Hinckley and Bosley Borough Council has appointed DC Leisure to design, build and manage Hinckley’s new £13.5 million leisure centre, which is due to open in 2015.

The operator will maintain the facility for a 20-year period in partnership with the local council.

Work on the new facility on the site of the council’s former offices in Argents Mead is expected to start next month with building work to commence in the summer.

It will include an eight-lane 25m swimming pool, a learner pool with moveable floor, a cafe, a climbing wall, an 8-court sports hall, two workout studios and a 120-station gym fitted with Precor equipment.

“We are very proud to have been chosen by the Council and look forward to delivering high quality leisure services at the new Hinckley Leisure Centre,” said DC Leisure’s development director Peter Kirkham. “Our aim, along with the Council, is to provide a range of facilities that the community can be proud of. We hope to inspire the local community to become more active, and to reap the many benefits of a healthy lifestyle.”

The current leisure centre on Coventry Road in Hinckley will remain open until the new facility opens in the summer of 2015.

DC Leisure will take over the reins at this centre when the contract with existing operator SLM expires in April 2015, with leisure centre employees to be retained.