People in Crawley are more satisfied with their leisure facilities than nearly anywhere else in the country, according to a major Sport England survey.
Only six local authorities in the country have higher satisfaction rates than Crawley. The town has 79.3 per cent of adults very or fairly satisfied with the sports provision in Crawley, up 1.4 per cent on last year. The national average is 69.2 per cent.
Sport England questioned at least 400 residents in each of the 354 local authority areas in England. More than 150,000 adults answered the Active People Survey.
Crawley Council’s leisure facilities, which include the state-of-the-art K2 Crawley leisure centre, the 3G community football pitch in Broadfield, the Skate Park in Southgate and Tilgate Golf Centre, ensured residents’ satisfaction levels were high.
Sporting participation has also risen 4.3 per cent to 19.3 per cent in the past year. This is lower than the national average of 22 per cent.
Councillor Lenny Walker, Cabinet member for Leisure and Cultural Services, said: “Crawley has many fantastic sport and leisure facilities, of which we are justifiably proud.
“I’m pleased with the satisfaction figures but also with the participation figures. They are not high enough but it is certainly a big step in the right direction. This rise is thanks to our great facilities as well as our Active Crawley Team encouraging more and more people to use them.
“These results show that the investment made in state-of-the-art developments like K2 Crawley and the 3G pitch meets the needs of Crawley residents.”
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