Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (RMBC) has revealed that the new Maltby Leisure Centre - part of a wider £35m overhaul of the borough's leisure facilities - is set to open on 1 February.

Originally due to open in 2009, the revised opening date of the new centre - the last of four facilities to be built in Rotherham - had to be put back as a result of the recent snow delaying the final stages of construction. Delivered in partnership with operator DC Leisure, Maltby Leisure Centre includes a 50-station Kinetika gym, a 25m competition-standard swimming pool with moveable floor, a diving pool with moveable floor and a six-court sports hall.

A dance studio and a coffee bar are also among the facilities at the centre, which was built by Willmott Dixon and connects to a service centre featuring a doctor's surgery, a dental practice, a pharmacy and council offices. Maltby Leisure Centre is the result of a joint public/private venture and was funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Communities and Local Government through its private finance initiative.

The National Lottery's New Opportunities for PE and School Sports fund, Rotherham Primary Care Trust and RMBC's capital budget has also helped finance the scheme.