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I certainly think Bedlington needs a Leisure Centre or personaly even better a Private Company like JJB or similar to build a decent Gym with at least a 25mtr pool.. We pay £110 per month and have a 20 mile round trip each day to go to the Village Hotel in Shiremoor to use their pool and gym facilities. Ashington pool is disgusting as has very poor facilities for the Disabled, Morpeth is just awful and not big enough , Blyth is really nice since its referb, but is also out of the question as due to a spinal injury I can't do the ladders up the side of the pool. (The Village has a graduated stair case into the pool).. I was astounded at just how many people from Bedlington are members at the Village, Its funny who you bump into in the sauna.. lol.. My parents and late grandparents always talk and talked about how money was raised/secured years ago for a pool in Bedlington but it has never ever happened and the money was spend on services for Ashingto and Newbiggin. My Granda always said " hinny Bedlington gets nowt"! I would love a local pool and would use it every single day! Anyone got a spare few million laying round that could help, or should we get the collecting buckets out on the front street... lol..