West Midlands leisure centre offers free access during half-term

Residents of Rugeley and surrounding areas can enjoy a free session at the town’s leisure centre during the autumn half-term break with a bus ticket for that day.

The offer is part of Staffordshire County Council’s bus travel scheme, which is looking to find out how people use buses to then improve the services reliability alongside a public survey running to help gain better understanding how people travel and what changes would encourage greater use of bus services.

The offer is available on all tickets throughout the half-term break where over 16s can use the gym or swimming pool whilst under 16s can use the pool only, however the offer doesn’t include the inflatables pool sessions.

Andrew Mynors, Cabinet Member for Connectivity at Staffordshire County Council, commented on the free access and plans to improve buses.

“The leisure centre offer is a great way of connecting with people and getting them involved. We’d encourage families to make the most of the offer, get on board and have a fun and healthy morning or afternoon out at Rugeley Leisure Centre.

“Rugeley’s local attributes make it an ideal location for this initiative, meaning we can get the most out of the study and hopefully lay the foundations for lasting improvements not only for this town, but communities across Staffordshire. After its evaluation, we can look to carry out similar projects to improve bus services in other areas,” said the Cabinet member

The Council has teamed up with Cannock Chase Council’s leisure services, in hopes that the offer will raise awareness of the project and how easy it is to use buses in and around the town.

The offer is available each day from Saturday 24 October to Sunday 1 November.

“We’d urge people now to complete the survey and help to shape future public transport improvements in their town.” added Mynors.