Celtic Football Club has opened its new £8m training centre in Lennoxtown near Glasgow, Scotland.

The 50-acre site features three full-size grass pitches – one of which is heated -– and one artificial pitch – as well as a gym; hydrotherapy facilities; physiotherapy, sports science and medical suites; dedicated goalkeeping training areas; teaching facilities and a media suite.

The club’s chief executive, Peter Lawwell, said: “What we have built is a world-class facility, fit for the 21st century in terms of capacity and potential, befitting a club of Celtic’s history and stature and that will help us to develop and recruit new talent both now and in years to come.”

Summerfield Robb Clark acted as project managers and cost consultants for the new facility, which was built on a hillside on part of the former Lennox Castle Hospital grounds.

The gradient was altered to create a flat platform for the playing surfaces. 500,000 cubic metres of earth was moved to create three terraces and an attenuation pond to cope with the Scottish weather.

Gary Logue, sector director at AYH, Summerfield Robb Clark’s parent company, said: “The new training centre has been to an exceptional standard and will revolutionise the way the Celtic players train, safe in the knowledge they are surrounded by dedicated staff and technology to ensure their best possible physical advancement and welfare.”