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The HISTORY of REDDITCH New Town
Recreation & Leisure
The Development Corporation believed that recreational facilities must be
comprehensively planned to ensure a suitable choice of indoor and outdoor leisure
activities to meet the needs of people of all ages. It argued, that habits were changing
in all types of recreation, particularly in the use of open space and in sport, and people
are increasingly spending their leisure time in pursuits involving travel from their home
town. It was necessary, therefore, to consider the facilities available in Birmingham and
nearby towns such as Stratford-upon-Avon which would attract people from Redditch;
the fine countryside was also within easy access for picnics and weekend recreation.
Therefore, they needed to ensure that facilities in Redditch not only served Redditch
residents but would also draw people from the surrounding areas.
The inside of Redditch Megabowl in the late 1980s.
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