WORK to improve fitness facilities at Warminster Sports Centre will begin on November 11, Wiltshire Council has confirmed.

The work will see the fitness suite relocated, enlarged and improved to make it more accessible as well as the conversion of the old fitness suite into a flexible community space.

The studio will also be refurbished and a consultation room created.

Construction company Beard will be on-site from November 4, with work expected to finish in spring 2025.

The current gym will remain in use while the new gym is being constructed and there will be no change to swimming pool access or changing.

There will however be some disruption to group exercise classes during the project, with fewer classes available and classes being relocated to the main sports hall – but there will be more classes at Leighton Sports Centre in Westbury to offset this.

There will also be some reduction in car parking spaces throughout the project.

As previously confirmed, the squash courts will be permanently removed at Warminster Sports Centre as a result of these works with customers encouraged to use the facilities at Leighton Recreation Centre in Westbury, which is just a short distance away.

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Councillor Ian Blair-Pilling, Wiltshire Council cabinet member for leisure, said: “I am pleased to confirm when work starts on the significant improvements to Warminster Sports Centre, which will make the fitness facilities more modern and accessible and will encourage more people of all ages to access them.

“The plans for Warminster Sports Centre have been well informed by evidence that shows there is demand for the enhanced facilities we will be providing.

“We have the unique responsibility to not only ensure this type of project is a viable commercial venture, but to also serve our communities and ensure their health and wellbeing is well supported.

“This investment, and the work we’re carrying out at some of our other leisure centres, meets all those needs and criteria, and we’re looking forward to the positive impact they will have.

“We thank our loyal customers for their patience while these works are carried out, and we assure that any disruption during this period will be well worth it come the end result.”

These works follow recent improvement works being completed at Lime Kiln Leisure Centre, Royal Wootton Bassett; The Olympiad in Chippenham; Five Rivers Health and Wellbeing Centre in Salisbury; and Devizes Leisure Centre.

Improvement works will also begin soon at Marlborough Leisure Centre and Springfield Campus.