Posts Tagged ‘Lake’
New pontoon sections installed at the NDAC
Friday, October 2nd, 2020
In the last few weeks we have taken delivery at the National Diving & Activity Centre of some new pontoon sections from Southampton.
Infrastructure Works & Slipway Improvements
Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
We have been carrying out some infrastructure works at the National Diving & Activity Centre.
Twenty tonnes of concrete has been laid to extend the lake’s slipway and improve access to and from the water.
We request that visitors keep out of the coned areas until the concrete has dried fully.
We hope this improvement will help our divers access and egress the water a little more easily. Watch this space for further improvements.
Meet Bertie the Fish
Monday, June 17th, 2019
Meet Bertie, our latest attraction at the National Diving & Activity Centre.
Bertie is a Sturgeon fish and he’s been rescued from a small pond to live his life and explore our much larger pond!
Additional 250m of floating pontoons to be installed
Wednesday, January 9th, 2019
You may have noticed a change if you visited the NDAC last week.
We have added an extra 45m of floating pontoons and are looking to install an additional 205m floating pontoons over the next few weeks.
Open Water Swimming discontinued at National Diving & Activity Centre for foreseeable future
Thursday, June 8th, 2017
Following a review of the activities on site, we have decided that we won’t be reinstating open water swimming at the National Diving and Activity Centre for the foreseeable future.
During the Winter of 2016 there were complaints about our policy of mandatory wetsuit swimming during the Winter months. This prompted us to begin a full review of Open Water Swimming at the site so that we can tailor it for the needs of our users whilst maintaining a safe environment.
This process is ongoing and our aim is to develop a new set of rules, regulations and risk assessments for open water swimming at the site.
Unfortunately this is taking longer than anticipated and we have made the difficult decision to discontinue open water swimming at the National Diving & Activity Centre for the rest of 2018 and the forseable future.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and would like to take this opportunity to thank our swimming visitors for their support.
When we have any further details they will be released on the NDAC website, Facebook and Twitter.
Old Photos of Dayhouse Quarry Tidenham
Thursday, February 23rd, 2017We have been sent an interesting old document containing maps and photos of the National Diving & Activity site in it’s former life as ‘Dayhouse Quarry’ in Tidenham, Chepstow.
Here are some pictures that may be of interest! (Click on the photos for a larger version)
A view of the site from the Eastern Edge of Woodroft.
A view from South of the site looking North towards the original site access and plant area.
(Before Restoration)
(After Restoration)
Old Map of the site, prior to the quarry.
Old Map compared to a more recent view.
Internal view of the quarry, looking Northwards.
(Before Restoration)
(After Restoration)
Open Water Swimming temporarily discontinued at National Diving & Activity Centre
Tuesday, December 13th, 2016
There has been some confusion and comments recently about the experience level required to swim at the National Diving & Activity Centre, and our policy to only allow wetsuit diving during the Winter months.
This has prompted us to begin a full review of Open Water Swimming at the site so that we can tailor it for the needs of our users whilst maintaining a safe environment.
The safety of our swimmers is our priority and we are working with the Royal Life Saving Society to develop a new set of rules and regulations for open water swimming at the site. We expect to have this in place around April 2017.
Until these changes have been finalised we have made the difficult decision to temporarily discontinue open water swimming at the National Diving & Activity Centre for the next few months, effective from 13 December 2016.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to our regular Swimmers and hope that you will return in 2017.
Infrastructure Improvements for Divers & Water Users
Tuesday, October 25th, 2016
Here are some photos of some of the latest infrastructure works taking place on site for the benefit of our divers and water users.
This new area has recently been concreted over with 15 tonnes of ready mix concrete to create a new walkway and vehicle turning circle.
This is part of the ongoing infrastructure works throughout the site, that include a new Children’s Play Area and improvements to the Car Park surface. Other improvements throughout the site are on their way.
