It is the place where Amy Williams first gave skeleton a try and then honed her skills on her way to a historic Olympic crown.
Now the University of Bath push-track, which is currently the training base for Sochi stars Lizzy Yarnold and Dom Parsons, is set to be redeveloped in a bid to make it even safer.
The 140m concrete track, which is used by British Skeleton and British Bobsleigh, currently employs a bungee cord to slow sleds down at the end of a practice run.
However, that sometimes fails and means athletes are only stopped when they smash into a crash mat at the end of the track.
The redesign would see the stopping point raised to seven metres above the start house, with the 24 per cent incline allowing gravity to naturally slow the sleds down.
Low-level lighting will also be installed along the length of the track – which would still be obscured by trees – to allow athletes to train safely at night and replicate the conditions they often face while competing at the Olympics and on the World Cup circuit.
Bath's modern pentathletes, including Olympic silver-medalist Samantha Murray and former World Champion Mhairi Spence, will also benefit from improved training facilities if the plan gets the green light from Bath & North East Somerset Council next month.
A new shooting range would be built by the athletics track, next to the pole vault and long jump zones. The current one is by the bobsleigh and skeleton push-track.
Bath-based architects Stubbs Rich has produced the new designs and the planning application, made by the university, is being backed by Sport England, UK Sport, British Skeleton, British Bobsleigh and PentathlonGB.
Comments on the application can be made until February 27 and councillors are expected to decide on the plans on March 24.
