Who we are

Who we are

We are a group of New Mills Leisure Centre users who think the current plans for its development would be a huge mistake.

You can tell HPBC what you think of their plans now!

We are made up of mums and dads of kids who use the centre, squash coaches and players, schoolteachers, and sports hall users. 

Our mission is to ensure that any leisure centre developments are in line with the needs and preferences of its users and children especially.

Our campaign so far:

28 January 2024

Getting organised

Squash players form a WhatsApp group to act against the council’s plans

2 February 2024

Starting petitions

We started a petition to save our squash court

9 February 2024

Joining forces

Squash and sports hall campaigners form a joint Whatsapp group to coordinate campaigning (previously not joined up)

10 February 2024:

Squash demo

We led a 50+ strong “Save our Squash Court” protest that was covered in the Buxton Advertiser, the Glossop Chronicle and Visit New Mills

13 February 2024

More petitions

We started a petition to “Stop the shrinkage of New Mills Leisure Centre sports hall

21 February 2024

Attending meetings

We attended the High Peak Borough Council meeting to voice our concerns about their plans.

4 March 2024

Suggesting alternatives

We submitted a 27 page counter-proposal to the council outlining positive ideas for investing in our leisure centre.

18 March 2024

Complaining!

We sent a letter of formal letter of complaint to the council. (we received a reply on the 9th of May.

27 March 2024

Some hope

Council announces public consultation. We believe our vociferous campaigning contributed to this decision.

Mid-May

New website

We set up this website and a facebook group

8 June

Engaging our MP

We met with prospective parliamentary candidate Jon Pearce alongside local councillors and he listened to our concerns.

14 August

Getting endorsements

This letter was endorsed by 8 councillors and New Mills Town Council and sent to Jon Pearce – now elected as our MP. Although Jon has supported in other ways (meeting with us twice and writing to the council), we had no reply to this letter.

November – January

Online consultation

A public consultation is running now until January the 10th 2025 – please find out more.

If you have any questions, email us on info@nmlc-campaign.net.

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Save New Mills Leisure Centre Facilities

Join the campaign to prevent High Peak Borough Council from destroying our squash court and shrinking our sports hall.