A new gym at Crystal Leisure Centre in Stourbridge is due to open in the New Year.

The fitness suite will boast new cardio and resistance equipment as well as improved accessibility modifications.

Karen Shakespeare of Dudley Council, which runs the facility, said: “We have invested £1.5m into the improvements and modernisation of our leisure centres and are confident it will make a huge difference to both existing and future leisure centre users.”

The council’s two other leisure centres – Dudley and Halesowen – have already had refurbishments carried out.