‘What is happening with our new leisure and community centre?’This is the question being asked by a Diss community group after a council fell quiet on the project. A new £6 million community and leisure centre is earmarked for the former John Grose car dealership site in Park Road, after South Norfolk Council (SNC) bought the site in 2024. An artist's impression of the new community and leisure centre in Diss. It is expected the new leisure centre will include a gym, accessible toilets and changing facilities, a bookable community space for classes, a café and soft play area. At the start of 2025, a £4 million upgrade to the old leisure centre, which reopened under the new name of Diss Swim Centre, was unveiled.

Source: Express January 02, 2026 05:07 UTC