Join Our Campaign to Save Oasis SWINDON
We are a local action group from Swindon and the local area who are committed to saving the iconic Oasis Leisure Centre from closure and over development. Our mission is to ensure the Oasis comes back not as a shadow of its former self. The Oasis is a well loved institution to our town.
The Oasis had an original a target date to reopen in 2026, the 50th anniversary year of the Oasis, but this is looking tight. Seven Capital are submitting a planning application in Winter 2024. See below for more.
NOVEMBER 2024 UPDATE: Seven Capital have launched their consultation website, www.swindonoasis.co.uk – A total of 710, 6-10 storey apartments, two giant warehouses, no Sports Hall, limited parking, and a radical change of pool layout are planned. Submit your feedback on that website by Weds 27th November 2024 12pm. Seven Capital project Team also holding a public event on Tuesday 26th November 2024 at North Star College, 1pm-7pm, make sure you all come! The planning application itself is coming Winter 2024.
Latest News…
Seven Capital launch Public Consultation Website
Seven Capital have gone live with their Public Consultation. However, this is only a week long. Their new website is www.swindonoasis.co.uk They published the images of the aerial shot of the Oasis plan, showing 710 apartments, two giant warehouses, no Sports Hall....
Target date set for reopening of the Oasis
1st January, 2026 - 50th Anniversary of the original grand opening of the Oasis. On the 18th March 2023, the Swindon Advertiser front page contained the headline "Save the Date! - 1st January 2026 - Swindon's reopening target date revealed." It is interesting that...
Meeting with SevenCapital
Meeting with SevenCapital. On Weds 1st March 2023, three members of Save Oasis Swindon, (SOS) conducted a meeting at Polaris House, North Star with:
The CEO of Seven Capital (Damien Siviter)
the Leader of Swindon Borough Council Cllr David Renard
Swindon Labour Leader Jim Robbins
South Swindon Labour parliamentary candidate Heidi Alexander
Cllr Jim Grant
Cllr Gary Sumner,
Robert Guy, Leisure Architect who has designed Leisure Centres like Coral Reef, and
Ben Bell of Keep Swindon Tidy.
Oasis Meeting with Seven Capital
In March 23, we have a meeting scheduled with Seven Capital. They are visiting Swindon to meet us, at a location near to the Oasis in North Star. At the meeting will be members of SOS, Labour and Conservative Councillors, Keep Swindon Tidy, as well as Leisure...
Historic England awards much loved Oasis Grade II listed status
Joy for 'Save Oasis Swindon' campaigners as their SOS is heard meaning the iconic dome will 'Live Forever'.Swindon Oasis is Listed Thanks to intervention by Historic England, the Oasis Leisure Centre in Swindon now has Grade II Listed status. The Department for...
Upcoming Events
An exhibition event has been arranged by Seven Capital for Tuesday 26th November 2024 at the Swindon and Wiltshire Institute of Technology, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1DY, between 1pm and 7pm. This event will be open to the public. The consultation period also closes for online submissions on their website www.swindonoasis.co.uk on Wednesday 27th November 2024 at midday, so get them in asap.
2026 – Reopening target date for the Oasis Leisure Centre
Our Campaign
The Oasis Leisure Centre closed in November 2020, after GLL surrendered their lease of the building. Since its closure the building has sat in an idle limbo and its future left in doubt.
At the back end of 2020/early 2021 a small group of concerned citizens came together to form a Save the Oasis campaign. If you’re on social media you’ll find our Facebook page here. And Twitter here
In Dec 21, the Oasis Dome and Pool were both grade II listed, after a Campaign by SOS and the Twentieth Century Society. SOS is led by the passion of local Swindon man Neil, a former regular user of the Oasis right up until its closure. He is well connected with former staff of the centre, and loves the place.
Seven Capital are pressing on with plans to submit a planning application in Winter 2024. They published CGI images of their plans in November 2024. There are concerns of over development, a total of 710 6-10 storey apartments will saturate the close proximity of the grade II listed dome. There are concerns about lack of parking, traffic and reduced facilities on offer at the reopened Oasis. Seven Capital want to demolish the Sports Hall and not replace it. The Oasis Hall is Wiltshire’s biggest indoor Sports Hall for a wide variety of Sports.
