School's £200,000 swimming pool investment

BATTLE Abbey Prep School's 25-metre covered swimming pool at Penland Road has re-opened ready for the Summer Term after a £200,000 investment.

Headteacher Judy Clark said: "We're delighted with this successful re-furbishment. Our pool is a fantastic facility, not just for ourselves, but for a large number of organisations and people in the local community to enjoy."

The pool serves the school in nearby Hastings Road which caters for children aged four to 11.

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Russell Haggerty, clerk of works at Battle Abbey School, said the visible refurbishment work has included:

*New ceilings, marine ply replacing plasterboard

*Painting changing areas

*New toilet facilities and cubicles

*New lighting in changing areas and pool-side

*New electrical wiring

*New doors and furniture

*New Showers

*Ventilation repainted over pool

*Pool drained, repaired tiles cleaned and filled

*New gutter/boards installed and painted

*New outside lighting and addition car park lighting

*Render brick works and installed vents

*New ventilation

*New disabled toilet and shower

*Pool staff shower

Behind-the-scenes work has included:

*State-of-the-art control equipment

*New condensing boilers

*New air-handling unit for a constant temperature, and fully-automatic temperature adjustment

*New controls, electrical services, hot water controls, insulation, fire and intruder alarms

Everything was completed within the one-month window of the Easter-term holidays.