Plans unveiled for new leisure centre and pool in Falmouth

Plans include a conference and training facility for up to 150 people, a 50-station gym, two fitness studios and a wellness spa centre

Plans for a new leisure centre at Falmouth's former Ships and Castles have been unveiled.

The Pendennis Leisure charity wants to redevelop the site to provide a community hub and healthy living centre.

Cornwall Council shut the centre in 2022 after operator Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) said it could no longer afford to keep it open.

Plans include a six-lane competition swimming pool and wellness spa.

The charity was seeking advice from the council before submitting a full application to refurbish and extend the building, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

Training facility

It said, if approved, the attraction would be known as Kresen Penn Dinas, or Pendennis Centre.

Pendennis Leisure Future Focus is the name given to the project to re-imagine the long term use of the former centre.

The existing building, currently known as Pendennis Community Centre, reopened seven months ago.

It provides limited fitness classes via a gym space and studio room in the upper ground floor only.

The new plans include a conference and training facility for up to 150 people, a 50-station gym, two fitness studios and a wellness spa centre.

The concept would include a two-storey extension to form a new entrance, gallery space, café and staff facilities, with reconfiguration of vehicle access, the pedestrian footpath and landscaping to the area in front of the entrance.

The proposals have been presented to meetings of Falmouth Town Council, the town's Civic Society and at a Pendennis Leisure community meeting.