Chesterfield announced as second best in England for access to sporting facilities
Chesterfield is the second best place in the country for access to sporting facilities according to new research.
The England Sports Accessibility Index has been created by Runners Need.
It analyses how much town and city councils across England have invested in local sports and activity schemes over the past five years and which places have the best access to sports facilities.
Chesterfield has 137 local facilities per 100,000 residents and an average spend of £57.59 per person per year.
The research highlights on average, a town or city has 73 listed sports facilities per 100,000 people and spends £35.70 per head per year on sports funding.
Councillor Jill Mannion-Brunt, Chesterfield Borough Council’s cabinet member for health and wellbeing, said: “We welcome the positive news that Chesterfield has been ranked as England’s second most accessible town for sports.”
“We want to be able to help our communities to improve their health and wellbeing and we understand how important it is to have access to facilities and opportunities for people to be active.”
“We have some fantastic local facilities and lots of groups that help encourage everyone in our community participate in sport and physical activity.”
“This ranking is a testament to the fantastic work that everyone involved in sport and physical activity does to help our residents and visitors across the Borough.”
This survey follows announcements that Chesterfield is the happiest place to live in the east midlands and the second best place in the UK to raise a family.
