Information about Banbridge Leisure Centre

15 Downshire Pl
BT32 3JY, Banbridge
+442840628800

Opening hours

  • sunday: 10h-17h
  • monday: 6h-22h
  • tuesday: 6h-22h
  • wednesday: 6h-22h
  • thursday: 6h-22h
  • friday: 6h-22h
  • saturday: 8h-16h

The six-court sports hall, three-court squash courts and outdoor pitches give you the opportunity to participate in many different sports. The Centre’s meeting rooms are suitable for activity classes, meetings and workshops. If you’re planning a child’s birthday party, let us take the stress out of organising with one of our birthday party packages while you relax and enjoy the celebrations. Get in touch to find out more!

Monday 6.00am – 10.00pm Tuesday 6.00am – 10.00pm Wednesday 6.00am – 10.00pm Thursday 6.00am – 10.00pm Friday 6.00am – 10.00pm Saturday 8.00am – 4.00pm Sunday 10.00am – 5.00pm

Extensive six-court sports hall which is suitable for a variety of sports including badminton, indoor football, pickleball, netball, basketball, table tennis, gymnastics & martial arts.

Our new sanarium offers the best of both worlds from a sauna and steam room.  It is designed to be a bit cooler than a sauna and less humid than a steam room, and for some, a more comfortable environment to sit in.

Sanariums are becoming increasingly popular for their deep relaxation, detoxification, and general wellbeing benefits. The gentle warmth can help muscles relax and boost circulation.

We would like to thank all of our Banbridge members and customers for their patience and understanding as the work has progressed and we hope you enjoy all the benefits our newest acquisition brings.

Things are a little bit different, as we have introduced a range of safety measures and extensive cleaning protocols so you can get back to doing the things that you love.

Attendance rules on booking online – Showers are unavailable in BLC after swimming due to ratios of showers to numbers per session. This is under review.

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Our comment from FitFit UK about Banbridge Leisure Centre:

Welcome to Banbridge Leisure Centre, a well-loved hub for fitness and family activities located in the heart of Banbridge. Users have praised the centre for its friendly and welcoming staff, highlighting that they create a pleasant atmosphere for visitors. The facilities are generally well maintained and clean, making it a safe space for all.

Guests enjoy a variety of offerings, including:

  • A good-sized gym that, despite being smaller than some other centres, is equipped with everything you need for a great workout.
  • A swimming pool featuring children-friendly amenities like a flume slide and splasher areas, making it an excellent choice for families.
  • A first-class café that provides good food and drinks at reasonable prices.
  • A sauna and steam room, although improvements in maintenance have been requested.

While some reviews mention that the changing areas can get quite cold and the opening hours may not always be ideal, the overall consensus is that this leisure centre offers great value for money and a welcoming environment. Many families and individuals appreciate the variety of activities available and the options for both fitness and fun.

Whether you're looking to swim, work out, or simply spend some quality family time, Banbridge Leisure Centre is a fantastic destination to consider!

Banbridge Leisure Centre: Opinions

4.5/5 (154 Opinions)
David McDowell 1 year ago

Positive experience: Good fopd and prices

stephen Bradley 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Staff very welcoming and the cafe is first class...gym very good..pool very good..and the sauna brilliant..

Donal O'Reilly 1 year ago

Positive experience: Staff are friendly and welcoming. The facility is also well looked after, and you can see that the staff are always busy cleaning which is appreciated but not the case in some of the other council leisure facilities. Would be 5 star except the age of the facility, the shallowness of the pool and small things like the lack of flags for doing backstroke. Definitely can't fault the staff or the cleanliness.

Gary porter 1 year ago

Positive experience: The gym is a little small but has all you need, the pool and sauna are included.

Fiona Brennan 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: A very well run leisure centre. The pool staff are fantastic and the Cafe with kind friendly staff, is really worth a visit. Thanks for having us today.

Brian McLaughlin 1 year ago

Positive experience: (Review on the swimming pool area) Not the best swimming pool and not the worst neither. It has a nice flume slide and water splinkers for the kids along with a small but decent pool for toddlers. It can be quite cold in the changing area and some lockers have broken keys along with some of the showers not working great. Overall it's decent but it could really do with some updates and better maintenance. The price is still pretty good compared to other pools and staff are always pleasant and helpful.

Mark Magee 1 year ago

Positive experience: It was a great pool to practice swimming in

Alastair Mitchell 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: The centre is well maintained, the new sanarium is brilliant and the staff are very helful.

