Swindon Borough Council have allocated £6.5m to renovate the Grade II listed Health Hydro and enhance its role as a town centre leisure and heritage attraction.
Restoration of the main pool and former Washing Baths Hall, as well as providing purpose built changing facilities and extra gym space, are among the improvements mostly paid for through a successful business case that secured Government funding.
To enable the council to carry out further works they have confirmed that they will be submitting a new bid to the Government for funding to deliver a further £10.6m.
If successful the money will be used to:
- Restore the original Turkish baths and spa
- Create a new community health and wellbeing hub, bringing together health and leisure partners
- Make environmental upgrades and improvements to reduce the energy consumption of businesses and organisations operating from the Health Hydro.
The outcome of this bid will be due in the autumn.
