Mountbatten Centre

The Mountbatten Centre has just had a multi million pound revamp, to bring it up to date as a prospective training centre for use in the London 2012 Olympics. It is currently hoped that a team will base themselves here in the period leading up to the games. The main new "attraction" is a 50m (Olympic sized) swimming pool, with a movable boom, which can divide the pool into too 25m and 23m pools, and moveable floors for varying depths. (Timetable and/or contacting the centre can confirm the pools status as it varies throughout the day.) There is also a brand new training pool, used for some lessons, children, and also has facilities to assist disabled ...  Read the complete review

Originally built in 1979 and updated regularly with newer and better facilities ever since, the Mountbatten Centre (MBC) is now the South Coast?s premier facility! Situated on the very edge of central Portsmouth in the tranquil Alexandra park, MBC is both ideally situated for students and Hampshirians alike as well as providing excellent facilities and a scenic backdrop of Tipner Lake (ok so it?s a little murky, but still better than looking out onto a car park or shopping centre ? imho - ooh and the M27 provides a quiet hum on a calm day). FACILITIES ? SPORT Indoor ? 2 large sports halls cater for badminton, trampolining, aerobics, circuit training and ...  Read the complete review