Gordon Thomson 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: The gym is well equipped. Friendly helpful staff

Tayo Idowu 1 year ago

Positive experience: opening hours for the pool were slightly frustrating but it was well priced. don't like changing area as it like a maze and freezing but it's a decent leisure centre with parking and bang in middle of banbridge

Bryan Orr 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Swimming Teacher Ingrid Very good nice person a

C Hundal 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Definitely smaller than southlake but excellent for a morning workout. Staff are great

alex ferguson 1 year ago

Positive experience: Lovely place!

Rania Hafiz 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: My children's favorite place

Denise Fegan 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: No thank you

Олександр Процик 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Дуже гарно!

Christine Heaney 2 years ago

Positive experience: Hope the health suite reopens soon sauna

Trevor McKee 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: So clean compared to Craigavon

Trelogweb 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very good

Kyle Hogg 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very nice staff

Becky Brown 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: My son and daughter have swimming lessons there it really good

Patrick Keoghan 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent location, facilities and staff.

Sally McGowan 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Really good children lived swimming pool

Elaine Walsh 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: For me it is the pool staff. They are marvellous. My walking is not great and they change the steps down into the pool. The difference this makes for me is tremendous.

Stephen McDowell 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Banbridge needs a new leisure centre

Kathy Barenskie 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: The gym is clean, and fitted out well. I have a spinal injury and was cautious of using the gym equipment. The staff gave me expert advice and encouragement.

Cristian Dobrin 2 years ago

Positive experience: Good place, went here for karate grading but i prefer newry leisure centre.

Shannon Magill 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great leisure centre the staff are lovely

Andrew Setterfield 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant Staff activities and facilities . Highly recommend

Tracy Baker 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great fun, great staff, something for the whole family!!

Stephen Avery 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: I only use this place once or twice a week , great facilities

Rebecca Gracey 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great facility with good variety of classes

conor mcshane 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, great facilities all under one roof

John McElroy 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good gym, friendly, helpful staff.

Paul Crothers 3 years ago

Negative experience: Very disappointing the Sauna and Steam room haven't worked for over 2 years . Despite complaining in writing many times management will not communicate!!! Hence my disappointment.

denton davey 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good facilities.

Nicola Groom 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Staff are very helpful when needed. Aqua aerobics is a brilliant class and we have great fun .

Darcey Faulkner 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: I love banbridge leisure centre great place to have a wee swim with friends and family

Angela Taylor 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Extremely friendly, professional and efficient

michelle moles 3 years ago

Positive experience: Love the pool for a baby girl to get used to the water. Changing room are always freezing though, not great for a baby. But I love the family changing rooms.

Neil Anderson 3 years ago

Positive experience: The temperature board ALWAYS reads 30° although the actual pool temperature never feels the same temperature 2 times in a row..... the water always feels below 30° When the water is warmish it reads 30° and when the water is cold it still reads 30°

Andrew Dickson 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: I find it clean, well run, friendly staff and a welcoming atmosphere. What more can you ask for?

Cheryl Boyd 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant leisure centre ☺️

N G1 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very clean facilities. Very Covid-safe. Excellent and friendly staff.

Simon Caulfield 3 years ago

Positive experience: Good staff, helpful, place could do with a freshen up but it is what it is.

John Goudy 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Staff always very friendly and helpful. Well equipped gym with machines and free weights and great swimming facilities including a warm toddler pool.

luci kas 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good clean fun for kids

gareth carroll 4 years ago

Positive experience: Great pool wasn't happy were the camera's were in the changing rooms so much for privacy cameras were right above the door not good!!!

Darren McAlinden 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great gym, pool and staff

Sir Binlid 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great facilities

Jon Griffiths 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place. Staff particularly helpful - Paul specifically. Great facilities and equipment to hire.

Angela Whitla 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: I have mobility issues and require certain steps to get in and out. It's never an inconvenience for the staff, always friendly and happy to help. And they know my name. Very grateful to them all

Awesome Girl321 4 years ago

Positive experience: I really like it I would like it if they had a squash Court but with the stuff they have it's really good and I would recommend

Myrtle Copeland 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Pleased that you can still talk to a human being when you phone! Pleasant & helpful reception staff.

Simon Fang 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing place with lots to do. Would say it's a bit smaller than leisure centres in newry or Lisburn but it's still a great place. There's a lot of space to play tennis in the summer. :D

Heather Phillips 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely staff and a clean environment

Alan Douglas 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: great staff, nothing is ever a problem highly recommend using the leisure facilities.

