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# Brighton Kemptown MP starts New Year with a splash!
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/kemptown-mp-starts-new-year-with-a-splash/
- Published: 2016-01-05T10:12:58.000Z
- Updated: 2016-01-05T10:32:18.000Z
- Description: Following a major refurbishment of the pool’s facilities, Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, joins staff of the Brighton Swimming Centre yesterday (January 4) to celebrate the Centre’s fifth birthday.
- Author: Sarah Green
- Tags: In The South, News, Politics, Sport

## Following a major refurbishment of the pool’s facilities, Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, joined staff of the Brighton Swimming Centre yesterday (January 4) to celebrate the Centre’s fifth birthday.

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**Over the last five years** the former school swimming pool has been totally transformed with new changing rooms/shower areas and the creation of new training and meeting room suites.

Over 3000 children and adults a week now visit the centre and it has become the busiest swimming pool in the UK for the training of swimming teachers. It is also a major centre for the development of open water swimming.

**Simon said:** *“I was delighted to visit Brighton Swimming Centre again yesterday and see how the Centre has developed over the last five years. It is a great facility that is nationally recognised for its role in finding employment opportunities for people who train at the Centre. I would like to congratulate the staff on the fantastic work they do.”*

The Centre plans next to modernise its plant room, providing it with one of the greenest and most efficient pool plant systems in the city and to install a new lighting system for the pool including the restoration of its underwater lights.

**Paul Smith, Managing Director of Brighton Swimming Centre, said:** *“It’s been a big learning curve since we took over five years ago – however it’s turned into a real success story! So many swimming pools have been lost to the city – I am proud to have been able to save one.”*

*“I would particularly like to thank our local MP Simon Kirby whose steadfast support has been invaluable.”*

**For more information about the Brighton Swimming Centre, [click here:](http://www.brightonswimmingschool.com/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**

**Or telephone:** 01273 434400