Former River Park Leisure Centre, Gordon Road, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23
Key Features
- Freeholder Winchester City Council
- Affluent Cathedral City location
- Home of the world famous Hat Fair
- 8 million annual tourist visits to the City
- Planning potential for a range of uses
Description
The property and site consist of a former Leisure Centre originally built in the 1970`s and partially rebuilt in the 1980`s. The centre was closed following the City Council developing the state of the art Winchester Sports & Leisure Park in 2021. The centre consists of a large sports hall with 9 metre plus ceiling heights, a swimming pool complex with a 25m pool and a children's leisure pool, squash courts, gymnasium, fitness studio, soft play area, changing rooms, cafeteria along with ancillary offices and plant rooms.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-01-29
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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- Water
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- Heating
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
- Private Parking
- Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
1.8 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre · available to 52% of premises
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- St Bede Church of England Primary School93 metresOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 414
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Winnall Primary School877 metresOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 170
- Type
- Community school
- All Saints Church of England Primary School0.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 186
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- Church of England
- The Westgate School0.8 milesOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,649
- Type
- Community school
- Western Church of England Primary School0.9 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 387
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- Church of England
Secondary
- The Westgate School0.8 milesOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,649
- Type
- Community school
- Henry Beaufort School1.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 979
- Type
- Community school
- Kings' School1.6 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,737
- Type
- Community school
- Thornden School5.4 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,440
- Type
- Academy converter
- Crestwood Community School6.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,478
- Type
- Community school
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Walking trail
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Surface water
The detail behind these bandings
The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.
- Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
- Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
- Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
- Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
- Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
- Ground risks (included in the full report)
- Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)
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Lambert Smith Hampton, Southampton
2nd Floor The Quay, 30 Channel Way, Ocean Village, Southampton, SO14 3TG
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