The old playing fields at Dean Street in Whitecrook have been transformed into world-class sporting facility for rugby, Gaelic football, football and a range of other sports and activities.

The state-of-the-art hub boasts a full-size, floodlit, all-weather synthetic pitch, two redeveloped grass pitches, and renovated indoor sports and social spaces with room for clubs and community groups.

The Sports Hall was upgraded from the existing sports pavilion, and extended to include six team changing rooms, a social space with kitchen and bar and the Dojang – a special space for martial arts.

As well as sporting facilities, there are community allotments – with one being used by neighbouring Whitecrook Primary School – and a community garden.

The project was funded by West Dunbartonshire Council, Scottish Government, sportscotland, the Gaelic Athletic Association, Cashback for Communities, Clydebank Community Sport Hub, Social Investment Scotland, Scottish Rugby, The Robertson Trust and Barr Environmental Limited, through the Scottish Landfill Communities Fund.

The Big Lottery Fund is providing £90,000 for revenue costs over the initial three years of operation.

Councillor Iain McLaren, the council’s convener for infrastructure, regeneration and economic development, cut the ribbon at the hub’s entrance on Tuesday.

He gathered with a number of the projects partners, elected members and the Consul General of Ireland in Scotland Mark Hanniffy.

Councillor McLaren said: “The Clydebank Community Sport Hub is a wonderful facility that simply can’t be matched in this area.

“The transformation of this site has been phenomenal, having gone from being almost derelict to offering an impressive range of facilities which will draw people from near and far.

“The regeneration of this site will bring huge benefits to Whitecrook and to Clydebank as a whole and these will be seen for generations to come.”

Councillor Marie McNair, vice convener of infrastructure, regeneration and economic development, added: “This hub is about more than sporting facilities. It allows us as a Council to help improve our residents’ health and wellbeing, gives us a space to engage with and educate our young people, and encourages volunteering and community participation.

“It has been an exciting time watching this development progress and I can’t wait to see the space in full use.”