A new community and sports centre is set to open in Banff, Aberdeenshire.

The Deveron Community & Sports Centre forms part of a wider £12.5 million development of sports and community facilities in Banff and Macduff.

Facilities include a climbing wall, four-court sports hall, two squash courts, fitness suite, dance studio and café as well as rooms which can be booked for community use and meetings.


Banff Swimming Pool has also been refurbished as part of the works and includes a new changing village, a steam room and a sauna.

Exterior facilities include a floodlit all-weather pitch, two grass pitches, three tennis courts, a cycle track and a 400m running track.

The new centre will be officially unveiled from 10am – 4pm on Saturday, 04 March.

Cllr John Cox said: "Deveron Community & Sports Centre is a first-class leisure facility and I’m very pleased it will open its doors to the public very soon.

"The opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to take part in sports and build their skills through Community Learning and Development at this centre are second-to-none and it really compliments the new Macduff Community & Sports Centre which opened at the end of last year."

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