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New Leisure Centre marks sixth successful project with Hyndburn Council

New Cath Thom Leisure Centre marks sixth successful project with Hyndburn Council

The new Cath Thom Leisure Centre at Wilson Sports Village has opened to the public, the latest project successfully delivered by Alliance Leisure for Hyndburn Borough Council.

Funded by the Council and Sport England, the circa £13 million scheme sets a new benchmark for delivering cost-effective, inclusive and sustainable facilities tailored to the needs of the local community.

The project faced a setback following the collapse of the original contractor, ISG, which went into administration in September 2024. Works restarted in January 2025 after the appointment of Universal Civils and Build under the UK Leisure Framework, allowing the development to complete in line with the original scope, specification and quality standards.

We are incredibly proud to be delivering our sixth project with Hyndburn Borough Council, and this one feels particularly special. The Cath Thom Leisure Centre will make a real difference to people's lives, creating opportunities for the community to be active, to connect and to thrive together. This journey hasn't been without its challenges, but the determination and vision shown by the Council has been inspiring. We are delighted to play our part in bringing this landmark facility to life, and we can't wait to see the positive impact it will have for future generations.

Tom Gardner

Business Development Manager, Alliance Leisure

Designed by Pozzoni, the facility is one of the key environmentally responsible buildings in the borough, achieving an impressive A-rated energy efficiency thanks to high-performance construction materials, innovative design features and rigorous quality controls.

The centre’s fossil fuel-free heating, cooling and hot water systems are powered by energy-efficient technologies and supported by solar panels, dramatically reducing the building’s carbon footprint. These measures reduce carbon emissions and running costs, while placing the centre on the cusp of an A+ rating, supporting the Council’s ambition to achieve net-zero carbon activities by 2030.

Named in honour of Cath Thom, the late Councillor for Clayton-Le-Moors, Mayor of Hyndburn and Honorary Alderman, the single-storey building is fully accessible with full level access throughout and wide corridors and doors to make movement easier for everyone. Other features include dedicated accessible showers, toilets and changing facilities as well as a fully equipped Changing Places room for those who need extra space and support.

The 25m swimming pool is equipped with the Poolpod 3.0; a platform lift system offering a safe, dignified and independent entry experience. The centre also has clear and concise signage with added symbols and Braille, while blinds installed between the café and pool area give users the option of privacy when using the pool. The centre has also made provision for accessible parking spaces, with ramps, handrails and outdoor seating to help visitors feel welcome and comfortable.

Set within Wilson Sports Village, alongside woodland paths, a running track and outdoor pitches, facilities at the centre also include a fitness suite, multi-purpose studio, sauna and steam room, café, changing village and external changing facilities for outdoor sports users.

The Cath Thom Leisure Centre has been a real success story for Hyndburn. Alliance Leisure's experience and hands-on approach helped us deliver the project to a high standard. Their experience during a difficult period in the early construction was invaluable. With support from Sport England and other partners, we've created a fantastic, accessible, low carbon leisure facility which will provide opportunities for sport and physical activity for generations to come.

Cllr Munsif Dad

Leader of Hyndburn Borough Council

The project follows decarbonisation and energy efficiency works at Hyndburn Leisure centre in addition to the refurbishment of the centre’s 3G pitch and LED lighting. All works have been delivered by the UK Leisure Framework, which is owned by Denbighshire Leisure Ltd, with Alliance Leisure appointed as the council’s development partner.

Alliance Leisure Welcomes On-Site Start at £24M Haden Hill Leisure Centre Redevelopment

Alliance Leisure is delighted to announce that major works have now commenced on the £24 million redevelopment of the Haden Hill Leisure Centre, a landmark project that will deliver a state-of-the-art facility for the local community and support health, fitness and social inclusion across Sandwell.

Contractor Speller Metcalfe has moved on-site and begun initial strip-out and demolition of the existing facility, paving the way for full construction to begin in January 2026, with the centre anticipated to open in spring 2027.

