Information about Pontllanfraith Leisure Centre

Coed Cae Ddu Rd
NP12 2DA, Blackwood
+441495224562

Opening hours

  • sunday: (closed)
  • monday: 16h-21h
  • tuesday: 16h-21h
  • wednesday: 16h-21h
  • thursday: 16h-21h
  • friday: 16h-21h
  • saturday: (closed)

Our comment from FitFit UK about Pontllanfraith Leisure Centre:

Pontllanfraith Leisure Centre, located in Blackwood, UK, has recently transformed into a vital community hub, serving primarily as a vaccination center during the COVID-19 pandemic. Users have praised the centre's organization and efficiency, noting that the vaccination setup is 'very well organized' and 'quick and clean'.

Many visitors expressed their appreciation for the friendly and professional staff, highlighting their helpfulness and care during visits. Additionally, the centre is seen as a great venue for football training with a nice pitch, contributing positively to local sports.

However, feedback also indicates that the facility has its downsides. Some users noted concerns about cleanliness and the general condition of the building, describing it as 'run down'. Accessibility issues were mentioned, especially for those with mobility challenges, suggesting that improvements are needed in this area.

Overall, Pontllanfraith Leisure Centre remains a valued space for the community, especially as a vaccination site, yet it calls for attention to enhance its leisure facilities for future use.

Pontllanfraith Leisure Centre: Opinions

4.1/5 (153 Opinions)
Logan Franklin (Lewys 'n Logans minecraft) 1 year ago

Negative experience: There was a man working there saying 13-14 year olds can not play on a free space on the Astro turf we asked the people who booked it if we could play on the pitch they said yes but he still wouldn’t let us on he didn’t look very hygienic either

David Jenkins 2 years ago

Positive experience: Went for covid jab

Nene Old 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Its small, but nice, and the vaccine setup is really slick

Charles Davies 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent experience

Amanda Scarfe 2 years ago

Positive experience: Went for 7th covid jab. Entry is very difficult for me as I am on crutches

Martyn Williams 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good venue

Jason Waite 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice pitch

richard walton 2 years ago

Negative experience: The most awful place to find ,the sat nav would not put tje zip code in as.it.did.not exist.we where 25 min late for a vaccine .Next not this place.

Robert Hipwood 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very well run premisces

Gareth Bridle 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good leisure centre, best around

Alan Jones 2 years ago

Negative experience: Only went for covid Jab but the whole site needs investment

Personal Account 2 years ago

Negative experience: Come here for football training on the Astro turf 3G. It’s pretty run down to be honest. Goals got holes in, the surface is like sandpaper, if you fall it can lead to discomfort. Don’t even get me started on the lines on the pitch, they are a shambles! I’ve got a bit of a wonky eye however I can tell they aren’t straight!

Francis Izuagie (Frankie) 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good pitch in a great environment. It was all fun. Adequate parking area and quite easy to locate.

Paul Stanier 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Went for my Covid jab, well organised, in and out quickly

Chris Chaplin 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great! The leisure centre is being used as a covid vaccination centre. Great location for me!

Nigel Owens 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: 4th COVID jab myself and wife

Ruairi Brennan 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place, kids football, donate blood, get vaccinated, all under one roof

S Cook 2 years ago

Negative experience: Unfortunately it was fr the booster jab. Staff directing people were great but ghd building was old and not very clean. Staff were great as we always seem to see with the NHS.

Mark Phillips 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: 4th Covid jab

Steve Porter 3 years ago

Positive experience: In for a COVID jab, all very well organised

Stephen Morris 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very helpful and very professional

Joseph Porter 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: As a member of a football team who trains here in the winter months - something like this should NOT be demolished. Especially with the 250 new houses being built right at the bottom of the hill.

John King 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Went for our COVID boosters

Malcolm Garry 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very good shopping centre And easy for disability vehicles On flat survacies.

Dilwyn May 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: The visit was to take my mother gor her 5th covid injection. This was the best service in 3 visits.

S 3 years ago

Negative experience: Terrible council have closed it down.

Adam Weetman 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great leisure centre, brilliant pitch. Just what the community needs. Council SHOULD NOT demolish for sure!

M0NK3Y 3 years ago

Negative experience: Leisure centre??? The only leisure I felt was when I was driving away from it!!

Stephen Davis 3 years ago

Positive experience: Went there for my jab !

Table Salt 3 years ago

Positive experience: Covid jab center

Connie Weston 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Ok

Ronald Robert Griffith 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Had my fourth jab for the coroner virus.

Rihards Official 3 years ago

Positive experience: Not a review but more of a question on how do i get in the old comprehensive school with permission just to look around?I was the last year to go there so it would be interesting to see how it looks there now!

Jonathan Wilford 3 years ago

Positive experience: Centre for the whole area.

Penny Andrew 3 years ago

Positive experience: Went for my covid jab lovely people there

Lisa 3 years ago

Positive experience: staff are excellent

Kelly L Zachert (Kels) 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Went to have my booster

Bernie Weston 3 years ago

Positive experience: Visited there for 4th covid jab nurses great as always

Jason Hurley 3 years ago

Negative experience: Was a lot better untill gready Council mongrels decided to shut it so they can then sell it along with school to the gutsy property developers in return for their back handers... You can still use outdoor facilities but No Longer use indoor facilities... They have reopened inside for covid jabs but that's all you will get inside that leisure centre...

Neil Watkins 3 years ago

Positive experience: Only visited for my booster but the access in to the car park was odd with only enough room for 1 car in and 1 car out so had to be controlled by staff.

margaret rose edwards 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Went fo my covid-19 vaccines the people were fantastic

carl meredith 3 years ago

Positive experience: Staff amazing and really helpful straight in straight out

Ninian 1927 3 years ago

Positive experience: Went for booster

Daryl Kilby 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Just had my booster here, very well organised, Shame the nurses wasn't up for a game of 5 aside on the 4g pitch but in all fairness the weather was awful.

