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If you've passed the mammoth leisure centre project in West Belfast then you'll know it's starting to look specatular.

The 'unique selling point' behind the £25million Andersonstown Leisure Centre is family fun and in recent weeks the installation of huge slides has begun.

The council said it will include:

large family fun focused area of leisure water

25m six lane pool with 50 spectator seats

learner pool

confidence water for small children and toddlers

140 station fitness suite

exercise studios

spin studio

café

multipurpose room

range of outdoor provision such as five-a-side pitches

And while it is expected to be finished within the next few months, an exact opening date has not been yet revealed.

A Belfast City Council spokesperson said: "Work at Andersonstown Leisure Centre is progressing well and construction is due to complete in late 2019.

"The opening date in early 2020 has not yet been confirmed."

In an earlier interview with Belfast Live, project sponsor Alistair Charles expressed his excitement.

Mr Charles added: "In terms of the leisure programme, the council was keen that no centres were the same. So all the new centres have unique selling points.

"The Olympia which is already open has a high class spa. The Robinson Centre, which is now going to be Lisnasharragh, is going to focus on aquatics, and Andersonstown is focusing on family fun and leisure.

"So while it will have what you’d expect of a normal leisure centre – a gym, good changing facilities, a normal swimming pool - it will also have a big element of family fun.

"It’s going to have three big water slides, the master blaster, there’ll be a flatline loop - that’s unique in that you stand up at the start and the floor disappears from under you, you drop vertically.

"There’s also the surf machine - you get on it on a surfboard and it makes waves and you can learn to surf and there’ll also be an extensive area for younger toddlers and young children as well."

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