<span>Kentish</span><span>Town
Sports</span><span>Centre</span>

Kentish Town Sports Centre

Kentish Town Sports Centre

Kentish Town’s Grade ll listed Victorian baths has been redeveloped into a modern sports centre. Having served the local community since 1901, it now comprises the 33m restored Victorian pool, a new 25m pool, a learner pool, fitness gym and aerobics studio. Residential accommodation has been added to part fund the refurbishment.

The project is low energy – a remarkable achievement for a sports centre, particularly one where the majority of the accommodation is within a renovated Victorian building. Among the energy efficient systems thoughtfully integrated into the building is the use of borehole water to deliver low energy cooling and heating in the complex spaces around the centre. This project has been awarded BREEAM 'Very Good' Rating under the BREEAM Bespoke 2006 scheme.

Architect

Roberts Limbrick Architects

Value

£25.2M

Completion

2010

Client

London Borough of Camden

Rowan O'Duffy/London Borough of Camden Info
The mezzanine floor built over the Grafton Pool accommodates a new fitness gym. During the warmer months heat rejected from the gym’s cooling system, which would otherwise be wasted, is re-used to heat the swimming pools.
Julian Anderson Info
The new 25m, level deck Grafton Pool has high coffered ceilings with acoustic absorption panels to reduce remembrance and enable good speech intelligibility for teaching swimming.
Julian Anderson Info
The restored roof lights create a bright atmosphere, with ample natural light in the Willes Pool Hall during the day. Electric lights can be turned off to save energy.
Paul Weston/Max Fordham LLP Info
The refurbished Victorian borehole abstracts water from the chalk aquifer beneath London. The water is used sequentially to heat the swimming pools, free cool fitness areas, recover heat from chillers and provides consumable water to the pools and the centre’s facilities.

The historic Willes Pool Hall was refurbished with upgraded thermal insulation and heat recovery ventilation to help control the environment while using less heat energy.

Image: Julian Anderson

Architect

Roberts Limbrick Architects

Value

£25.2M

Completion

2010

Client

London Borough of Camden