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A concept image of the planned indoor swimming pool for Peterborough

IN PICTURES: New images show how £36 million city pool is set to make a splash

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This image shows how the planned £36 million swimming pool and leisure centre could appear when completed.

Home of new £36 million indoor swimming pool and leisure centre is revealed

The Ruddy Duck in Peakirk, Peterborough

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Cllr Shabina Qayyum meets Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer, also pictured is Cllr Katy Cole

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This image shows how the proposed swimming pool for Peterborough could appear once completed

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Funding has been announced for a new pool in Peterborough

Delight as Chancellor promises £20 million towards cost of indoor swimming pool

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised £20 million to the £36 million costs of a new swimming pool in Peterborough

Watch as Chancellor announces £20 million Budget boost for indoor swimming pool

Hope are high that plans for a new indoor swimming pool in Peterborough will get a cash boost in today's Budget. Chancellor Rachel Reeves, top, and Peterborough MP Andrew Pakes, below

Budget could be high water mark for £36 million indoor swimming pool plan

Chancellor Rachel Reeves speaks at the Regional Investment Summit in Birmingham. The Government is expected to extend the freeze on income tax thresholds until 2030 (Photo: Joe Giddens - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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This image shows how the proposed leisure centre containing the swimming pool in Peterborough could appear

Hopes grow of funds decision by Christmas for £36 million indoor swimming pool

Chancellor Rachel Reeves takes journalists' questions after delivering a speech in the media briefing room of 9 Downing Street. Reeves has reportedly ditched plans to raise income tax rates ahead of the November 26 Budget (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb has proposed a five-year minimum State Pension guarantee, even if a retiree dies early (Photo: Pexels)

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves takes journalists' questions after delivering a speech in the media briefing room of 9 Downing Street on November 4, 2025. Reeves has hinted that Labour may break its manifesto pledge not to raise taxes (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Drivers could soon face a new 'pay-per-mile' tax, with plans reportedly set to be unveiled by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in the November 26 Budget (Photos: Pexels/Getty Images)

Drivers could soon pay 3p per mile under Rachel Reeves’ new tax plan

Chancellor Rachel Reeves speaks on stage during the Labour Party conference in Liverpool in September. The Autumn Budget will take place on Wednesday, November 26, 2025 (Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

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The pool could be open in three years time

Peterborough’s new £36m swimming pool could be open by 2028

Work could begin soon to pave the way for a new Olympic grade swimming pool in Peterborough on the site of the former Regional Pool, pictured.

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Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, poses with the red Budget Box as she leaves 11 Downing Street to present the Government's annual budget to Parliament on October 30, 2024 (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has offered Government support to build a new indoor swimming pool in Peterborough. Inset, Peterborough MP Andrew Pakes

Christmas hope for funds support for Olympic-grade indoor swimming pool

Chancellor Rachel Reeves during a speech at Siemens Healthineers in January 2025 in Eynsham, England (Photo: Peter Cziborra - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves during a visit to Studio Ulster on August 12, 2025 in Belfast, Northern Ireland (Photo: Oliver McVeigh - Pool/Getty Images)

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From left, Southport MP Patrick Hurley, Cowdenbeath and Krikcaldy MP Melanie Ward with Peterborough MP Andrew Pakes. All three constituencies were mentioned as priorities by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in her Spending Review last month

Cross-boundary push to ensure Government funds for Olympic-grade swimming pool
Work is being stepped up to secure Government funding for an Olympic-grade swimming pool and sports quarter in Peterborough.
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Work has been ongoing for several months - and Jim Mack has captured the work using his drone

Demolition of Peterborough Regional Pool nearly complete

The Regional Pool which is currently being demolished

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Paul Bristow has called for a new community stadium to be built.

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More details are awaited about the application process for the Growth Mission Fund announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in her Spending Review. Peterborough MP Andrew Pakes has called for a 'pool summit' to ensure the city can meet Government rules for a funding application to build a new indoor swimming pool.

Deadline for indoor pool funds bid unknown as council boss vows work 'at pace'

Mayor Paul Bristow with Cllr Lucy Nethsingha, who will be the Skills Committee chair at CPCA, and Cllr Anna Bailey, named Deputy Mayor.

Let’s keep this spirit of partnership going

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has offered Government support to build a new indoor swimming pool in Peterborough. Inset, Peterborough MP Andrew Pakes

Pool summit to be held in bid to beat Chancellor's funds deadline

The Dragonfly Hotel at Thorpe Meadows.

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Professor Ross Renton , principal of ARU Peterborough, has welcomed support from Chancellor Rachel Reeves for a new indoor swimming pool in Peterborough

Sports and education leaders welcome Chancellor's support for swimming pool

Combined Authority Mayor Paul Bristow has queried how much money Chancellor Rachel Reeves will allocate to Peterborough for a new indoor swimming pool

Combined Authority boss' cautious welcome for Chancellor's support for pool

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has offered Government support to build a new indoor swimming pool in Peterborough. Inset, Peterborough MP Andrew Pakes

Government support for Olympic-grade swimming pool in city

(Photo: Peter Byrne - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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Rachel Reeves announces a £15.6bn cash pot to invest in Northern transport.

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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, leaves 11, Downing Street to deliver her Spring Statement to Parliament on March 26, 2025.

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Peterborough Lib Dem communications officer Nick Sandford

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Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves during a visit to ARU Peterborough

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Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, with student nurses and Anna Smith, Labour's CPCA mayoral candidate, left, and Peterborough MP Andrew Pakes

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(Photos: Getty Images/Alex Nelson)

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves leaves 11 Downing Street to deliver her spring statement to Parliament on March 26, 2025 (Photo: Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, leaves 11, Downing Street to deliver her Spring Statement to Parliament on March 26, 2025 (Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images)

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