Groups launch joint effort for community pool

Two community groups are working to try and secure funding for a new public swimming pool in Minehead.

The town, home to the Butlins leisure resort, has not had a public pool since the closure of the Aquasplash facility in 2008 on the grounds it was not cost effective.

Minehead Health and Well-Being (MH&WB) and Minehead Swimming and Leisure (MSL) say they want to develop land off Irham Road to be run as a cooperative.

Both groups say they will raise funding, but no formal bids have been made yet.