A lottery-funded pool in Cumbria designed by the architect of the troubled Clissold Leisure Centre in Hackney is still struggling to find a purpose. In common with several modern pools their new building has alleged design faults but in stark contrast to the rest of the British Isles the residents of Grange-over-Sands have a pool that lacks the swimmers required to 'worry' its water.

"More land is to be made available to developers at the site of a troubled community swimming pool.

Berners Pool in Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, closed in July 2006 with debts of £200,000, three years after opening.

This August, two potential rescue bids to take over the £3.5m pool were deemed unsuitable by South Lakeland Council.

Now the authority, which wants to regenerate the area, will offer a wider expanse of land as a site for leisure facilities, homes and businesses."

(Via BBC NEWS | England | Cumbria | Pool regeneration plans expanded: .)

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