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Seedhill Athletics and Fitness Centre in Nelson has undergone a major revamp of its athletics facilities.

The site, which boasts a fully fitted fitness suite with cardio-vascular and resistance equipment and a fully floodlit 6 lane, 400m synthetic athletics track and field, has benefited from £20,000 funding from Sport England’s Community Athletics Refurbishment Programme and £28,006 funding from Pendle Borough Council to assist Pendle Leisure Trust in financing the provision of the following at Seedhill:

• Replacement of hammer /discuss cage 7.2 m high with 9.00m high padded doors to UKA’s requirements.
• 3 sets of disabled fittings - Fixings for the shot and discuss circles to facilitate use by wheel chair athletes.
• New sockets and 3 sets of disabled fittings for the water jump hurdle
• 4 adjustable height steeplechase hurdles
• 1 adjustable height water jump hurdle                                                       
• Full track clean                
• Replacement floodlighting – essential during the long, dark winter months

Additional work carried out by Pendle Leisure Trust included:

Disabled car parking spaces in the existing free car park
Inclusion of a ramp from the car park to the entrance door
New front and back entrance doors with high and low vision panels.

Sue Slater, Executive Manager of Operations at Pendle Leisure Trust commented: “We are delighted that the athletics facilities at Seedhill have been selected for this funding. The addition of disabled fittings as well as the fantastic new floodlights has arguably transformed Seedhill into one of the top athletics centres in the North West.”

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Seedhill Athletics & Fitness Centre, Surrey Road, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 7TY  T: 01282 661616

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