{"id":109138,"date":"2025-09-02T12:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/109138\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T12:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:54:10","slug":"darlington-dolphin-centre-1-4m-mini-golf-course-plan-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/109138\/","title":{"rendered":"Darlington Dolphin Centre \u00a31.4m mini golf course plan revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tom BurgessBBC News, North East and Cumbria<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756608068_155_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dkIvM hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2c104460-8737-11f0-bce3-8185e806549a.png.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Darlington Borough Council The exterior of the Dolphin Centre with flowers coming over the top left of the pale stone archway.\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj\"\/>Darlington Borough Council<\/p>\n<p>Plans have been drawn up for a mini-golf course and spinning studio<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Plans for a nine-hole mini golf course and spinning studio have been proposed for a council-run leisure centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The Dolphin Centre, in Darlington, could receive \u00a31.4m investment to build a new entertainment space including for darts and shuffleboards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The plans also include refurbishing the current fitness area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Councillor Matthew Roche, Darlington Borough Council&#8217;s cabinet member for health and housing, said the plans would &#8220;increase footfall in the town centre&#8221; and boost the leisure centre&#8217;s finances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">He said: &#8220;The Dolphin Centre has been at the heart of Darlington life for over 40 years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">&#8220;As a 43-year-old building, it naturally needs some time, love and care from time to time, and these new proposals will help make sure it continues to thrive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The council said the plans will be voted on next week and if they are approved, work will begin in late 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756608068_155_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dkIvM hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/65162820-8736-11f0-bce3-8185e806549a.png.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Darlington Borough Council A CGI plan of the entertainment space. A room to the left has three dart boards and two shuffleboards. There is a reception area and to the right a nine-hole mini golf course.\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj\"\/>Darlington Borough Council<\/p>\n<p>Plans for the space include a nine-hole mini golf course<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom BurgessBBC News, North East and Cumbria Darlington Borough Council Plans have been drawn up for a mini-golf&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-109138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}