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Hucknall councillors have reacted to the news that the swimming pool at Edgewood Primary School and Leisure Centre is to be turned into a dining hall for school pupils.

Councillors Ian Briggs and Dave Shaw (both Ash Ind), who represesent Hucknall West on Ashfield Council, have welcomed the small investment from Nottinghamshire Council to deal with the ‘mothballed’ pool.

The council-owned pool was closed in April 2021 after Ashfield Council said it could no longer afford to support the leisure centre and the site was then handed back to the school’s landowner, Nottinghamshire Council.

It has remained mothballed ever since and now the Conservative-led county council has revealed its plans for the site.

The mothballed swimming pool at Edgewood Primary School in Hucknall is to be turned into a dining hall for pupils

Coun Shaw, who also represents Hucknall West at County Hall, said: “We welcome the investment that the Conservatives have proposed.

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"We’re disappointed, however, that they would not maintain the leisure facilities they own for the residents of Hucknall.

"The Tories are correct to call the site of the old pool a ‘blight’ on the school.

"But it was the Tories who let this site decay and this is the least they should be doing, not patting themselves on the back for fixing a problem they chose to create.

Coun Briggs added: “We welcome the fact the Tories have belatedly realised that they were not serving the young people of Hucknall well.

"This is investment that should have been put in place two years ago.

"Whilst the Tories have let the old pool rot, the Ashfield Independents have invested £5.5million in Hucknall Leisure Centre including building the new learner’s pool which is proving hugely popular.”

Hucknall councillors welcome 'belated' plans for Edgewood swimming pool site