{"id":568489,"date":"2026-05-06T02:38:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T02:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/568489\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T02:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T02:38:19","slug":"footage-shows-progress-of-new-swimming-pool-in-fakenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/568489\/","title":{"rendered":"Footage shows progress of new swimming pool in Fakenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The 25 metre, four-lane site will mark the return of swimming facilities in the town after more than ten years.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It is also being built as part of an expansion at Fakenham Sports and Fitness Centre on Trap Lane.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Video posted by North Norfolk District Council highlighted &#8216;exciting progress&#8217; on the pool, with external steel works taking shape.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fakenhamtimes.co.uk\/news\/26018545.progress-fakenham-swimming-pool-ahead-opening\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A previous update<\/a> announced the pool was fully excavated, with aerial footage showing what the site looks like.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Everyone Active, which will operate the centre, said the pool was &#8220;a long-awaited return of swimming amenity to the town&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It is replacing the pavilion that was used by Little Angels Pre-School <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fakenhamtimes.co.uk\/news\/24780849.fakenham-nursery-moved-new-home-rugby-club\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">before its move to Fakenham Rugby Club in 2024.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A revamp of the fitness facilities is also planned, with exercise studios and a 50-station gym earmarked.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The project is set to cost around \u00a311m, with most of the funding coming from government grants.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Work is expected to finish by December 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 25 metre, four-lane site will mark the return of swimming facilities in the town after more than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-568489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568489","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=568489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}