The new Haden Hill Leisure Centre is designed to offer a wide variety of modern, flexible amenities to meet the needs of all ages and abilities. Key features include:

A main swimming pool and a learner pool
Two multi-purpose studios for fitness classes and activities
A 100-station gym
A 27-station indoor cycling studio
A four-court sports hall
A dedicated community room to host local groups and events

Procured via the UK Leisure Framework (managed by Denbighshire Leisure Ltd), the scheme is a partnership between Sandwell Council, Sport England and the Council’s development partner Alliance Leisure. The project team also includes Roberts Limbrick architects, Axiom Project Services, Design Active Ltd and Greenwood Projects.

The £24 million redevelopment is being backed by £20 million from the UK Government’s Levelling Up Fund, supplemented by contributions from Sandwell Council and Sport England.

While initial on-site activity is underway, the core construction phase will formally begin in January 2026, with full delivery of the new centre by spring 2027.

From Alliance Leisure’s perspective, the project represents not just a building, but a long-term investment in health, equality and social value. As Julia Goddard, Regional Director at Alliance Leisure, commented:

We have worked tirelessly with the council and our other project partners to produce a scheme that will truly change the lives of local residents for the better. The new centre will deliver a modern, inclusive, health-focused facility, and also generate construction jobs, supply chain opportunities and community engagement throughout the delivery period.

It is fantastic to see work start on this new community facility which will benefit thousands of people's health and activity levels and I am so looking forward to it opening to the public. Over the past decade, we have built five new leisure centres including the magnificent Sandwell Aquatics Centre. This investment at Haden Hill Leisure Centre will ensure we are maintaining our high-quality leisure offer to all residents of Sandwell across our six towns.

Councillor Suzanne Hartwell

Sandwell Council’s Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods and Community

Steel Works Complete at Wilson’s Sports Village

On Wednesday July 24, 2024, Alliance Leisure was joined by construction company, ISG; architects, Pozzoni and project managers, Axiom on the site of the £12 million new build sport and leisure complex at Wilson’s Playing Fields, Clayton- le-Moors to mark the completion of the building’s steel structure.

The event coincided with the unveiling of the Borough’s plans to launch an Active Environment Strategy which saw a number of local Place Partners including Hyndburn Leisure and Sport England at the new build development site.

It’s absolutely fantastic to see this development taking shape. Now that the steel frame is in place, you can visualise the size of the building and how it will complement the surrounding active spaces.

Once completed, the facility will further enhance the sport and physical activity opportunities for the community, making it a fitting location to share plans of the new Active Environment Strategy, designed to encourage more people to adopt active lifestyles.

Tom Gardner, Business Development Manager, Alliance Leisure

Councillor Munsif Dad, Leader of the Council, Hyndburn Borough Council, adds:

Wilson Sports Village is the result of a £12 million investment by the Council, including £2.4 million contribution from Sport England via its Strategic Facilities Fund to deliver leisure facilities and services that are inclusive and diverse in their appeal.

Our vision is to create opportunities for everyone in our community to be able to access and enjoy an active lifestyle. Working with Alliance Leisure through the UK Leisure Framework, has enabled us to employ expertise at every stage of the design and development to create a physical activity hub that fully complements the surrounding pitches, woodland and athletics track.

The build project in Clayton-le Moors is set to complete in Spring 2025. Head to the end of this article to see a render of what the future site will looks like.

Wilson Sports Village will offer a range of targeted facilities including a 25-metre swimming pool, a fitness suite, sauna & steam room, multi-purpose studio, café, large changing village and dedicated changing facilities that will service the outdoor sports facilities.

Wilson Sports Village has been designed to accommodate everyone. The facilities, housed within a single storey building, reflect the Council’s ambition to support all individuals, including those with a disability and/or long-term health conditions. The Leisure Trust are working alongside the Together an Active Future, Place Partnership and the Activity Alliance, to appoint a team, of ‘Let Me Move’ champions to enhance our engagement with people with a disability and/or additional needs.

Hyndburn has some of the worst levels of inactivity and obesity in England resulting in lower health expectancy rates and poor quality of health and wellbeing for residents. We are working closely with the council and local partners to tackle these statistics. This is what the development of the Wilson Sports Village and the new ‘Active Environment Strategy’ is all about so it is fantastic to be able to bring partners together, here on site, and get a real feel for how our vision for change is playing out into reality.

