New sports facilities are to be provided as part of a £600,000 plan to replace the aging pavilion on the Little Knavesmire, off Knavesmire Road

The existing pavilion will be replaced with a new one which will include four players’s changing rooms; two referees’s changing rooms, storage space, a Clubroom/community café and improved parking for cars and cycles.

The current building was used originally by the Royal Observatory Corp in the 1940’s

Funding support is expected to come from The Football Foundation, Sport England and the local and wider community.

The facility is adjacent to three full-sized, four mini-soccer pitches and two cricket pitches, some of which have recently had major improvements to the drainage system and levelling. It is expected that the new facility will increase community participation from many other local sports and community groups, who would access the facility for sports sessions, meetings and social events.

Construction is expected to commence in August 2013.