{"id":607171,"date":"2026-05-27T19:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/607171\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T19:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:44:11","slug":"latest-progress-on-four-lane-swimming-pool-in-fakenham-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/607171\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest progress on four-lane swimming pool in Fakenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The 25 metre facility is being built as part of an expansion at Fakenham Sports and Fitness Centre.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Once open, it will mark the first time in 10 years that swimming will be available in the town.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  New footage by North Norfolk District Council showed the latest progress on the pool structure.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The changing rooms and toilets at the facility are also taking shape, with work under way on tiling and ducting.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Everyone Active, operators of the centre, said the pool was &#8220;a long-awaited return of swimming amenity&#8221; in Fakenham.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>New photos show the changing rooms and toilets at the facility taking shape (Image: NNDC)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It will replace the pavilion previously 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 the town&#8217;s rugby club.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A revamp of the fitness facilities is also expected, with exercise studios and a 50-station gym earmarked.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The project will cost around \u00a311m, with most of the funding coming from government grants, including the Levelling Up Fund.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Work on the site is due to be completed by December 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 25 metre facility is being built as part of an expansion at Fakenham Sports and Fitness Centre.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-607171","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\/607171","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=607171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}