Report - King Alfred Leisure Centre (Bowling Alley and Megazone) - April 2024

[Kye_Explorers_Return]

I heard there was another board got ripped off in the main car park which is now been sealed I gone to check it is open it was open and I explore whole place and I like the original 90s Coca Cola

 

[Kye_Explorers_Return]

I went to king Alfred on Monday 29th April recently there was another board got rid off in main car park which is not been sealed

 

[Bikin Glynn]

I went to king Alfred on Monday 29th April recently there was another board got rid off in main car park which is not been sealed

prob best not to advertise the fact on here, if owners are looking it will soon be sealed again

 

[Kye_Explorers_Return]

I went Back to king Alfred on 4th may but recently a board was ripped off in main Car park which is now been sealed

 

[Ryhs]

feeling a sense of nostalgia from this place

 

[Kye_Explorers_Return]

King Alfred Bowling Alley is Back open again

 

[Old Git]

King Alfred Bowling Alley is Back open again

Not now its not. All metalled up now again .Lord Old gits search for a bowling alley and a cinema continues !!

 

[mookster]

King Alfred Bowling Alley is Back open again

If you keep posting on here that it's open and showing where it is open, is it any wonder that it gets sealed again? Please think before you post.

 

[Kye_Explorers_Return]

I saw this place on instagram but I don’t think they have been any report yet.

History


I'll keep the history brief as there is not much interesting about the history outside of its use by the royal navy and there isn't much I could find online

The King Alfred leisure centre was built just before war was declared in 1939. It was commandeered by the royal navy as "HMS King Alfred" for the training of RNVR officers.
Following the war it kept the name and opened to the public as the King Alfred leisure centre.
It saw many since closed developments including a 10 pin bowling alley which opened in 1960 and changed hands multiple times before it finally closed in 1989, a Megazone ( laser tag, closed in 2004 due to legal problems) and a bowles club which closed in 2014.

Currently it features a 25m 6 lane swimming pool, a larger pool with a slide and a smaller one for children as well as multiple gyms and a ballroom which is rented out for events.

Recently, the King Alfred centre has been experiencing multiple technical difficulties. It was shut for multiple weeks in the start of 2023 when its boilers broke down and it had problems with its water supply that saw it close for a couple days last month.

The council is planning to demolish it to build a new leisure centre with multiple locations proposed including on top of the old one.
Recently a board was ripped off in the car park leading in which has since been sealed. I'll try to keep any who want to know updated as i only live about an hours walk away from this place.

The Explore:
I went to have a look at this with some local mates as soon as I heard it was open. Squeezed under a board and through some bars and I was in. Looked around the whole of the bowling alley and megazone