Swimming Pools: Closures
(asked on 12th November 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public pools closed in each of the last ten years.
Answered by
Stephanie Peacock
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
This question was answered on 20th November 2024
Since 2015, 279 swimming pools on sites owned by Local Authorities have closed. At the same time, 248 swimming pools have opened. Facilities may close for a number of reasons: this can include the rationalisation of multiple older facilities into a modern, better located facility.
The breakdown for closures per year is as follows:
2015: 40
2016: 36
2017: 31
2018: 23
2019: 31
2020: 40
2021: 27
2022: 27
2023: 20
2024 (as of end of August) : 4