Waltham Forest news
20 Aug 2025
The finalists of the UK Active Awards 2025 have been announced today (19 August) following
23 Jul 2024
Finalists for the UK Active Awards 2024 have been announced. Winners from across the 14
27 Oct 2023
The top operators, suppliers and facilities from across the physical activity sector were celebrated last
Double Olympic rinks, gym and dance studio will drive physical activity at new Lee Valley Ice Centre
06 Jun 2023
London has a new double Olympic skating centre following a £30m investment by the Lee
02 Mar 2020
Outdoor activity provider Our Parks, which offers people across England free outdoor exercise and fitness
06 Dec 2017
Sports coaches and occupational therapists have teamed up for a new programme designed to engage
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
18 Jul 2017
A scheme by architecture firm Nex for a green-topped cafe overlooking the London running track
03 Oct 2016
London’s first permanent ‘ninja run’ obstacle course has been established in a new leisure centre
28 Aug 2015
London's Walkie Talkie, also known as 20 Fenchurch Street, has suffered a barrage of criticism
13 Mar 2015
Waltham Forest Council, along with operator, Better, is continuing to upgrade the borough’s leisure centre
06 Jun 2014
London’s mini-Holland concept, pioneered by the London Cycling Campaign (LCC), has shifted up a gear
14 Mar 2014
Boris Johnson has allocated £100m of funding to create ‘mini-Holland’ cycling hubs around the capital's
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
04 Jun 2013
Lewisham and Waltham Forest are the only two London boroughs without a cinema in their
16 May 2013
Pringle Richards Sharratt Architects and GUM Design, have won the 2013 Museums and Heritage Award
27 Feb 2013
The former Kelmscott Leisure Centre has officially reopened as Walthamstow Leisure Centre this week as
24 Jan 2013
The first phase of a £24m redevelopment of Waltham Forest's leisure centres has been unveiled
05 Nov 2012
More than 500 over 55-year-olds took part in the 2012 Better Club Games, held at
12 Sep 2012
A joint venture between ISG and Trebor Developments has been appointed by Greenwich Leisure (GLL)
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
02 Jul 2012
Image: It is hoped the cinema will open by 2014 Empire Cinemas, one of the
10 May 2012
Image: A leisure centre forms part of the scheme Housing association London and Quarter (L&Q)
03 Apr 2012
The new London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has been launched, taking over responsibility for the
14 Feb 2012
All GLL-run leisure centres in five Olympic host boroughs have been awarded the Customer Service
05 Dec 2011
In the build up to London 2012 and the IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017, all
24 Nov 2011
London mayor Boris Johnson has announced that 20 projects at sports clubs, playing fields and
23 Sep 2011
The mixed-use transformation of the former Arcade site in the centre of Walthamstow, East London,
30 Aug 2011
Nearly 2,300 tonnes of sand used at the recent London 2012 beach volleyball test event,
12 May 2011
Saveourstow, a campaign group aiming to re-establish Walthamstow Stadium as a venue for greyhound racing,
04 May 2011
Spenhill, the wholly-owned regeneration subsidiary of supermarket chain Tesco, has started work on a £105m
24 Mar 2011
Plans for the restoration of the Grade II-listed Upminster Old Chapel in Havering, London, is
04 Feb 2011
Waltham Forest Council has announced that it has awarded a long-term lease for part of
04 Feb 2011
Waltham Forest Council (WFC) has officially unveiled a new £7.24m venue in Leyton, East London,
24 Jan 2011
Tottenham Hotspur Foundation (THF) has received £160,000 of funding from Sport England to encourage women
01 Nov 2010
Launched to coincide with the autumn half-term, Social Enterprise and leading leisure operator GLL is
01 Nov 2010
A new pilot programme designed to encourage more disabled Londoners to participate in sport and
19 Oct 2010
Leisure trust Greenwich Leisure (GLL) has launched a new pilot programme designed to encourage more
28 Sep 2010
The William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow, east London, has been granted £1.5m by the Heritage
07 Sep 2010
Five leisure centres in Waltham Forest - operated by Greenwich Leisure (GLL) -have achieved the
06 Sep 2010
Following an intensive two-day assessment of its services, five GLL-run leisure centres in Waltham Forest
27 Aug 2010
A multi-million pound bid to acquire London's historic Walthamstow Stadium as part of efforts to
06 Apr 2010
Over 800 young athletes from across London and the South East have been awarded financial
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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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David Lloyd is stepping up its commitment to women’s health as it continues to explore what fit-for-purpose looks like for the female population
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Starpool supports Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, says Riccardo Turri
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Greg Bradley looks at the shift towards strength training in gyms and advises on how operators can create the ultimate training environment
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EGYM has opened a new HQ in Paternoster Square,
London and revealed a range of new launches
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Active IQ is calling for greater accountability in online fitness advice with the launch of a new trustmark
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Pulse Fitness has created a
new health club delivering an
elevated wellness experience
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As the entrepreneur who started Wexer, Fresh Fitness, Fitness DK and Repeat, as well as being a former elite athlete, Rasmus Ingerslev’s life looked perfect from the outside, but onthe inside it was a different story. He talks to Kath Hudson about healing old wounds
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Raphael Cuomo explores the
powerful link between addiction,
health and behaviour change
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Stephen Price
Founder, SP&Co Group“Working in public health over the last few years has lit up parts of my brain again”
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Collaborations with the medical profession and greater aspirations around wellbeing are creating a need for more experts in our sector. It’s time to reboot our thinking around the workforce
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Jamie Clements
The Breath Coach“I experienced a blissful feeling of joy I hadn’t felt since I was a kid”
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For every member with a tripod and a big following, there are others irritated at the way equipment is being hogged or wary they’ll be in the background on someone’s Insta feed. Do influencers offer valuable, free marketing or are they just a nuisance? Kath Hudson finds out how operators are responding
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If the health service is to
survive, we must recognise
that it is a disease service
– and that wellbeing rests with
us, says the activity advocate
and healthy ageing champion.
He talks to Kate Cracknell
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Small improvements to sleep, diet and physical activity have major benefits for the heart, according to new research from the University of Sydney
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Strength training is evolving,
driven by changing consumer
preferences. Julie Cramer talks
to innovators about how their
products are meeting this demand
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Record market penetration in the UK
fitness sector masks a deeper shift
around consumer engagement, according
to a report from Grant Thornton and
UK Active, as Liz Terry reports
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“Strength training has moved from the margins to the mainstream.”
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Elevate is set to celebrate its 10th anniversary in style this June, with organisers
confirming the event’s largest-ever drinks reception as registrations continue to run more
than 10% ahead of last year.
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