The foundation stone had been laid on 18th Dec 1995 by Cllr. Alby Davies (Chair of Leisure Services) and construction of this prestigious £1.2million building was undertaken over the following months by the main contractor - Mowlem South Wales. The centre is built on the site of the former Deep Duffryn Colliery - a coal mine which was originally sunk in 1850. By 1935 the Colliery employed 140 men on the surface and 1,250 underground with an output of 500,000 tons of coal. The mine closed on 21st Sep 1979.
