Council explains reason behind closure of swimming pool at Staffordshire leisure centre near Wolverhampton

Codsall Leisure Centre, near Wolverhampton, posted on Facebook just after 4pm yesterday (Monday 20 April) that its swimming pool is “unfortunately” closed.

It said the pool will be closed until lunchtime today (Tuesday 21 April).

The Facebook post read: “Unfortunately the swimming pool will be closed until lunch time tomorrow.

“We will update this page tomorrow when we know more information.”

The leisure centre did not share what caused the swimming pool to close suddenly.

However, now, the council has released a statement explaining the reason behind the closure.

A spokesperson for South Staffordshire Council said: “The swimming pool is currently closed at Codsall Leisure Centre due to a fault associated with the pools air handling system.

“Specialist contractors are due to visit the site today to diagnose the problem and provide the council with an estimated time of repair.

“Customers who have pre-booked activities affected have been contacted and the council will continue to communicate with customers regarding the closure and reopening of the swimming pool via our website and social media channels.”

The leisure centre is located on Elliotts Lane in Codsall, Staffordshire.

It boasts a wide range of facilities including a gym, toning suite, exercise and wellbeing classes, studio cycling, swimming and more.

Codsall Leisure Centre’s swimming pool is a 25m pool with three lanes and a shallow depth of one metre up to a deep end depth of three metres.

The swimming pool provides a range of general public, adult only, family and fun time swimming sessions.