Improving your centres

Fit for the future

We’re improving your leisure centres. A once in a generation investment by South Ribble Borough Council

Leisure Improvements Tennis courts

South Ribble Leisure Centres are undergoing a multimillion-pound improvements project, which will make greener, more energy efficient leisure centres, and will give them long-needed modernisation and upgrades.

The first stage, which is now almost complete, has been the decarbonisation and infrastructure phase, which has involved huge improvements to the infrastructure that keeps the centres operational and energy efficient.

The next phase is modernisation and improvements across all four sites. We are dedicated to providing you with high-quality leisure centres at incredible value locally and this is the start of an incredibly exciting period of improvements for the leisure centres, allowing for modernisation and energy efficiency improvements which will enhance your user experience.

Thank you for your ongoing patience and understanding while the work takes place.

Improving your centres

	Phase 1 - Decarbonisation and Infrastructure	Phase 2 - Modernisation
Leyland Leisure Centre	Upgrading the centre’s power supply Upgrading the hot water and heating systems Installing an energy efficient air source heat pump Installing solar panels Moving to energy efficient LED lighting Ventilation upgrades Upgrading the roof and fencing Fire safety improvements. Work complete.	Creating new pool changing areas, toilets and showers Extending and redesigning the entrance and reception area Replacing pool glazing and the pool cover (complete) Re-tiling pool surround Installing virtual Les Mills class set-up (work complete) Installing new dry-side changing rooms (work complete) Updating gym equipment - including selected new equipment from Concept (opening on 5 July)
Bamber Bridge Leisure Centre	Upgrading the centre’s power supply Upgrading the hot water and heating systems Installing an energy efficient air source heat pump Installing solar panels Moved to energy efficient LED lighting Ventilation upgrades Upgrading the roof and fencing Installing new plant rooms. Work complete.	Creating new pool changing areas, toilets and showers (work complete) Extending and redesigning the entrance and reception area Updating gym equipment (including selected new equipment from Concept2)
Penwortham Leisure Centre	Upgrading the centre’s power supply Upgrading the hot water and heating systems Installing an energy efficient air source heat pump Installing solar panels Moving to energy efficient LED lighting Ventilation upgrades Upgrading the roof and fencing Fire safety improvements Work complete.	Creating new pool changing areas, toilets and showers Updating the reception area Updating gym equipment (including selected new equipment from Concept2)
South Ribble Tennis and Fitness Centre	Upgrading the centre’s power supply Upgrading the hot water and heating systems Installing an energy efficient air source heat pump Installing solar panels Energy efficient LED lighting Roof and fencing upgrades Upgrading the plant room and extended the car park Made fire safety improvements. Work complete.	Resurfacing the tennis courts with a high-quality new finish (work complete) Updating gym equipment (including selected new equipment from Concept2)

Latest news

As you may know, our multimillion-pound leisure centre improvements project is working at pace, and we are now at an exciting time in our programme.

Leyland Leisure Centre

As part of our ongoing improvement works, Leyland Leisure Centre is seeing modernisation works across the centre. The swimming pool is currently closed, and is scheduled to reopen on 19 July.

What’s been happening at Leyland Leisure Centre:

Fully connecting our new air source heat pump (work complete)
Replacing internal and external pool windows (work complete)
Replacing pool-surround tiling
Completing the dry-side changing rooms (work complete)
Replacing and extending the pool changing facilities
Refurbishment of the gym - (reopening 9am Saturday 5 July)
Installing a virtual Les Mills class set-up (work complete)

Current opening hours:

Monday – Friday: 6:15am – 10:00pm
Saturday: 8:00am – 6:30pm
Sunday: 8:00am – 9:00pm

Group fitness classes at Leyland Leisure Centre are available to book!

Please note that works are continuing over the coming weeks and areas of the centre are not accessible, this includes the reception area. The entrance to the centre throughout this limited period of opening will be through the office door to the front and centre of the building. This will also be the exit after your activity.

What are my membership options?
Your health and fitness membership gives you access to all South Ribble Leisure Centres. You’re welcome to use any of our other sites while Leyland is closed. If you’d like to speak to us about your membership options, please email leylandleisure@southribble.gov.uk and include your contact number.

What will happen with my child’s swimming lessons?
Unfortunately, swimming lessons will not run at Leyland during the pool closure.

If you pay by direct debit, we will reduce future payments to account for missed sessions.
If you’ve paid in advance for a block of 10 lessons, we’ll freeze your account and add the missed sessions once lessons resume.
If you are interested in temporarily attending lessons at another site, please let us know and we will assist where possible.

If you have any questions, please email leylandleisure@southribble.gov.uk and include your contact number.

Bamber Bridge Leisure Centre

We are pleased to say that our wet-side changing rooms are now open for use! We are still putting some finishing touches to the space but they are open for use as normal.

Work is ongoing to extend and improve our reception area, so there is a temporary entrance through the sports hall (clearly signposted).

We have also started work on our dry changing rooms, so these are closed for customers while we complete the works.

Our gym will be closed for refurbishment from 21 July until approximately 15 September. During this time, multi-centre members can use the other South Ribble Leisure gyms. However if you would like to speak to us about your options, please get in touch.

Penwortham Leisure Centre

Work to modernise the swimming pool changing rooms at Penwortham Leisure Centre will begin on 30 June.

Dry-side changing rooms will remain available
The swimming pool will remain open as normal
Reception area improvements will follow, with dates to be confirmed
Please can swimmers come swim-ready with swimwear worn underneath clothes for convenience. A dry-robe or towel should be worn for returning to the changing rooms after your swim (and suitable footwear if required).