Lyndsey Sims, Chief Executive, Hyndburn Leisure

Speaking of the development, Lisa Dodd-Mayne, Executive Director for Place at Sport England, says

The Wilson Sports Village is a testament to both the Council’s and Sport England’s commitment to health and wellbeing.

With the help of £2.4m of Sport England funding via the National Lottery, is genuinely a landmark development for Hyndburn, with the ambition for the Sports village to be a catalyst to help more people, of all abilities, get physically active for the benefit of their wellbeing. It is particularly pleasing to see the development of their Active Environment Strategy alongside the facility to ensure people have the opportunity to move in their outdoor places and spaces.

Celebrating the Official Opening of Our First Leisure Local Health Hub

Celebrating the Official Opening of Our First Local Leisure Hub

This month has seen the official opening of a brand new, £9 million Health Hub in Nottinghamshire.

Based on Sport England’s Leisure Local model, the new community provision delivers a host of leisure facilities designed to bring new active living opportunities to the whole community.

“I am thrilled that we are finally at the opening event for Warsop Health Hub, months ahead of schedule,” Andy Abrahams, Executive Mayor for Mansfield, said. “In the last year, it has been a dream come true to see such progress being made to bring a community facility to the people of Warsop.

“It has been a labour of love and wouldn’t have been possible without the commitment from fellow councillors, officers, funding partners, and, of course, the parish residents. Based on Sport England’s innovative Leisure Local model, the new hub houses a diverse range of facilities including a 15m x 8m swimming pool with a splash play area for younger children, a gym featuring the latest cardiovascular and resistance equipment, a two-court sports hall and an improved multi-use games area. The facility will also a reception area and community facilities, including multi-purpose spaces and an IT suite.

“Accessibility has been a consideration throughout the build. For example, the swimming pool incorporates a pool hoist as well as a changing village and an accessible Changing Places area to ensure as many people as possible can benefit from this investment. I look forward to seeing the community embrace the new facility and make the most of all the opportunities it will bring in terms of employment, aspiration, and health and wellbeing.”

Funded via a mix of Sport England investment, Towns Fund and borrowing by Mansfield District Council, Warsop Health Hub has been delivered by leisure development specialist Alliance Leisure, in partnership with Abacus as project manager and principal designer, architects Roberts Limbrick, lead contractor Pellikaan, and consultants Strategic Leisure. The UK Leisure Framework, which is managed by Denbighshire Leisure Limited (DLL), has been used as the procurement route for sourcing the development team.

Gareth Liversedge, Business Development Manager at Alliance Leisure, comments:

We have brought together leisure experts at every level of the supply chain to design and deliver a facility that truly reflects the needs of the local community and has the capability to deliver commercial as well as a social value. We have also integrated energy saving technologies including air source heat pumps and solar panels to drive energy efficiencies and future proof the building to be enjoyed by many generations to come.

This project is a great example of how to deliver a Sport England Leisure Local concept, with development works completing in under 12months.

Gert-Jan Peeters, director, Pellikaan, says:

It is great to see the centre open to the public after having worked on it for the past year. The process has been very smooth, which is due to the great communication between the many parties involved in the project. Whether client, consultant or subcontractor, everybody was geared towards delivering a great centre for the people in Warsop. We enjoyed working on the project, and are very pleased to see the people enjoying the use of the centre!

Warsop Health Hub opened its doors to the public on June 1, 2024 and is being managed by Serco Leisure on behalf of Mansfield District Council. July 18, 2024 saw the Mayor, community champion Graham Hall MBE and Lord Lieutenant for Nottinghamshire Professor Veronica Pickering meet with development partners and other local dignitaries in an official ribbon cutting ceremony on site.

Alliance Leisure Transforms Under-Utilised Space into Dynamic Functional Training Space in Scotland

Working in close partnership with a number of specialist providers, Alliance Leisure were appointed by East Renfrewshire Council to transform a low occupancy martial arts studio into a high energy functional training arena.

