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leisure centre

British

noun

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

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From the outside, it's just a public leisure centre on the edge of town, with sprightly pensioners staying flexible in aerobics classes and excitable kids in for swimming lessons.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 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

To give you some idea of these temperatures, most leisure centre swimming pools are heated to roughly 28C.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

That's probably warmer than your local leisure centre swimming pool.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

Lyons also condemned those behind what he called the "shameful" attack on the leisure centre.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2025

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