Community hub to be 'icing on the cake' for town

The centre will include accessible toilets, community meeting spaces and, potentially, a cafe

A new park pavilion providing meeting spaces, a possible cafe and accessible toilets is expected to be ready for use early next year.

The Wisbech Park community pavilion in Cambridgeshire should be completed later this month before being handed over to the town council.

The construction cost of about £850,000 was paid for by local authorities and the government.

Peter Murphy, Fenland District Council’s Conservative head of environment, said it would "make a real difference" to residents and visitors.

"We are on the cusp of delivering a fantastic facility that has the community at its heart," he added.

"Wisbech Park is already a much-loved asset for the town and the whole of Fenland, but this new pavilion will be the icing on the cake."

The funding for the project came from Fenland District Council, Cambridgeshire County Council’s Communities Capital Fund, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority’s Market Towns Programme, and the Government’s Changing Places initiative.

The pavilion will be owned by Fenland District Council but managed on a day-to-day basis by Wisbech Town Council.