We have lost the Trowbridge outdoor pool to Tesco.

Outdoor swimming has disappeared in Chippenham <i>(Image: Copyright Simon Pizzey)</i>
Outdoor swimming has disappeared in Chippenham (Image: Copyright Simon Pizzey)
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We lost Trowbridge outdoor pool to Tesco.

Then lost the beautiful outdoor pool in Chippenham for the Olympiad centre.

Then lost Melksham Blue pool from outside to covered roof, then finally left crumbling and empty.

Now Clarendon pool building is deemed unsafe and closing in the December!

Summer's are getting hotter we need outdoor pools in Wiltshire.

Why not utilise Clarendon and Melksham pools into lidos.

I visited a beautiful outdoor pool in a small town in Devon last weekend!

Why haven't we got this facility in Wiltshire?

It would provide jobs as well for youngsters during the long summer months from May to October.

I personally swim every day but hate being inside during the summer months.

Please Councillors and Wiltshire leisure give this some thought and action.

Trowbridge resident

Lyn Elsey

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