Bridgwater Canalside Centre

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The Bridgwater Canalside Centre was renamed 'The Canalside' in February 2008 and is a facility located near to the village of Huntworth on the outskirts of Bridgwater in Somerset, UK. The site was formerly known as the Hinkley Point Sports and Social Club and was owned by British Energy till it was bought by a charity called BCC Huntworth. The property is less than a mile from Junction 24 of the M5 motorway. It is situated alongside the canal and adjacent to large areas of farmland.

The entire site is approximately 8 acres and comprises 7,000 sq.ft building complex containing, large dance hall, function rooms, commercial kitchen, squash courts, and ancillary rooms. Outside there are 2 full-sized football pitches, flood-lit tennis courts, children’s play areas and parking for around 100 cars.

It was launched in 2006 as a venue for conferences and training, functions, entertainment as well as a range of sport and community activities.

The property is used by the Somerset and Sedgemoor District Councils as well as the NHS. It has also been the venue of match beween the world darts champions in June 2007 and a Paul Stockman event in October 2007. The Bridgwater Canalside Centre is also used as a parking site for the annual Bridgwater carnival, the profits of which are donated to charity.

More recently the venue was host to Our NHS Our Future - led by top surgeon Lord Ara Darzi from the Ministry of Health and the NHS Review, a week later.