We are delighted to announce that work on a multi-million pound project that will eliminate onsite CO2 emissions generated by

Salt Ayre Leisure Centre has now begun in a bid to become the first such facilities in the UK to be carbon neutral.

This forms part of Lancaster City Council's ambitions to be net zero carbon by 2030.

The council has received £6.8million in funding from the government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) to replace our existing gas boilers with air source heat pumps, provide external LED lighting and upgrade glazing to reduce energy consumption. A solar farm is also being built on the adjacent disused landfill site at Salt Ayre to generate electricity, which will then be provided to the centre using a direct wire.