new sporting facility for the city when it opens in summer 2009 and we are delighted to be able to commit this additional funding towards the third phase of the project – an Olympic-sized pool for those in the North-east and beyond.”
Aberdeen Sports Village will include one of the largest indoor third-generation synthetic pitches in the UK; indoor and outdoor athletics training facilities; a large multi-sport games hall; a fitness suite, studios and performance gym; a sports performance laboratory; a floodlit hockey pitch; and four squash courts.
Plans for phase two of development, due to begin in summer 2009, will see additional grass and artificial surfaces added to the site. The 50-metre Olympic-sized pool and additional facilities would complete phase three of the project.
Professor Logan said: “A 50-metre pool will put Aberdeen and the North-east on the sporting map and give the next generation of swimming stars the opportunity to fulfil their talent, as well as providing a first-class facility for the whole community.”
(News published on: 01/07/2008)
Contact Information
Neighbourhood Services Balgownie 1
AECC
Conference Way
Bridge of Don
Aberdeen
AB23 8AQ
Telephone: 01224 814522
Email: sport@aberdeencity.gov.uk
