Leeds International Pool
Although in the first six months of opening, the facilities were used by over 220,000 people (then, nearly half the population of Leeds),[2] the building spent many of its early days closed for repairs and alterations.The building would have been difficult to convert for other uses, and the likelihood of a private company wanting to run the outdated swimming pool was unlikely, especially as Leeds by then had facilities at the John Charles Centre for Sport.The replacement facilities at the John Charles Centre for Sport offer a larger diving pool with a movable floor for adjusting the depth, an olympic sized pool with three booms for easy division and larger spectator areas.The John Charles Centre for Sport, is bordered by Beeston, Hunslet and Middleton and is accessible from the M1, M62 and M621.Following demolition the site has not been redeveloped and since 2010 has been operated as two surface car parks by Leeds City Council.
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