Hengistbury Head Outdoor Centre to close
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to keep a Bournemouth watersports and activity centre open have lost their battle.
Bournemouth council said it "little option" but to close the Hengistbury Head Outdoor Centre at Soubourne after efforts to find a private operator failed.
Cllr Malcolm Davies, cabinet member for education, said: "The buildings are now in a poor state of repair and it requires a subsidy of at least £100,00 a year.
"The centre has been losing money and therefore, regrettably, it is not economically viable for the council to continue to maintain the running of the centre and to allow it to continue to decline."
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