Pendle Council committed to retaining all three leisure centres
Published Wednesday, 9th August 2023
At a meeting of Pendle Borough Council’s Executive Committee, the Labour/Liberal shared administration committed to retaining all three leisure facilities in Nelson, Colne and Barnoldswick.
This comes following a Strategic Leisure Review to address the need to improve the leisure facilities within the borough.
Councillor Asjad Mahmood, Leader of Pendle Borough Council, said: “Following a discussion during the meeting, members made a commitment to keep all three leisure facilities open.
“We feel it is imperative to have a leisure centre in each town. We do not want to close any of the centres – we need to maintain and develop them instead.”
“We appreciate each of the facilities do need repair, maintenance and modernisation work doing on them; so the next step is to look at what needs doing and how to go about it.”
To do this, the Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee will be asked to examine how the facilities can be made financially viable, including their mix of features. Town and Parish Councils and users of the three leisure facilities will also be consulted as part of the process.
Councillor David Whipp, Deputy Leader of the Council, added: “We feel it is important for the people of Pendle to have a leisure centre in each town - somewhere easily accessible for everyone to be able to exercise and stay healthy.”