- By Chloe Harcombe
- BBC News
The centre had to close last week after flood water cut off its power supply
A leisure centre has been closed indefinitely, following extensive damage from flash flooding.
It was announced that The Link Centre in Swindon would close for two weeks after it was severely flooded last week.
Although water was pumped out of the building, the electricity supply is still cut off.
A spokesperson from the centre said the damage is “significantly worse than originally anticipated.”
On September 17, parts of Wiltshire and Somerset saw torrential rainfall and a number of weather warnings, including flood alerts.
Water also damaged the Link Centre’s exterior
The building, owned by Swindon Borough Council and operated by Greenwich Leisure under the brand “Better”, is known for its national-sized ice rink, which houses the National Ice Hockey League team, the Swindon Wildcats.
Specialist contractors and loss adjustors were brought in to assess the damage to the leisure centre.
It found that many key operational areas had…
