SWIMMERS in Abingdon will be able to get back in the water before Christmas after work to replace damaged pipes at the town’s main swimming pool was completed.

The main pool at the White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre has been out of action since early last month.

A section of plastic pipe below the swimming pool fractured without warning.

Staff are now refilling the pool with 350,000 litres of water in time for it to reopen on Saturday.

All other parts of the centre, including a teaching pool, have remained open.

Lifeguard Matthew Hudson said: “Now the pipes have been replaced, we’ve been watching the pool water level rise every day, and are keeping our fingers crossed.”