A new swimming pool could be built in Taunton, Somerset, under plans to improve the town's swimming provision being considered by Taunton Deane Borough Council (TDBC).

According to a report put before the Community Scrutiny Committee on 13 October, the town's two existing swimming pools - Station Road and St James Street - are "coming to the end of their useful lives". However, TDBC is now examining ways to meet an expected increase in demand due to the introduction of the government's free swimming initiative and the impact of the London 2012 Olympics.

A feasibility study, carried out by Strategic Leisure, put before the council in 2005 found that a new pool would cost around £10m, although TDBC will now update the findings in order to take the scheme forward. The six-lane 33m swimming pool at Station Road first opened in 1974, while the St James Street Pool, which boasts two smaller pools, dates back to 1935.