NH Hotels, the hotel chain leader in Europe, with more than 300 hotels in 20 countries in Europe, Latin America and Africa. Enter into our web site and find the best available tariff at all times
...is the only ride of its kind in Europe. There are long queues for these, however (especially the Zambeezee where you have to queue once for the tyre and once for the ride) but its well worth it. Richard Dunn - definately one to add to your days out list! ... more
Named after the famous boxer, Lennox Lewis Sport Centre (I'm only joking) is situated at Odsal Top alongside Odsal Stadium and the Motorway Junction. It is an all-round sport centre incorporating swimming (with two excellent slides), various sports halls for badminton, 5-a-side etc. and also a weights room. Entry for swimming incorporating the slides is about £3-£5. I've never been to the weights rooms, etc. so I'll just comment on the swimming section. As you enter the centre via the Rooley Lane Car Park you have to walk up a long "ramp" passageway to the desk to pay, which overlooks the pool. As you approach the desk, you pay through a "turnstyle" system. On your left is the café and vending machines and on your right is the customer services desk and some stairs. Straight ahead is a bar!!!! God down these stairs a few flights and you'll come to a Pepsi machine. On your left is the male changing rooms and on your right is the female. In this aspect, with all the stairs and long uphill corridors it is not a very user friendly centre and certainly not suitable for the disabled, although these may enter via the ramp leading down from the café. The changing rooms are comfortable by swimming room standards and have both cubicles and communal changing areas, plus team changing areas for football/badminton/cricket teams (outside there are three football pitches, a couple of tennis courts and a cricket pitch). You then have to go to the desk by the pool and get your band which is directly associated with what time you have to leave the pool, e.g. a red band leaves at 2.00pm, a blue band leaves at 2.30pm, a green band leaves at 3.00pm. The amount of time you spend in the pool depends on the season, for example in the summer holidays you may get less time than on a week end. There is a normal pool to swim (or doss) in and also a childrens enclosure. The swimming area is painted like a beach and there is a ramp leading up to the café if you get hungry. The lifeguards are properly trained and helpful/polite.
The best aspect of the pool, however, are the slides! There are two to pick from, the Zambeezee tyre ride and the Cobra Interactive Slide. The Zambeezee represents a gentle trip down a river and if you go with mates its great fun to link all your tyres at the stop-off points and make a chain (though it's not allowed). The Cobra is a much more fast-and-furious affair for the more daring among us and is proper fast and in the dark, then all of a sudden you go into this bowl with a hole at the bottom. Whilst in the bowl, you have to press as many of the flashing discs as possible, before falling out head-first into the splash pool below. You can then read your score off the flashing display. It is the only ride of its kind in Europe. There are long queues for these, however (especially the Zambeezee where you have to queue once for the tyre and once for the ride) but its well worth it. Richard Dunn - definately one to add to your days out list!
Advantages: The swimming Disadvantages: Too many visitors
Richard Dunns Leisure Centre named after the famous boxer from Bradford, Richard Dunn. The sports centre has a large swimming pool with slides and other water features. There are also a number of sports halls with wooden floors for badminton and indoor football. A number of other rooms are used for playing table tennis and doing weight training and aerobics. The weight training rooms have a large amount of equipment for cardivascular work, fitness, ... ...pitches so that Bradford and Richard Dunns Leisure Centre can become the north east England hockey coaching academy but the council are been very stubborn and wont let this happen.
The centre is great for a couple of hours with your mates doing sports. I don’t know any exact prices but for swimming it is between £2.50 and £3.50 but I will fill you in on this later. ...
Kuli2 09.07.2001 (18.07.2001)
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Richard Dunns Leisure Centre (Bradford)
Advantages: Fun slides Disadvantages: Dirty & smelly
...used the swimming pool at Richard Dunn Leisure Centre. I travelled about 20 miles from my home to go use the swimming pool and was really looking forward to it because of the slides. You do have to pay about £2 extra to use the slides, but I didn't mind as they slides were good fun, and even though I went at a busy time, the queues for them were not too long. The changing room and the swimming pool, however were a different story. The changing room ... ...a vast amount of discarded wristbands floating in the swimming pool, along with a number of other items. In addition to this, the bottom of the pool felt grainy, like there was dirt settled on it.
I would not go there again, and I really would not recommend it to anyone, purely on the grounds of the hygiene. Which is a shame, because the slides really were a lot of fun...... ...
iwantnevergets 05.08.2006
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Richard Dunns Leisure Centre (Bradford)
Advantages: slides quite fun Disadvantages: Expensive for a place with such poor cleanliness
I went swimming with friends on a saturday afternoon- WHEN we went was used as an excuse for our complaints. BUT i still pay the same amount of money as those who go first thing on a week day- in fact i paid more
Pros: 1) the slide was quite fun
Cons: 1) we were told we had only 50 minutes in the pool AFTER we had paid
2) the changing room smelt of urine from the moment i walked in there to the moment i left
3)the changing rooms, pool and toilets ...
SweetPea21 24.07.2004
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Richard Dunns Leisure Centre (Bradford)
Similar products and search queries by other users »
Richard Bradford, Richard Dunns Bradford, Richard Leisure Bradford, Richard Centre Bradford, Richard Dunns Leisure Bradford, Richard Dunns Centre Bradford, Richard Leisure Centre Bradford, Richard Dunns Leisure Centre Bradford
Are you the manufacturer / provider of Richard Dunns Leisure Centre (Bradford)? Click here
