I am writing to give my support for the community proposals to save Temple Cowley Pools and Gym.

I have lived in Temple Cowley for several years, and the pools and gym are a much-valued local facility. Being ideally situated next to the library and opposite the health centre, it forms the social heart of this community. It would be a terrible, short-sighted mistake to get rid of it, when it could be developed and improved at no cost to the council. Trying to cram more and more housing into a residential area, without the supporting local infrastructure, simply leads to more problems in the long run.

Like many people in this area, I don’t have a car, and I certainly won’t be getting on a bus to travel to a gym at Blackbird Leys or Barton.

I strongly recommend that the city executive board accepts the excellent community bid to save and redevelop this local facility.

V. Shelley Temple Road Oxford

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