From Chris Barnett

Wednesday, 29 September 2021

This question comes up every couple of years, and we never get a satisfactory answer. The money (about £850,000 at the last count) seems to sit in a bank account somewhere, and chunks of it get used now and again to pay for architect's plans and planning applications, none of which result in anything actually being built.

Do we really need a swimming pool in Mytholmroyd or Hebden Bridge? Maybe with the closure of Halifax pool there is more justification for this idea, but has anyone really thought about how it would work in practice? Running costs for a swimming pool are very high, and I've never been convinced that revenue funding for this project has been properly thought through.

Maybe the time has come to call it a day and use this money for something useful, instead of leaving it mouldering away and benefiting nobody.  

Previously, on the HebWeb

HebWeb News: Swimming Pool latest (July 2018)

HebWeb Forum - Community Centre and Swimming Pool (Feb-July 2016)

HebWeb Forum - Swimming Pool Development (2015)

HebWeb Forum - Swimming Pool (March-October 2014)

HebWeb Forum 2013 - Reply from the current Swimming Pool Committee (Aug 2013)

HebWeb News - Mytholmroyd Swimming Pool: Calderdale approves plans (2 Aug 2013)

HebWeb News: Hebden Royd may finally have a swimming pool (March 2013)

HebWeb Forum: Swimming Pool update? (Dec 2012)

HebWeb Forum: Swimming Pool Plans/Mytholmroyd Community Centre (Jan 2011)

HebWeb Forum: Swimming pool plans (Sept-Dec 2010)

HebWeb News: Swimming Pool plans - comments sought (Sept 2010)

More coverage of the swimming pool issue on the HebWeb