Former Mansfield athletics club shed to be demolished after being deemed 'unsafe'

Work to demolish the disused former Mansfield Harriers Athletics Club’s building in Berry Hill Park has been scheduled for Monday, November 8.

The timber building was the club house and gym for members and had been disused for more than a decade.

The building had fallen into disrepair and had become victim to vandalism, after the Harriers left the park in 2012.

The site was deemed “unsafe” by Mansfield District Council’s building control team. The demolition will take around one to two weeks to complete.

The council says it is not known yet if it will be replaced by another building.

An Facebook post from the authority said: “The footprint of the building will remain until a decision is made as to the future of the site.”

The Harriers club recently returned to the park and uses modern and upgraded facilities there.

Mansfield District Council representative for the Berry Hill area Coun Andrew Tristram said: “The shed has been in a bit of a state for quite a while, it has deteriorated and been vandalised over the years.

"It’s a good that it is coming down, it really wasn't the sort of building that you could have patched up, the club really needs something to replace it. It is a positive thing that it is coming down, and now we need to look forward to think about what we can do with the space.”

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