The Peterborough Evening Telegraph

Central Park pool will stay dry this year

A popular paddling pool in Peterborou­gh’s Central Park will remain dry for the rest of the year – as the city council has confirmed pump issues cannot be resolved this summer.

The paddling pool is normally packed with youngsters looking to cool down during the summer holidays. But apart from a few days at the beginning of July, the pool has been empty throughout the summer, with the gates locked at its entrance.

Now Peterborou­gh City Council has confirmed that the pool will not be opening this year, due to issues with the water pump.

Councillor Dennis Jones, Leader of Peterborou­gh City

Council, said: "We know how disappoint­ing it has been for residents not to be able to use the paddling pool at Central Park this summer.

"The replacemen­t part we ordered, which could only be sourced from Germany, cannot now be fitted and the water testing completed in time to open the pool before the schools return after the summer break, which means, regretfull­y, the paddling pool will not open again this summer.

"We encourage people to use Bretton Splash Park which remains open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm, until the end of August.”

The Bretton Splash Park – also known as Bretton Water Park – had its own issues earlier this year, and was shut in July after problems with the water pump at that venue.

Bretton Splash Park was able to reopen last month. Peterborou­gh Lido on Bishop’s Road was also forced to close on July 7 due to an issue in its plant room. It reopened on July 11 after a new part “which proved tricky to get” was installed.