Why did the pool at Leventhorpe close? It’s not as good at Grange Paddocks, says 9-year-old Grace Kanabahita
Nine-year-old Grace Kanabahita, who lives in Sawbridgeworth, laments the closure of the town’s swimming pool in an article to the Indie...
I wish that Leventhorpe pool hadn’t closed because it has affected the schools and many people in Sawbridgeworth.
At my school, we were supposed to have swimming lessons this month (January), but because of the swimming pool being shut they have been cancelled. They found another pool but it was too expensive when you include the transport.
I live in a road right next to Leventhorpe and I am sad to see it closed. It is already starting to look abandoned.
I liked the pool because of all my friends there and I feel so glum now that I barely see them. Even though we bump into each other now and again, I feel like I have lost touch with all of the Leventhorpe community. Most of us now go to Grange Paddocks in Bishop’s Stortford, but it is so big that you are lucky if you catch just a glimpse of them.
Even though Grange Paddocks is a nice pool, Leventhorpe was better for me.
For one thing, at Grange Paddocks there aren’t enough showers, even though it is such a big place.
I have afro hair and it takes me a long time to wash it and I have a lot of products. Once, by the time I had arranged my products, the shower that I was going to use got taken. Now I shower and do my hair when I get home, but it takes us a long time to get back because of all the traffic.
There should be many more showers. There also should be one showering/changing place for females and one for males, as they have at Leventhorpe.
Another bad thing is the parking. My lesson is at 10am and finding a space can take forever. When my dad takes me he goes way earlier so he can get a parking space, which thankfully is free for two-and-a-half hours.
When my mum took me she gave up on finding a space and went to Waitrose. So I hope that they get more parking spaces.
I also hope they open Leventhorpe pool again, and I am sad that this isn’t going to be possible.