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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
Yes
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Bo’ness
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
Yes
OpeningTime1
On the hour from 10.00am until 4.00pm
ArchitectName
Alison, Hutchison & Partners
OpeningDate1
15/9/2018
OpeningDate2
16/9/2018
OpeningTime2
On the hour from 10.00am until 4.00pm
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
16498
Refreshments
Yes
Street
The street address
Bo'ness Recreation Centre
AddressLine2
1Gauze Rd
Postcode
EH51 9QB
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
Yes
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Bo'ness Recreation Centre
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
falkirk
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
2054
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,56.00829,-3.598803;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>The buildings were designed for the sloping site in Gauze Road by Alison, Hutchison & Partners in 1972 for Central Regional Council and opened in 1976. The exterior features an open scale and platt staircase and ramp access to the main entrance on the first floor. Described by one architect as a “metal box” it has large areas of windows, typical of this period. It houses meeting rooms, games rooms and a swimming pool, with tennis and football pitches outside. These facilities support indoor bowling, football, keep fit classes, badminton, the 50+ club, yoga, squash, and so on.<br /> <br />The main feature is the swimming pool measuring 25m x 12.5m with six lanes and a large viewing area for up to 60 spectators. This allows a wide range of water based activities to take place – not just swimming, but also synchronised swimming and sub-aqua diving.<br /> <br />The pool is set in a thick concrete trough terraced into the hill slope with most of it set above ground on a supporting frame. Some water leaches though the concrete, carrying with it calcium, to form small stalactites on the outer face. Even though the water comes from the mains it is filtered in large containers to remove small particles and chemically treated to kill bacteria and remove parasites like Cryptosporidium. Infamously chlorine is added, find out why and how. <br />Due to the restricted spaces involved there is no wheelchair access.<br /> <br />Courtesy of Falkirk Community Trust & the management of the Recreation Centre.</p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1972