{"id":92959,"date":"2025-02-14T13:05:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T13:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=92959"},"modified":"2025-02-20T10:45:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T10:45:47","slug":"__trashed-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2025\/02\/14\/__trashed-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds sign petition as long-awaited work starts on reopening Pentwyn pool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Families who have waited five years are concerned there will not be enough on offer for older children<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>RESIDENTS&#8217; opinions are split over the long-awaited work to reopen Pentwyn Leisure Centre swimming pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frustrated swimmers have been without a local pool since it closed during lockdown in March 2020, but workmen are now in the building to begin the refurbishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Work on a new 25-metre pool and a children\u2019s wet play area has started but  some are worried that, with the removal of the big slide, there is nothing to keep older kids interested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/IMG_9468_11zon-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/IMG_9468_11zon-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/IMG_9468_11zon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/IMG_9468_11zon-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/IMG_9468_11zon-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/IMG_9468_11zon-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/IMG_9468_11zon-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/IMG_9468_11zon-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/IMG_9468_11zon-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/IMG_9468_11zon-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/IMG_9468_11zon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/IMG_9468_11zon-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/IMG_9468_11zon-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/IMG_9468_11zon-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/IMG_9468_11zon-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/IMG_9468_11zon-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>The pool at Pentwyn Leisure Centre has been closed since March 2020 <\/strong>Credit: The Cardiffian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>Rhian Vernall, a member of the Save Pentwyn Leisure Centre campaign group, said: \u201cI feel sad for all those older children who have been left without facilities for five years and now won\u2019t have anything age appropriate to enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI feel that the views of young people in this community have been ignored.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liberal Democrat councillors for the area launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiffld.org.uk\/our-campaigns\/keep-the-slide?fbclid=IwY2xjawIcIcNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHQQLJ849Mrbxr-MQGxIX0IUPybo7FAgZg0YqmaSJgVoLgJAgcXbKZiAAaA_aem_0wxpOe2eoA6qOj-e8589iw\">petition<\/a> on February 7 to keep the Pentwyn Leisure Centre slide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As of February 14, they said the petition had reached 364 signatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe council said they would fix the slide at first. Now because of costs, it looks like they\u2019re getting rid of the slide and will have a splash park, which wouldn\u2019t appeal to older children,&#8221; said Councillor Joseph Carter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s already hard to engage young people, and removing the slide would not help.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The council was approached for a comment but had not responded by the time of publication.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"245\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Old-Pentwyn-Pool-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83294\" style=\"width:502px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Old-Pentwyn-Pool-2.jpg 474w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Old-Pentwyn-Pool-2-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Old-Pentwyn-Pool-2-293x151.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"245\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Old-Pentwyn-Pool-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83294\" style=\"width:502px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Old-Pentwyn-Pool-2.jpg 474w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Old-Pentwyn-Pool-2-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Old-Pentwyn-Pool-2-293x151.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>The pool previously included a long slide more suitable for older children<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not yet clear what will be in the Pentwyn wet play area, but facilities in other Cardiff pools include water jets and sprinklers, blasters, water tunnels, small slides and tipping buckets, designed to encourage interactive and social play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other residents are excited that the pool should reopen by the end of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dylan Morgan, a father of two, said: \u201cI\u2019m just glad we\u2019ll have somewhere close to take the kids. It\u2019s been a long time since we had a pool here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy oldest was only two and the youngest wasn\u2019t born when the pool was last open, and they&#8217;re both at school now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Work will also be done to improve energy efficiency, and the changing areas. 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