The brand new Melksham Community Campus is now open, offering a variety of leisure, library and community services.
The doors opened at 10am on Monday 1 August, with residents and families in attendance and keen to see the campus for themselves and try out the facilities. The campus can be found in the centre of Melksham at the Market Place (SN12 6ES).
The campus was formally opened by local children Finley, Erin, Murdoch, Corin and Echer, who cut the ribbon at 10am.
On display were vibrant aquatic-themed pictures, coloured in by local schoolchildren as part of a recent competition that saw two youngsters win a month’s free swim at the campus. There was also another competition for people to enter on the opening day with a month’s free membership on offer.
The campus offers a wide range of facilities and services under one roof, including a gym, cycle and fitness studios, a 25m pool and learner pool, sports hall, library and meeting space for the community. Melksham Without Parish Council has also relocated to the campus.
More information about Melksham Community Campus, including how to become a leisure member and information about all the facilities, can be found at Melksham Community Campus – Wiltshire Council.
Key missions within Wiltshire Council’s Business Plan are that Wiltshire is a place where people stay active and that it has vibrant well-connected communities. More information can be found at Business plan – Wiltshire Council
Melksham Community Campus is a key milestone in the overall strategy for the town, which has seen significant investment by Wiltshire Council in recent years. This includes the opening of Oakfields football and rugby facility in 2017, the development of Melksham Market Place in 2017, the provision of a brand-new skate park in 2017, the development of a new cricket pavilion in 2017, and refurbishment of Melksham tennis courts in 2019. In addition, the campus itself will create 40 new jobs.
The council is working with Melksham Town Council on future plans for the old Melksham Library and Melksham Blue Pool sites to make best use of these assets for the town.