A Yorkshire town centre gym that costs the taxpayer more than £350 per visit to subsidise is due to close.
Bingley Gym is located in the Bingley Pool building next to Myrtle Park. Despite the pool shutting in 2020, the small on-site gym has remained open. Bradford Council, which operates the facility, has now revealed that it plans to close the gym as part of “investigatory work” into the pool’s future. Recent figures show that in the 2022/23 financial year, the gym was used just 860 times.
Referring to the need to close the gym, the report says: “For the Levelling Up Fund project to maintain the possibility of proceeding, it now requires a detailed design and cost analysis. “This requires intrusive investigations and surveys to be conducted inside and outside the building before a final decision can be made regarding the future of the pool and gym facilities. The building will need to close with immediate effect to enable this investigatory work to proceed.
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