A £600,000 REFURBISHMENT is taking place at the Triangle Leisure Pool in Burgess Hill.

The works are taking place between June 4 and July 20.

They are being jointly funded by Mid Sussex District Council and Places for People Leisure.

PfPL’s contract manager Tom Carter said “The improvements reflect what our customers have been telling us they want to see at the centre.

“The leisure pool has always been a popular activity and we are excited to be able to deliver these works to show our ongoing commitment in providing great local leisure facilities for Mid Sussex.”

The improvement works will include the full refurbishment of the flumes along with renovation works to the flume tower and steelwork.

The slides will be repainted and resealed and a new traffic light system will be installed to help improve safety further.

The works will also involve the removal of the falling rapids slide to create space for a new slide which will be introduced later in the year.

The beach area will be transformed, replacing the pirate ship with some exciting new interactive water play features for children of all ages.

During this period of work the leisure pool and lido will remain closed to the public.

However, the works are taking place at this time to ensure the improved leisure pool is open for use during the busy summer months.

Mr Carter said: “We would like to apologise for the inconvenience the closure will cause.

“There is obviously no ideal time to undertake such extensive improvement works but we believe district residents will be very pleased with the final results”.

“To keep disruption to a minimum, the fitness pool is expected to operate as normal during the works, as long as safe to do so.”