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leisure centre

British  

noun

  1. a building designed to provide facilities for a range of leisure pursuits, such as a sports hall, café, and meeting rooms

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But they only found out the hospice could help them after they started taking Daniel for a shower at a local leisure centre when they became unable to get him up the stairs at home.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

He also pointed out that Police Service of Northern Ireland had asked the DUP to announce that people sheltering the leisure centre were no longer in the building.

From BBC Jan. 26, 2026

Trialled last year, the scheme attracted more than 5,000 visits to council-run leisure centre pools, with most people using their free ticket five times.

From BBC Jan. 21, 2026

The venue was a leisure centre in Wigan, but bigger stages await for Greaves, with the Grand Slam, PDC World Championship and a professional tour card on the horizon.

From BBC Oct. 14, 2025

In the early days, he explains, he would work on each muscle group twice a week, lifting no more than 10kg - the heaviest permitted for a child under 16 at his local leisure centre.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2025

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