leisure centres news
08 Jul 2026
Walnuts Leisure Centre in Orpington, in the London Borough of Bromley, has reopened following a
22 Jun 2026
Good Boost’s digital exercise programmes are helping adults with MSK at a lower cost than
16 Jun 2026
Freedom Leisure and Ebbsfleet Garden City Trust have opened the £13 million Weldon Wellbeing Pavilion
05 Jun 2026
Shocked by the UK loneliness statistics, charitable trust Mytime Active has been doubling down on
21 May 2026
UK Active has published new guidance on defibrillators to help fitness and leisure operators deliver
03 May 2026
Activity levels are still rising among English adults according to Sport England’s new Active Lives
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
13 Apr 2026
The fourth Hello GoodLife Health & Wellbeing Hub has opened in Ireland to meet increasing
10 Apr 2026
After celebrating its 25th anniversary last year, Fusion Lifestyle has called in administrators after a
09 Apr 2026
The newly published The UK Health & Fitness Market Report 2026 shows penetration has reached
20 Mar 2026
Places Leisure has announced a new strategic partnership with COPA as the preferred apprenticeship delivery
19 Mar 2026
KA Leisure is investing more than £1.2 million in a major capital improvement programme across
09 Mar 2026
UK Active and This Girl Can have published a new guide to help fitness and
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
11 Feb 2026
Bolton Middlebrook Leisure Trust has scooped the contract to run five leisure sites as an
05 Feb 2026
A report from UK Active and Les Mills has found that 43 per cent of
05 Feb 2026
Caerphilly County Borough Council has lowered the age limit for resistance training to 14 in
28 Jan 2026
Sector representative body, UK Active, has expressed frustration that the UK government has overlooked the
19 Jan 2026
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released two global reports calling on governments around the
09 Jan 2026
Following protests from the hospitality industry UK chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is looking set to make
15 Dec 2025
Be Well Wigan Council has introduced a new evidence-based, healthy ageing programme that aligns with
04 Dec 2025
Sport England has released the latest Active Lives Children & Young People Report for the
14 Nov 2025
UK Active has published new guidance designed to help operators support young people over the
13 Nov 2025
According to the latest Moving Communities Impact Report visits to leisure centres are rising and
16 Oct 2025
Work is underway on a £19.7 million waterfront leisure centre in Newport, which will be
15 Oct 2025
Across Europe there are encouraging signs that governments are waking up to the value of
02 Oct 2025
Mark Tweedie has joined the Devon-based Plymouth Active Leisure (PAL) board as a non-executive director
11 Sep 2025
Perth and Kinross Council has officially opened the £36 million Blairgowrie Recreation Centre – Scotland’s
08 Sep 2025
Head of health and wellbeing development at UK Active, Kenny Butler, has announced he is
08 Sep 2025
Registered charity and leisure operator, BH Live has taken over the contract to run the
01 Sep 2025
Trafford, in Greater Manchester, UK, has a new wellbeing facility following a £20 million upgrade
27 Aug 2025
Work is underway in the London Borough of Ealing on a landmark leisure centre to
20 Aug 2025
The finalists of the UK Active Awards 2025 have been announced today (19 August) following
13 Aug 2025
Engineering entrepreneur, Matt Harford, has launched a new fitness, physical activity and community concept called
08 Aug 2025
UK Active, Sport England, CIMSPA and Women’s Aid have published new resources to help fitness
06 Aug 2025
Move Southwark is gearing up to launch a multi-million pound leisure centre at Canada Water,
25 Jul 2025
According to a study commissioned by GM Active, health intervention programmes provide more than £20,000
23 Jul 2025
Leisure DB has released its State of the UK Swimming Industry Report 2025. In the
14 Jul 2025
A £24 million modernisation programme will get underway in Wandsworth, London as Places Leisure wins
03 Jul 2025
The much anticipated Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England reveals ambitious
02 Jul 2025
North Herts Council in the UK is set to deliver one of the nation's largest
20 Jun 2025
The UK's Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced £900 million for major
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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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Third Space partnered with IndigoFitness to deliver a
bespoke training space for its new club at The Whiteley
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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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SnowDome Fitness has added 50 per cent more space with cutting-edge Technogym solutions
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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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Would you stop selling memberships to prevent your club getting overcrowded?
How do you strike the balance between maximising profits and prioritising
the member experience? Kath Hudson talks to the experts
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New legislation is exposing weakness
and potential liabilities in the
management of customer data in
health clubs, says Andy Chesterman
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People on weight loss drugs reduce their activity levels, according to a team at St John’s Hospital Illinois
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Software suppliers explain how AI,
automation and connected digital
experiences can work for the good
of operators and consumers
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As the 20th State of the Industry Report is released,
LeisureDB has rebranded to Evolve, as Kath Hudson reports
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Lisa Starr tries the Ammortal
Chamber to see whether
layering 10 modalities into one
experience really delivers more
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The fitness industry is mourning the passing of Les Mills,
a founding father of fitness, as Kath Hudson reports
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The new CEO of UK Active talks to HCM about the gym-curious and
why he believes the sector can double in size by the end of the next decade
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After decades of focusing on adult audiences, operators are starting to engage young people – unlocking growth opportunities while supporting the health and wellbeing of future generations
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