Swindon residents are also concerned that the wave machine will be tamer, and nothing like it was before. They have expressed concerns about lack of Sports Hall an the proposed pool layout change. The Oasis Lagoon Pool is grade II listed, along with the dome, so hopefully that will protect the layout and swimming pool features from severe alterations.
An exhibition event has been arranged by Seven Capital for Tuesday 26th November 2024 at the Swindon and Wiltshire Institute of Technology, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1DY, between 1pm and 7pm. This event will be open to the public. The consultation period also closes for online submissions on their website www.swindonoasis.co.uk on Wednesday 27th November 2024 at midday, so get them in asap.
Did you dare to ride the ‘Dome Busters’?
The Oasis Leisure Centre grade II listed iconic Dome and Pool. The Lagoon Pool features a Wave Machine, Domebuster slides, Dolphin pool tiles, Crab tiles, Oasis Logo Mural, 70’s original globe lamps, planters and seats, as well as a space age lifeguard observation pod, learner pool and Pirate Ship. Our Campaign would love to see the Oasis restored back to it’s full former glory, better than it’s ever been before. It would be great to see an ‘Oasis’ of plants back around the pool, along with the restoration of Ken White’s murals. Swindon loves the Oasis!
The Oasis as a much-loved music & event venue
The Oasis is not only a leisure centre – it’s a music and events venue too. Over the years it’s hosted gigs from some of the most famous bands in the world. It would be an absolute tragedy to loose such a legendary facility. Even the iconic rock band, Oasis fronted by Liam & Noel Gallagher got it’s name from the centre after Noel visited in the early 90s with the band Inspiral Carpets.
The list of bands that have played the Oasis is extensive and includes: Ocean Colour Scene, Ash, Fun Lovin’ Criminals, Scissor Sisters, Hawkwind, Kings of Leon, Paulo Nutini, Simon Webbe, The Stranglers, The Zutons, Razorlight, McFly, Lil Chris’, Pet Shop Boys, The Fratellis, Hard-Fi, Bowling for Soup, The Bloodhound Gang, The Kooks, The Feeling, Scouting for Girls, The Pigeon Detectives, The Ting Tings, Paul Weller, Lemar, JLS, The Enemy, Kasabian, The Saturdays, Plan B, Peter Andre, N-Dubz, Pendulum, Motorhead, John Barrowman, Diversity, Stereophonics, UB40, McFly, Beady Eye, Fatboy Slim, Example, Alfie Boe, Matt Cardle, Cher Lloyd, Biffy Clyro, Ed Sheeran, Rizzle Kicks, Jake Bugg, Imagine Dragons, Paul Weller, Simple Minds, James Bay, Alice Cooper, The 1975, Years & Years, Kasabian, Tom Odell, The Script, Placebo, The Vamps, Anne Marie, Madness, Status Quo, Alexandra Burke, Basement Jaxx, Lilly Allen, Dizzee Rascal, Massive Attack.
Also many comedians such as Jimmy Carr, John Bishop and Jason Manford.
Motorhead – Nov 2009
Stereophonics – July 2017
Ed Sheeran – Jan 2012
The Stranglers – 1982
Cascada – Oct 2008
Fratellis – Dec 2008
How Can You Help?
Write to Your MP & Councillor
Writing to your local MP or councillor will help keep the Oasis at the forefront of their agenda.
We can help you with this if you need it. There’s a directory of Councillors on the Swindon Borough Council website.
Share our Posts on Social Media
All of the important information surrounding the campaign is released on our website and through social media. We are on Facebook as well as Twitter @SaveOasis
Just like and share our page to your friends if you wish to support us.
Take part in our events and protests
In June 21, we had a very successful campaign outside the Oasis site which was covered by all media outlets.
Keep an eye on our blog to find out more info about the next one.
Local Supporters
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