{"id":282456,"date":"2026-02-09T17:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/282456\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T17:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:48:09","slug":"progress-on-fakenham-swimming-pool-due-to-open-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/282456\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress on Fakenham swimming pool due to open this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The 25 metre, four-lane facility is being built as part of an expansion at Fakenham Sports and Fitness Centre on Trap Lane.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The pool will mark the first time in more than a decade that swimming facilities are available in the town.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It will replace the pavilion that was previously home to Little Angels Pre-School, which has since moved to Fakenham Rugby Club.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In an update on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fakenhamtimes.co.uk\/topics\/north-norfolk-district-council\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">North Norfolk District Council&#8217;s<\/a> Facebook page, concrete works began earlier this month, which will shape the site for the development.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>What the new pool hall could look like in Fakenham (Image: Saunders Boston Architects)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Everyone Active, operators of the centre, said the pool was &#8220;a long-awaited return of swimming amenity to the town&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The project will also involve a revamp of the fitness facilities to include exercise studios and a 50-station gym.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It is said to cost around \u00a311m, with most of the funding coming from government grants, such as the Levelling Up Fund.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Work on the site is scheduled to be completed by December 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 25 metre, four-lane facility is being built as part of an expansion at Fakenham Sports and Fitness&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[242,85,46,141],"class_list":["post-282456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}