More than 600 sports facilities have been selected to appear in the London 2012 Organising Committee’s Pre-Games Training Camp Guide. To be distributed at the Beijing Games, the Guide contains elite sports facilities from across the UK which will give teams and individual athletes a selection of world class venues from which they can train in the run up to the London Olympic and Paralympic Games.  

A high proportion of selected facilities in England have received substantial investment from Sport England, including an Olympic size pool, part of the Liverpool Aquatics Centre to open next month. Sport England contributed £4 million to the scheme to replace the worn out 80-year-old Picton pool on the site.

The Liverpool Aquatics Centre is one of more than 600 sport
facilities selected to appear in the Pre-Games Training Camp
Guide. Opening in April 2008, Sport England has invested £4
million into the new 50 metre competition pool and 20 metre
community pool.  

Jennie Price, Chief Executive of Sport England said: “It is a tribute to Sport England that the Guide highlights so many sports facilities available to the community which have received investment through Lottery and Community Club Development Programme funding. We are delighted to have created a backbone of world standard sports venues throughout the country.”

For a full breakdown of selected regional facilities visit: www.london2012.com/facilitiesbyregion.