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Edinburgh getting new sports and outdoor centre in north of the city

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AuthorJohn Gillespie
Published date22 June 2022
Publication titleEdinburghLive (Scotland)
City of Edinburgh Council have invested more than £10m in the new Bangholm Sports and Outdoor Centre in the north of the capital, which comes as part of a wider project that will also see the development of a new Trinity Academy delivered by 2026

The new development is part of the Council's Wave Four of new schools programme which will see the replacement and redevelopment of a number of schools across the city over the next 10 years.

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As part of this scheme, the council will replace and refurbish Trinity Academy in two phases. The first will see the opening of the new sports facility in August and the second will see the start of the design process to replace and refurbish the main school site.

The council plans to keep the original Victorian sandstone building on Craighall but demolish the other buildings on the campus and construct new buildings to join onto the original. The plan is for the new facilities to be ready in 2026.

The council will run a consultation with the school and local community on Tuesday, June 13 but engagement work is already underway with the school staff and after the summer holidays there will be more detailed discussions with parents and locals.

This comes as part of the council's plans to create '20-minute neighbourhoods' and the new school will be designed to have wider community access. The next major milestone will be submission of the planning application by the end of the year and building is set to start by Summer 2023.

Nick Burge, Head Teacher at Trinity Academy, said: "Having visited the site regularly

over the last nine months, the new PE and Sport facilities at Bangholm look excellent. I have worked closely with the design team and feel very lucky to have seen the plans become a reality.

"We have a very healthy PE curriculum as well as our extensive after school competitive and recreational sports programme. The new facilities including the strength and condition suites, dance studio, gym and games hall, provide a wonderful...

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