The space, branded The Grid, will be used for individual and group training and will enhance the current fitness offering for the community.

The council worked with Alliance Leisure who, through the UK Leisure Framework which is managed by Denbighshire Leisure Ltd (DLL), assembled a best-in-class team of leisure specialists to execute the vision. The £300K transformation was completed in just 4 weeks and will be operated by East Renfrewshire Leisure and Culture Trust.

Working with Alliance Leisure and the specialist partners to deliver our exciting new fitness space The Grid for Barrhead Foundry has been a great experience. From initially designing the space through to the delivery of the building works and fitout, this has been a smooth process and Alliance really looked at the finer details assisting with the fitness concept. The new training space will have a huge impact and provide a perfect work out environment for our customers and community.

Robert Hammond

Head of Operations, East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure

As our first project with East Renfrewshire Council, this was an exciting opportunity showing the potential of transforming underutilised space into a thriving activity hub that would deliver significant value to the local community. We are looking forward to supporting the launch of this project and the growth in membership over the coming period.

“Through the UK Leisure Framework we have worked with our expert leisure contractor Thomas Johnstone Ltd supported by Axiom Project Services and CD Architects to create an innovative fitness space for East Renfrewshire Cultural and Leisure Trust. We have also utilised our specialist leisure suppliers, Indigo Fitness, Pulse Fitness and Hutchison Technologies to enhance the experience for the members.

Jo Cameron

Delivery Manager, Alliance Leisure

The extension of the fitness provision means Barrhead Foundry can expand its fitness membership and welcome additional revenue opportunities that will help ensure the sustainability of services moving forwards. The new training space officially opened on April 18th, 2024.

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End of an Era but the Dawn of a New Beginning at Clay Cross Active

Alliance Leisure, North East Derbyshire District Council, the Clay Cross Town Deal board, and Sport England were on site at Sharley Park to bid the old leisure centre a final farewell as demolition commenced on the building which is paving way for a fantastic state-of-the-art community hub called Clay Cross Active which opens in the winter.

Alliance Leisure has been appointed to deliver the works through the UK Leisure Framework, owned by Denbighshire Leisure Limited (DLL).

Work has been underway at the site for some months now, putting in the steel frame of the new building at the rear of the old leisure centre which managed to stay partially open right up until February 2024. This new phase and demolition of the old building will see the build start to accelerate as it gets closer to completion.

The new centre has been needed for some time, the old facility being tired and dated and the community had said in consultations they wanted a new centre; using Alliance Leisure’s 25-year expertise, we are ensuring that they are getting a new centre that far surpasses their expectations.

However, this didn’t stop users of the centre sharing their amazing comments, looking back at how the centre has formed a cornerstone of the community helping their parents learn to swim right down to their own children in recent times and reminiscing about getting chip butties after a swim!

The time has now come to embrace the new and innovative, as such, the facility will feature a large modern fitness suite, immersive spin studio, sports hall, main pool and learner pool with spectator seating, changing places facility, wellness suite, soft play, a TAGactive arena, and a community café. Local residents will therefore still retain a welcoming community hub, but with a plethora of new ways to get active and moving.

Cllr Kathy Rouse, Cabinet Member for Leisure at North East Derbyshire District Council said,

I have fond memories of Sharley Park myself and share the views of our residents – it’s been a fantastic facility that served our community well, but now is the time to embrace the new hub which is being built and its exciting to see it progress.

It’s going to be brilliant for the town, and you can really sense the Clay Cross Town Deal coming together as works progress on the wider town areas.

Whilst Andy James, Sport England added,

This project supports key elements of our ‘Strategy Uniting the Movement’, given the key location of the facility within a parks location it supports one of our key themes within the strategy in terms of encouraging ‘Active Environments’.

Sport England will continue this support going forward and are actively involved supporting the construction of the facility and acting as a critical friend to the council, this will continue until the centre opens and beyond.