Nicolas Owen 3 years ago

Positive experience: This is a covid vaccination centre, I was driving a friend for his booster jab.

W Jones 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Loved this place in the 1970s and 80s, when I was a kid, then teenager and we would play five a side there. Then later as an adult I would play squash there, it was a great place when the bar was still open.

The Iron Pop 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Quick, friendly and efficient covid centre

Paul Peters 3 years ago

Positive experience: Only been once too have Covid booster . Looks quite run down .

Tricia King 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Vacation centre with a smile and great service

Paul Stevens 3 years ago

Positive experience: I can't think of a better place to have my booster jab than a dilapidated old leisure centre, it really added to the tension

Douglas Manning 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Seems ok had my booster there all friendly

Big D 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Went there for a covid injection. Plenty of staff. Social distancing was spot on.

Raymond Alderton 3 years ago

Positive experience: Went here and they jabbed me.

Craig Price 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Had covid booster and take my hat off to all staff involved

Lee Allen 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice little sports venue,,

hayley morgan 3 years ago

Negative experience: Grim- looks like Colditz thought I might never come out. Needs to be knocked down and rebuilt.

Lee Coopey 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Well organised for giving jabs

Andrew Maggs 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great leisure facility scandalous Council decision to close it denying locals the access to leisure facilities. Not everyone has a car to get to the next nearest centre

karl yates 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Got. Wot I wanted.....

Mark Tiley 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Ok

Adrian Osborne 3 years ago

Negative experience: Great thanks straight in and out well done all

Michael Lloyd 3 years ago

Positive experience: Good the nurses were caring and explained everything

Emmy GP 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Covid booster jab centre. Clean, safety measures in place.

Mike Alcock 3 years ago

Positive experience: Went there for my covid booster

Caerphilly Crime Prevention Panel & Caerffili Nhw 3 years ago

Positive experience: Went to get my covid booster jab with my mam to help fight the omicron variant back soon to take my brother for his

Anthony Williams 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Had my COVID jab there. Well organised and lovely staff

Jays Jackson 3 years ago

Positive experience: Its ok

Darren Evans 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Went here for my booster, very good experience, the nurse who gave me the jab was charming thanks nhs for all your good work

Mike Whittard 3 years ago

Positive experience: Went here for booster jab well organised all out door pitches were being used

Martin Sokolovs 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very organised covid booster day

Brian Freeman 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Closed permanently, now a vaccine center.

Del Williams 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Mass vaccination Centre now. Staff inside are amazing and friendly. Sad that's its no longer going to be a leisure centre though.

Kelvin Smith 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very good staff were very helpful and profesonal

Henry Lampard 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: I had my COVID booster there

timothy cronin 3 years ago

Positive experience: Booster jab day had to fit it in between work fanks to my manager all ok ,no side effects so that's good lessur center running smoothly

Peter Patterson 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: It was great I had my injection there .

Steffan McMahon 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Went here for my Covid booster vaccine. Very well run. Easily accessible by public transport. Can catch a number of buses from Blackwood bus interchange including the 151 which stop just outside the old council offices then it a short walk up the hill and the leisure centre is on the first right. The site is run down as it the old iswlyn high school but can't let that rule the positives of the main reason of the visit here today.

james jimmyd63 3 years ago

Positive experience: Went in for covid booster

gareth evans 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice place

Kathy Beech 3 years ago

Negative experience: Terrible long ramp to climb as I couldn't do steps. Young lad offered to get wheelchair but unable to wheel myself around. Awful long time standing walking around to get to injection table.Nice to have place so near home but difficult when on your own otherwise.

Gillian Lamch 3 years ago

Negative experience: Horrible grim place

Mandy Smith 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good staff taken care of me thanks best wishes Mandy Smith x

Julie Morgan 3 years ago

Negative experience: It was very busy at just after 11am long queues for covid jab nightmare to park prefer it at Newbridge much calmer experience

nigel miles 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Covid jab /all staff fantastic /

Michael Evans 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very good organisation.

Eddy Blanche 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Can't speak for the leisure side but went for my covid boaster. Well organised and well run. In and out in 20 mins and that's including the 15 mind you have to wait after the jab

Carol Lewis 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Went to the centre for a Covid Jab. Well organised and efficient.

Andrew Sharp 3 years ago

Positive experience: 3g pitch is good the only problem is parking because of it being used as a vaccination centre and there is spaces to park the car near the pitch but you cannot get in and to use the pitch you got to park a long way away from the pitch not good when it is raining and when there is no changing facilities

Kenneth Humphries 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Bring used for Covid jabs

Jen Pritchard 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: .... is being used as the local vaccination centre for Caerphilly borough. Great if you have recently been called for your booster shot=]

Martin Poslad 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Went there for my booster, it was well organized.

Phillip Holloway 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Just for our coving booster staff were good and very helpful

Adrienne Wood 3 years ago

Positive experience: Great team of vaccinators, well organised.

George Edgar 3 years ago

Negative experience: Poor organisation for parking re booster jabs.

Ann Marshall 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant

Sue Parfitt 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Went here for my Covid booster. Venue was clean and well organised. Thank you.

Elizabeth Buckley 3 years ago

Positive experience: Didn't see much attended for Cogid 19 booster

Duncan Smith 3 years ago

Positive experience: Covid clinic very efficient

Sian Woosnam 3 years ago

Positive experience: Being used as vaccination centre

Gareth Griffiths 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: It was my appointment for my booster covid jab Very well run, quick and clean

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