Riverside Leisure Centre

Visited the leisure yesterday, had an unpleasant experience with 3 ladies at the reception who advised if my sister can't swim they will ask us out of the pool (after assuring she can swim which we felt like they were implying that we were lying) - We understand it was lane swim only as it was after 7pm , however they did not make us feel good from the get go. The changing room area smells of pee and it was not very clean. The 2 lockers we tried were broken which we was told to try another one by a staff member (every time locker was opened it cost us 20p) The lifeguards were friendly, constantly overlooking the pool and at least they looked like they knew their job. Leisure played music which was lovely, Had fun regardless hence 2 stars- not sure if we would go back there though.

The gym should not close at 4pm on Saturday and 6pm on Sunday. That's ridiculous considering people have the weekends off??! Very bad opening hours. It is a cheap membership. The weight area is basic and small, it has everything you need but they need a larger room with more machines ideally. Stretching area is small and needs mirrors. People get up really close to me when stretching and it's a bit embarrassing to do some female stretches in such close proximity to a man next to me. There should be accurate digital scales available not just mechanical. It's a shame the room with mirrors used for classes is not available to members when not in use which would solve this. Why not? I would like to stretch in there when it's not in use.

Reception staff were welcoming and friendly. There is a view of the river from the gym area. I joined due to the atmosphere as I won't use the pool. The centre brings in an assortment of ages. I won't use the changing facilities.

Sad that one of the legacies of covid seems to be time-limited (very expensive) swimming. Gone are the days of paying a reasonable price for swimming and getting as long as you want (or at least more than an hour!). £20+ for a family to swim for just an hour! Website is also barely functional. Try to book and it will take the money from the card and instantly refund you with a failed booking notice.

Riverside Leisure Centre is located in City Centre, close to local supermarkets like B&M, Morrisons, Nike Retails, Boots, etc. The centre offers membership for gym and swimming for all ages. You may choose to join Swimming only on monthly basis (£28/mth) without contract, or by yearly contract (£26/mth). Swimming plus gym on monthly basis (£36/mth) without contract, or by yearly contract (£34/mth). All days open. Be good health, do more exercises.

Well-attended facility, certainly the pool. Book a one-hour slot for lane swimming - see the website. Change room is a co-ed “village.” Lockers cost 20p. Free hair dryers. Snacks and beverages in vending machines. Lounge chairs and tables. Pleasant staff.

Have been a member of the Riverside Leisure centre for quite sometime now and think i may have left a review before. I have swim only membership which generally suits my needs. On the whole i enjoy the centre and the service I receive.
My only criticism is that i sometimes wish the current Saturday timetable was a little more flexible for Lane swimming/general swimming.
The one hour session between 11.15 and 12.15 can be rather busy some weeks!

Very affordable sport center. Nice and clean pool and jacuzzi. Also 2 sauna rooms: wet and dry hot air. Aquafit and aqua Zumba are really nice. Liked very much the classes here: body balance, body pump, body attack, yoga, cycle classes etc. Nice and helpful staff. Oh, and they also have swimming classes for children and of course a gym.

As an under 16, you pay £18.99 a month for a membership that can’t even guarantee you access to the gym in your allotted ONE A DAY, ONE HOUR SLOT!! Instead, you have to book a week in advance. They allow adults to be in the gym while the under 16s are, which means there are times when the gym is too full for under 16s to be in. We can’t come back another time, we have one hour a day. ALSO I got VERRUCAS by standing barefoot in the changing rooms ONCE! Overall, not awful if you are an adult wearing shoes. Gym kit is sub par but it works.