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LUF Projects Underway in Staffordshire

Alliance Leisure are proud to be delivering Staffordshire Moorlands District Council’s Levelling Up Fund (LUF) Round 2 allocation, encompassing the refurbishment and revival of three sites in Leek town centre.

Since being appointed by the council in March 2023, Alliance have successfully progressed works on the £17m worth of projects encompassing Staffordshire Moorlands District Council’s agenda to regenerate Leek town centre, with two projects on site already and the third due to begin soon.

The projects, which are both culture and leisure-oriented, include:

Market Halls

Upgrading the Victorian market halls in order to preserve their heritage and attract custom.

Installation of three new food and beverage units
Installation of Wi-Fi, CCTV, insulation, and heating
Creation of a new entryway
Restoring the Victorian character of shop frontages.

Nicholson Institute

Refurbishment of the multi-use Grade II listed building.

Refurbishment of lower ground floor to create student welfare provision
Refurbishment of museum
Renovation of basement to provide more space for library
Creation of new wedding and event venue

Brough Leisure Centre

Revitalising a tired leisure facility to provide residents with more ways to get active.

Creation of new swimming pool
Creation of new gym
Creation of new fitness and cycling studios
Refurbishment of changing facilities

Kieran Townsend, Transformation Business Partner at Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, says of work on the project so far:

We have been immensely impressed with the speed, ease, and efficacy of working with Alliance Leisure on our LUF projects. They have helped us to progress three large projects to the point where one has commenced on site and with the other two following quickly behind the second and third due to start this summer/ autumn. For such large and varied projects to be moving so quickly is fantastic for the council, and we eagerly await their completion to enhance the wellbeing of our residents.

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Construction Begins On £12 Million Sports Village in Clayton-Le-Moors

Construction Begins on £12 Million Sports Village in Clayton-Le-Moors

On Wednesday, March 13, 2024, Councillors and Officers from Hyndburn Borough Council met with Alliance Leisure and members of the ISG construction team to celebrate the start of works on the new, state-of-the-art, leisure and sports complex on Wilson Playing Fields in Clayton-le-Moors.

Funded by Hyndburn Borough Council as part of the borough’s leisure transformation plans and developed by Alliance Leisure through the UK Leisure Framework, when complete, facilities will include a four-lane, 25 metre swimming pool, a fitness suite, sauna & steam room, group exercise studio, café, large changing village and dedicated changing facilities to service teams making use of the various outdoor sports facilities.

It is very fitting that these significant development works fall in the 50th anniversary year for the dedication of Wilson Playing Fields, ensuring the location will remain at the heart of the community's active leisure and wellbeing provision for many years to come. It's fantastic to finally see a spade in the ground. This development reflects the council's commitment to placing the health and wellbeing of our community at the heart of our ongoing strategy. In addition to creating new indoor active opportunities for everyone in the community, the building will add-value to the existing outdoor facilities to create a leisure hub like no other in the local vicinity.

Councillor Marlene Haworth

Leader, Hyndburn Borough Council

In addition to the many social, health and wellbeing benefits Wilson’s Sports Village will deliver to the community, the new building will also optimise energy efficiencies. Air source heat pumps, solar panels and the utilisation of the very latest Low and Zero Carbon Technologies will all support the council’s carbon reduction strategy and ambitions to achieve net zero.

We have assembled a brilliant team with vast experience in leisure development to deliver this project. Partners include; principal contractor ISG with lead design delivery by Pozzoni architects. Bradshaw, Gass & Hope will contribute the structural design requirements and CGP MEP the MEP design. Together we will build a facility that provides an energy efficient sporting hub for the community to enjoy for many generations.

Tom Gardner

Business Development Manager, Alliance Leisure

Works are being delivered through the UK Leisure Framework, owned by Denbighshire Leisure Limited (DLL), in full consultation with Hyndburn Borough Council, supported by Hyndburn Leisure and Sport England. Works got underway in February 2024 with Wilson’s Sports Village expected to fully open to the public in the Spring of 2025.

Pozzoni are absolutely delighted to be part of the design team delivering this new facility at Wilson Playing Fields. The centre will provide much needed high quality wet and dry sports facilities for the wider community. Every effort has been made to make this project as universally accessible as possible, and will be a showcase of how good design, tight planning and modest budget can achieve maximum impact for all users.

