Last-minute preparations are going ahead for the opening later this month of a multi-million pound sports complex for Clifton College.
The Chellaram Sports Centre at Beggar Bush Lane, Abbots Leigh, will include three netball courts, three tennis courts, twelve badminton courts and three basketball courts.
There will also be ten cricket net lanes, a bouldering wall, indoor hockey pitch and five places for touch rugby.
The new sports complex, which will have 208 seats for spectators, will replaces the indoor sports dome which was said to be “looking tired as well as being in need of a regular maintenance.”
The complex has been made possible thanks to a donation by former pupil Lel Chellaram, a shipping entrepreneur, and the Chellaram Foundation, which he founded.
Clifton College says that his was one of the largest gifts in the recent history of public schools.
On a donations board in the college the Foundation is listed as having made a gift in excess of £250,000.
The sports complex is due to be available for use by the college, community groups and schools at the start of the new academic year later this month.
The new building will meet current energy and sustainability standards, including BREEAM Excellent.