Joe Mc Williams 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Busy hive of activity, fantastic fruit and veg stalls manned by some real characters. Wonderful fast food pitch selling authentic Turkish dishes (try the chicken kebabs, especially good).

Gerry Burns 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent staff and facilities at Banbridge Leisure centre

fionnan Cunningham 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very good pool

kevin mcmullan 5 years ago

Positive experience: Probably the best it can be in these strange circumstances.

Robert Kane 5 years ago

Positive experience: Great to get a swim in before it closed today

Val Goodkarma 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great equipment and friendly staff

Losing Terror 5 years ago

Positive experience: Great facilities very good volleyball coaches

Timothy Ervine 5 years ago

Positive experience: Great facilities but could be a lot cleaner. Especially when parents come with children to lessons.

Steven E 5 years ago

Positive experience: Good amenities

Geraldine Roche 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Use the leisure centre regularly for Aquafit, Pilates and gym. Very helpful friendly staff and good value for money. Parking can be an issue

Colin Scott 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: First time here. Not bad.

Stacey Arnott 5 years ago

Positive experience: The opening times on Google do not relfect the pool opening times so beware. See the website or be met by hostile staff who are clearly sick of early arrivals being mislead by Google.

Arkadiusz Mikolajczyk 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Gym , sauna , pool pełen relax

Chris Kernaghan 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great pool, not too crowded and not full of Muppets

Moma Mcf 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: My kids Enjoy the pool here

Dionne Mccaw 6 years ago

Negative experience: Girl on reception disappointing. After arriving too early for a swim with my two children I asked if the cafe was open so we could wait and I was told 'maybe' !!! So we went to check if it was and yes food was being cooked and put into the food warmer. I asked the girl behind the counter if is open and i was told. There is a party and she will do that first and then serve the public after she has finished with that. The cafe was empty. It was 12:45.

Monkey JR73 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great pool, friendly staff and fantastic cafe

clumsy 46 6 years ago

Positive experience: Swimming pool was alright but theres only 1 slide and it not always open like Lisburn Swimming pool

Paul Stevenson 6 years ago

Positive experience: Small leisure centre with 25meter swimming pool and fun slide. Also has weight training gym, cafe and sports hall.

Paul Thompson 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great lunch

Anita Johnstone 6 years ago

Positive experience: Good facilties

Kieron McAleenan 6 years ago

Positive experience: Great facility. Reception has been very helpful, a pleasure to deal with! Gym is well laid out, can be a bit busy at times which is both a good and bad thing! Halls are large for groups to do activities; archery, football, netball etc. Swimming pool is rather straight forward with smaller pools for children and a jacuzzi area. Only downfall I would say is the steam and sauna rooms as they are too small, most of the time it's VERY cramped! Other than that, great overall experience.

David Davidson 6 years ago

Positive experience: Nice place

ciara norney 6 years ago

Positive experience: Great place

Anthony Mcatamney 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Has everything very family orientated and prices are not extortionate

Roisin Downey 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice

Grahame Hadden 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to train

Philip Jackson 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good leisure center

Nicola Cardwell 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great wee pool for kids under 8 and other pool good too. Pool slide not always open

Lochlan Carswell 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: A great place to cool of with a kids pool and a sport pool a gym and halls you can rent

Aaron Wilson 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for babies-adults. Brought my 6 month old son for the 1st time and we had a blast

mark mcconnell 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Really enjoyed our recent trip here with my wife and 2 year old. Water temperature is really good for wee ones and lots to do in the pool itself. Sauna and Steam Room, separate heated pool for lessons. Slide and lots of water toys for children to play with

Jack and Charlie Rodgers 6 years ago

Positive experience: Good for sports

Alan Reid 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff clean place

Krzysztof Slawinski 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great pool, good parking space

Paul Coupe 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to go!Plenty of parking too!

Lil Splashh 7 years ago

Positive experience: My mum works here, good gravy. However, the gym is pretty dead and the staff in the gym are quite camp

Annesley Murray 7 years ago

Positive experience: Good facilities,but staff could be more helpful and friendly

John McCombe 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: A great place to swim. Clean facilities and great pool

Keith Roper 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great amenity for all the family.

Jim Leonard 7 years ago

Positive experience: Too many child swimmers for my enjoyment of a leisurely swim

Brenda McAlinden 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant pool for kids starting to swim

Gerard Woods 7 years ago

Positive experience: Yes very good although very cold in it. Esp for kids. As my child was cold

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