Millom leisure centre named Millom Leisure Centre
Cumberland CouncilLocals have finally picked a name for their new leisure centre after six weeks of voting - but some think the name is a little obvious.
Nearly 1,000 people took part in a vote to name the new leisure centre in Millom in Cumbria and they picked... Millom Leisure Centre.
People took to Facebook to poke fun at the chosen name for its lack of imagination, including Millom resident Debbie Page, who greeted the announcement with sarcasm.
Under a post announcing the new name, she simply wrote: "Original".
"There's just no thought gone into the name at all," she said.
"It's like they've just thought, 'oh, that'll do'."
Name shows 'spirit'
Town residents had been given three options to choose from, with the other shortlisted names being Millom Sports Village and The Salthouse Centre.
Millom Town Deal, which is in charge of the development, said the winning name showed the community wanted a title that embodied "the town's spirit and the facility's purpose".
It said Millom Leisure Centre "emerged as the clear winner" after receiving 416 of the 931 votes.
Millom Sport Village received 305 votes while The Salthouse Centre was chosen by 211 people.
The vote was open to residents of Millom and Haverigg and every school pupil in town was also given the opportunity to participate.
Chair of the town deal board, David Savage, said the strong turnout for the vote showed how much the community wanted to help shape the facility's future.
"Millom Leisure Centre will be a vibrant hub for sport, health and wellbeing, and its name has been decided by the community as the best fit to this vision," he said.
The building is under construction on Salthouse Road and is part of the Town Deal's Activating Community Health scheme - one of four projects costing a total of £29.3m taking place in the town.
It is being built in partnership with Cumberland Council and will have a swimming pool, sports hall, fitness studio and a 3G all-weather pitch.
Council leader Mark Fryer said the works at the site were moving "at pace" and were set to be completed by autumn.
