Have your say on a new lido for Waltham Forest and improvements to Low Hall Sports Ground!

What's happened so far?

After a careful assessment of sites across the borough, Low Hall Sports Ground has emerged as the Council’s preferred location for new and improved leisure and wellbeing spaces and activities, including a lido.

At the end of last year, Waltham Forest Cabinet approved the preferred location and a vision for the new lido. It was agreed that the next step should be to start to explore early ideas for a new lido at this location and how Low Hall Sports Ground, and the surrounding area might be improved.

A design team have been appointed by the Council, led by Tate & Co, who are architects leading in sustainable design.

Now we would like your feedback to help inform initial ideas for a new lido, as well as new and improved leisure activities and spaces at Low Hall Sports Ground. This will feed into a business case to seek funding for the next stages of this exciting project!

We want to hear from you

We want to create opportunities for the whole community to get involved. This is the first of three stages of public engagement this year (subject to cabinet approval in late spring 2023 to proceed with stages two and three).

We’ve already started to invite local community organisations to have their say, and now we want to hear from you! Your feedback as part of this first stage of engagement will help inform early ideas and a business case to be agreed to seek funding for next stage of the project. There will be future opportunities to get involved should the project progress.

How to get involved

Fill in a survey by 11pm on 11 April 2023. Click 'Survey' on this page to share your feedback. You can request a hard copy by using the contact details below.

Come to a drop-in event to talk to members of the team and share your feedback and ideas. See the event section on this page for more details.

Sign up to the mailing list for this project for regular updates (external link)

Learn more on the Council's website (external link)

Contact us

You can contact us by emailing lido@walthamforest.gov.uk (external link)

View the engagement boards to learn more


What's happened so far?

After a careful assessment of sites across the borough, Low Hall Sports Ground has emerged as the Council’s preferred location for new and improved leisure and wellbeing spaces and activities, including a lido.

At the end of last year, Waltham Forest Cabinet approved the preferred location and a vision for the new lido. It was agreed that the next step should be to start to explore early ideas for a new lido at this location and how Low Hall Sports Ground, and the surrounding area might be improved.

A design team have been appointed by the Council, led by Tate & Co, who are architects leading in sustainable design.

Now we would like your feedback to help inform initial ideas for a new lido, as well as new and improved leisure activities and spaces at Low Hall Sports Ground. This will feed into a business case to seek funding for the next stages of this exciting project!

We want to hear from you

We want to create opportunities for the whole community to get involved. This is the first of three stages of public engagement this year (subject to cabinet approval in late spring 2023 to proceed with stages two and three).

We’ve already started to invite local community organisations to have their say, and now we want to hear from you! Your feedback as part of this first stage of engagement will help inform early ideas and a business case to be agreed to seek funding for next stage of the project. There will be future opportunities to get involved should the project progress.

How to get involved

Fill in a survey by 11pm on 11 April 2023. Click 'Survey' on this page to share your feedback. You can request a hard copy by using the contact details below.

Come to a drop-in event to talk to members of the team and share your feedback and ideas. See the event section on this page for more details.

Sign up to the mailing list for this project for regular updates (external link)

Learn more on the Council's website (external link)

Contact us

You can contact us by emailing lido@walthamforest.gov.uk (external link)

View the engagement boards to learn more