The brand new £15 million Oldham Leisure Centre is complete – and will open to the public on Wednesday, November 18. 

Local residents and visitors will soon be able to take their first look inside the borough’s flagship sports and leisure venue which will offer better facilities than ever before – helping to put the town on the national sporting map and ensure an Olympic legacy lives on. 

Oldham Council, Oldham Community Leisure (OCL), Willmott Dixon and partners came together on site today to celebrate the facility’s completion.

Oldham will now be able to hold regional and televised competitions like never before with these enhanced facilities; which includes a 25-metre, eight-lane swimming pool of county-level standard, an 80 station gym, two dance studios, a bespoke spinning studio, eight court sports hall with seating for over 500 spectators, an indoor bowls arena, café and ample free car parking.

The new centre also has Inclusive Fitness Initiative (IFI) accreditation – which means it can cater for the needs of disabled and non-disabled people.

 Construction of the building was achieved on schedule and comes a month after the nearby £8 million Royton Sports Centre opened its doors – completing a new and fresh, local, leisure estate the public can be proud of.

 The current Oldham Sports Centre will close tomorrow for the final time – with the site included in plans for further town centre regeneration. Glodwick Pool will also close on the same day.

 Today, Councillor Jean Stretton (Oldham Council Deputy Leader) took part in an exclusive tour of the centre, alongside Stuart Lockwood (OCL Chief Executive), Anthony Dillon (Willmott Dixon’s Northern Managing Director) and other representatives.

 Councillor Stretton said: “This is a fantastic moment for Oldham as this amazing facility is a key element in the town’s transformation.

 “Oldham Leisure Centre will not only serve as a first-class facility for residents and visitors but it will be an important community and social venue – and one that will have the correct specifications to attract major regional and national competitions in some sports.

 “We made a commitment following the London Olympics that we would provide facilities that would improve the health and wellbeing of our residents. We also pledged that the new facilities would create local jobs and a large number of residents and local firms have been involved in their construction.

 “It has been a huge team effort to reach this milestone and I’d like to congratulate all that have been involved in creating this stunning centre.”

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