A leisure centre, sports centre, or recreation centre is a purpose-built building or site, usually owned and provided by the Local authority, where people can engage in a variety of Sport and exercise, and Physical fitness.
Typical facilities
Facilities typically include a
swimming pool, a large sports hall, and a
Health club, and may include:
aerobics studios, an
indoor cycling studio, squash courts, a
cafeteria, a licensed bar, outdoor grass and/or artificial pitches for football (soccer),
Field hockey etc., a solarium,
sauna and/or
steam room. Some of its functions may overlap with that of a
community centre.
Leisure centres are staffed by attendants who carry out a range of tasks to help and supervise the people using the leisure centre's facilities, and act as swimming pool Lifeguard, gym instructors and coaches, offering advice, motivation, and expertise to users. Leisure centres are often operated by private companies on contract to the local authority.
Some leisure centres, particularly in Australia, are called aquatic centres, if their main facilities are pools for swimming, diving, and other aquatic sports.
Examples of leisure centres
Current
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Deeside Leisure Centre
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Gateshead Leisure Centre
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Leisure centres in Cardiff
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K2 Leisure Centre in Crawley
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Kensington Leisure Centre
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South Norwood Leisure Centre
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Splashpoint Leisure Centre in Worthing
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Swansea Leisure Centre in Wales
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The Dome Leisure Centre in Doncaster
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Brentford Leisure Centre in Chiswick
Former
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