Martin Bransby

Director, Pozzoni

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Response to Sport England’s New 10-Year Strategy, ‘Uniting the Movement’

Response to Sport England’s New 10-Year Strategy, ‘Uniting the Movement’ from our CEO, Sarah Watts

The new Sport England 10-year strategy has filled me with hope and enthusiasm. With a vision to tackle inequality and create a nation of “more equal, inclusive and connected communities’, there is finally official recognition that, rather than being treated as a ‘siloed package’ physical activity should be integrated into all aspects of life through a whole-system approach to local delivery.

To quote Tim Hollingsworth, CEO, Sport England, “If you start to embed the benefit of sport and physical activity within the local authority and its wider ambition – so you really do connect it to health, to education, to transport and in many cases to tackling anti-social behaviour, or some of the other problems faced in those local environments – you can suddenly have a very different discussion with local authorities about the role that sport can play in their communities. Suddenly it becomes a much better basis for sustained investment and engagement.” Hear, hear, Mr Holllingsworth.

It is also encouraging that ‘active environments‘ has been recognised as one of the areas of focus. This is music to my ears.

If we are to change behaviours, especially amongst social groups who are traditionally less active, and encourage more people to move, we need to create and nurture environments that engage and inspire. Opportunities to be active need to be all around us, embedded in daily routines.

The population’s reaction to the COVID induced lockdowns has been an interesting lesson. During times of extended social restrictions, many people have reengaged with the environment, exploring the walks and cycles available to them from their front doors. This has demonstrated that, even when leisure centres and gyms are closed, the environment around us can support an active community, if it is designed to deliver safe, enjoyable and fulfilling experiences.

As one of the UK’s leading leisure developers, a large percentage of the work we deliver at Alliance involves the regeneration and repurposing of leisure centres. However, and this is where is gets exciting, more and more of our work with local authorities involves exploring opportunities to incorporate physical activity into wider planning and development.

I believe the new Sport England strategy will encourage local authorities to invite their in-house or contracted leisure teams into conversations around the achievement of broad community objectives. Dedicated leisure facilities need to be intrinsically linked to other community services, with parks and playgrounds strategically positioned and well maintained. I believe the provision of attractive, well maintained active environments will become a key driver in property purchasing decisions moving forwards, with people keen to live in a place that offers more than a good local school and shops.

This strategy document is a positive step in the right direction but to deliver its aims will require significant change in the way physical activity is perceived and delivered. The fact that leisure services are still not valued as a statutory requirement needs to change. There needs to be a widespread understanding and acceptance of the vital role sport and physical activity can place in the creation of a happy, healthy and prosperous society.

Well done, Sport England. Uniting The Movement is a 10 year strategy and it is certainly true that change of this magnitude will not take place overnight. However, recognition of the need to change and a vision for how change will be encouraged is a good place to start.

The Necessity of Public Consultation

How public consultation can drive innovative leisure centre design

Henry Ford is quoted as saying, “If I had asked the people what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse.”

No one asks for something they don’t know exists. In fact, most of the time, people don’t know what they want until you show them. And this is particularly true when it comes to the design of leisure centres.

Why do we need to regenerate our leisure centres?

There’s no doubt that public leisure facilities need upgrading. According to Sport England, nearly two thirds of leisure centres are outdated. Figures show that up to 63% of sports halls and swimming pools are more than 10 years old, and almost a quarter of all sports halls and swimming pools have not been refurbished in over 20 years.

When it comes to regenerating or replacing sports halls, swimming pools, health and fitness and all the other facilities that leisure centres offer, it’s tempting to replace like for like simply because that’s what was done in the past. But this is a unique opportunity to create a bespoke solution that meets the needs of your location and your community, while attracting new audiences, creating new revenue streams and achieving public health outcomes. Having spent the over 20 years helping local authorities to successfully transform their leisure centres, we know that very often that means doing something different.

