Leisure centre in Rye to re-open under new management
RRW will manage the centre on behalf of Rye Town Council under a 20-year lease, which it signed on Monday, granted by East Sussex County Council. Mr Nealon said: "This is one of the town's biggest assets. We are still at the planning stages for other exciting offers at the leisure centre."He said the charity had received a £140,000 grant from Sports England which went towards installing solar panels on the building's roof."This will help save a lot of energy costs," Mr Nealon added."We have received a £500,000 Levelling Up Grant from the government, which goes towards repairing facilities including the technical infrastructure that keeps the swimming pool running, changing rooms and roof repairs as there was a leak."
Three years ago, the former operator of the leisure centre temporarily closed its swimming pool over rising energy costs.
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