What’s in store for Bradford swimming pool?

Last week’s Wiltshire Times carried a report about closures of leisure services across the district.

It said:

“Towns across West Wiltshire have been told to take over the running of their sports centres or they will be closed as part of a massive leisure shake-up … The swimming pools at Westbury and Bradford on Avon will close if they cannot be transferred to the community by 2017.”

Another brief report followed up with some reaction from the Mayor and the town Swimming Club.

The newspaper reports were sparked by Wiltshire Council’s leisure review announcement, which says:

“Currently, the council would need to spend £93 million to maintain the existing 23 facilities over the next 15 years. This would not include any improvements or new facilities and, in the present financial climate, this amount of money on simply maintaining the facilities is not sustainable.”

It also says that the council wants to hear local people’s comments.

If you have a comment about the leisure review, you can make it by calling 0300 456 0100, or sending email to leisureconsultation(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)wiltshire.gov.uk

An independent petition has been set up for those who wish to express their support for the pool. Click here to sign it.