“Working recently to support county-wide transformation planning in the North East of England and implementing consultation models on a number of Towns Fund projects, we believe in ensuring that the needs of stakeholders and communities alike are effectively underpinned by sustainable facility modelling in the design process,” says James Foley, Commercial Director for Alliance.

Creating better design with public consultation

We can’t overstate the importance of consulting with your members, target users and the wider community when planning your leisure centre project. Engaging in meaningful public engagement will give you a better understanding of what your community wants from their local leisure centre and allows you to demonstrate how you can innovatively meet their needs.

We know families like to exercise together and we embrace the traditional participation routes such as family swimming or a game of badminton. Few families, however, would think to ask for an interactive climbing wall or a TAGactive adventure zone for their refurbished leisure centre. Or what about adventure in the great outdoors? By investing in innovative activities like these, clients like Denbighshire Leisure and Kirklees Active Leisure have been able to increase dwell time and secondary spend while encouraging more families to be active. Our forte is in truly recognising the benefit of an integrated facilities approach when working with our clients on their regeneration projects.

Likewise, how many Spinning fans would have an immersive group cycling studio on their wish list for their centre upgrade? Featuring a cinema-sized screen, top of the range audio and lighting systems and an immersive cycling workout, these spaces have revolutionised the group cycling experience and have the potential to attract a new and diverse audience to your leisure centre.

Sustainable leisure centre design

Having supported a number of clients through the Covid-19 pandemic, John Leaver, Head of Marketing for TA6 powered by Alliance Leisure, recognises that:

“Public leisure centres are vital assets for our communities, but many are outdated, and the facilities they offer are simply not attractive to modern users. Conducting a meaningful public consultation opens the eyes of your community to the variety of exciting leisure facilities that are available.

This, along with other tools like feasibility studies and demographic mapping, allows us and our trusted partners to develop the right leisure facility for your location and users to help ensure its long-term success.”

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New Cath Thom Leisure Centre marks sixth successful project with Hyndburn Council

The new Cath Thom Leisure Centre at Wilson Sports Village has opened to the public, the latest project successfully delivered by Alliance Leisure for Hyndburn Borough Council.

Tom Gardner

Cllr Munsif Dad

Alliance Leisure Welcomes On-Site Start at £24M Haden Hill Leisure Centre Redevelopment

Councillor Suzanne Hartwell

Steel Works Complete at Wilson’s Sports Village

Celebrating the Official Opening of Our First Local Leisure Hub

This month has seen the official opening of a brand new, £9 million Health Hub in Nottinghamshire.

Alliance Leisure Transforms Under-Utilised Space into Dynamic Functional Training Space in Scotland

Working in close partnership with a number of specialist providers, Alliance Leisure were appointed by East Renfrewshire Council to transform a low occupancy martial arts studio into a high energy functional training arena.

Robert Hammond

Jo Cameron

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LUF Projects Underway in Staffordshire

Alliance Leisure are proud to be delivering Staffordshire Moorlands District Council’s Levelling Up Fund (LUF) Round 2 allocation, encompassing the refurbishment and revival of three sites in Leek town centre.

Market Halls

Nicholson Institute

Brough Leisure Centre

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Construction Begins on £12 Million Sports Village in Clayton-Le-Moors

On Wednesday, March 13, 2024, Councillors and Officers from Hyndburn Borough Council met with Alliance Leisure and members of the ISG construction team to celebrate the start of works on the new, state-of-the-art, leisure and sports complex on Wilson Playing Fields in Clayton-le-Moors.

Councillor Marlene Haworth

Tom Gardner

Martin Bransby

Response to Sport England’s New 10-Year Strategy, ‘Uniting the Movement’ from our CEO, Sarah Watts

Well done, Sport England. Uniting The Movement is a 10 year strategy and it is certainly true that change of this magnitude will not take place overnight. However, recognition of the need to change and a vision for how change will be encouraged is a good place to start.

The Necessity of Public Consultation

How public consultation can drive innovative leisure centre design

Why do we need to regenerate our leisure centres?

Creating better design with public consultation

Sustainable leisure centre design

We can bring innovation to your project.

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