Everybody Sport and Recreation will not be reopening Congleton Leisure Centre in April given the pending redevelopment of the site with construction anticipated to start "very soon".

The health and wellbeing charity said the decision would "enable the centre to be transformed over the next 15 months", which would then mean Everybody could offer a "much improved" leisure service in Congleton.

The new leisure centre will see a larger gym, two new swimming pools, modern changing facilities and group fitness studio space and more.

All Congleton Everybody members will be able to access all other Everybody centres during the anticipated '15-month closure period' and detailed information on membership payments, swimming lessons and club use has been communicated directly to all customers affected.

Everybody Sport and Recreation said: "We understand the impact of closing the Congleton centre will be an inconvenience for some.

"But we are confident the improvements being made will be worth the wait and look forward to releasing more information on the construction over coming weeks."

In line with the Government announcements of the roadmap to reopening of leisure services, Everybody Sport and Recreation will be reopening 15 leisure centres and seven swimming pools across the borough as of 12th April.