Green Party

Green party councillors have welcomed proposals to revamp the popular Victorian swimming pool at St Luke's School near Queen's Park.

 

Brighton and Hove Council have published a wish-list of improvements they'd like to see at the pool - which serves people living in the area as well as pupils from schools around the city, and attracts more than 60,000 visitors a year.

 

Local Green Party councillor Ben Duncan said the way St Luke's Pool was used by the community was a model that could be rolled out across the city.

 

He said: "This is great news - a full refurbishment of this much-loved local pool is long overdue.

"St Luke's pool is an excellent example of how we should be opening up facilities built by schools to wider communities - and encouraging people to use our network of schools around the city as hubs for taking part in cultural, sporting and educational activities right in the neighbourhoods."

 

The 100-year-old changing rooms (once classrooms) will be improved, offering private cubicles as well as family rooms, new facilities for disabled swimmers will be installed and the reception area will be improved.