Splashpoint Leisure Centre

Splashpoint Leisure Centre is a leisure centre located in the centre of Worthing, West Sussex, England. It contains a 25-metre long pool and gymnasium. Designed by WilkinsonEyre it won an award at the World Architecture Festival in 2013.^[4] WilkinsonEyre won an architectural design competition held by the Royal Institute of British Architects, which attracted 109 expressions of interest.^[1]

Splashpoint Leisure Centre
General information
Type	Leisure centre
Location	Worthing, BN11 United Kingdom
Address	Brighton Road
Country	England, United Kingdom
Coordinates	50.8119°N 0.3617°W / 50.8119; -0.3617
Current tenants	South Downs Leisure
Construction started	2011
Completed	2013
Opened	20 June 2013
Cost	£17.9 million[1] adjusted for inflation: £25.9 million [2]
Client	Worthing Borough Council
Owner	Worthing Borough Council
Height	15 metres (49 ft)[3]
Design and construction
Architecture firm	WilkinsonEyre
Structural engineer	AECOM
Quantity surveyor	Davis Langdon
Main contractor	Morgan Sindall
Awards and prizes	World Architecture Festival 2013, Sport category[4]

It was opened by Paralympian swimmer Ellie Simmonds on 20 June 2013.^[5]

Location

Splashpoint Leisure Centre lies between Brighton Road to the north and the town's beach and promenade to the south. To the west lies Beach House and its grounds, while to the east lies Bayside, a residential high-rise building.

Architecture

According to Chris Wilkinson, principal architect at WilkinsonEyre, the "building seeks to draw on forms already present in the town, taking on the undulating linearity of the ranks of surrounding terraced houses and the breakwater groynes on the beach."^[1][6]

See also

• Bayside, Worthing
• Beach House, Worthing