An effort to bring a £7m Olympic-sized swimming pool to Lincolnshire has failed.

The council recognised the need for a new pool in 2006, but the appeal for a new pool by sports officials has been dismissed.

The 142,000 people in the town and local area is already served by two pools – the Yarborough Leisure Centre and the NK Centre – but this doesn’t match up to Sport England’s ratio of 30,000 people per pool.

According to the Lincolnshire Echo, Lincolnshire Sports Partnership’s chief executive there was not enough demand because not enough residents are involved in fitness activities.

“We are trying to increase the demand for sporting activities. If we have more people doing sport, then we will need more facilities.”