A new £1.1m environmentally-friendly sports hub has been unveiled at Yarborough Leisure Centre in Lincoln.

The hub building incorporates six changing rooms and two officials' changing rooms, in addition to a 60sq m (646sq ft) training and meeting room with catering facilities. Air source heat pumps coupled to under floor heating and solar thermal hot water and rainwater harvesting form part of the building's design to ensure energy efficiency.

The hub also complements recent work to improve football pitches and athletics facilities at the complex, with the latter now classified as A Class by UK Athletics. City of Lincoln Council (CLC) provided £807,000 of funding, while Lincolnshire County Council invested nearly £100,000 and the Football Foundation contributed £200,000,

Alister Williams, portfolio holder for health and recreation at CLC, said: "The Sports Hub is something the city can be really proud of and is a sign of our commitment to help improve the health of the city, by providing better facilities that encourage increased levels of activity."