A new gym has been officially opened at Braintree Swimming Centre.

The centre based in Charter Way, which will be renamed Braintree Swimming and Fitness, includes new facilities, such as a gym area with cardiovascular and resistance equipment and warm up areas, a studio for fitness classes and ground floor changing rooms.

A new class programme includes body combat, body pump, indoor cycling and more.

The updated centre opened on Monday.

Braintree Council has invested £1million into the district’s leisure centres and has already redeveloped Braintree Leisure Centre, Halstead Leisure Centre and built the brand new Witham Leisure Centre, which replaces Bramston Sports Centre in Bridge Street.

See this week's Braintree and Witham Times for the full story.