An abandoned sports centre is set to partially reopen next year - but bosses have warned they still need to find more funding.

Folkestone Sports Centre closed suddenly last summer, resulting in 144 job losses and sparking sadness across the town.

The Sports Trust, backed by former Saga boss Sir Roger De Haan, took over the site earlier this year, but there has been a question mark over when the facility will reopen.

Bosses now say they plan to reopen the swimming pool in “summer 2026”, with “key improvements” planned for that section of the centre.

They say they are “continuing to explore options for all other sports provision within the centre”, which previously included a ski slope and sport courts.

But the trust stresses that reopening the swimming pool next year “will be subject t

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