Woodstock Residents Association

The Queenspark Swimming Pool Precinct consists of a number of erven, most owned by Council and one by Queenspark High.  The Precinct includes:  the swimming pool building, the play park, the soccer field, the basketball court, the cricket nets and the park at the top.

Background:  City Council closed the Queenspark Swimming Pool 10 years ago without any public participation.  Ever since the building has been empty.

City Council earmarked the Pool precinct to be rezoned so that it can be sold to a private developer.  

UWRA would like to protect the Pool precinct which is one of the few remaining Public Open Spaces in Woodstock and believes that the Pool precinct should be retained for the benefit of the community. 

Thanks to the support of our Councillor, Cedric Thomas, a public meeting was held on 17 September 2007 between Council and the community.   The Queenspark Swimming Pool Task Team, made up of residents, was elected at the meeting.   The Task Team was asked by Council to make recommendations about the possible future of the swimming pool to Council by end February 2008.

The Task Team have done an excellent job.  Please visit the website which they set up, www.queensparkpool.org.  Click on the “Petition” button on the left hand … complete and return to the Team.   The website was set up to inform the community about latest developments and to elicit comments & participation from Woodstock residents.