Lambeth council has announced a new £14.2m (US$21.8m, €16.6m) health and leisure centre, which will be the third complex to gain a new swimming pool in the Lambeth area, scheduled to be completed by spring next year.

Lambeth council is aiming to deliver three pools in the space of two years. One opened in Clapham last year in February while another is part of the Streatham Hub development, which will see a new ice rink, 250 homes and a supermarket built and is due to be opened in November.

The newest leisure centre, designed by architecture firm Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, will be in located in West Norwood and will have a 25m pool, gym with 100 work stations, dance studio, GP practice, dentistry service, a Lambeth council customer service point and a community room.

The centre is being built on the old site of the derelict Norwood Hall and the funding is being paid for through Private Finance Initiative (PFI) credits.

A three-name shortlist for the West Norwood leisure centre has been announced and residents have now been invited to choose their favourite