As a charitable social enterprise, we're committed to improving our service in your local community. That's why, in partnership with Newham Council, we’re pleased to let you know that from Monday 20th October we started a series of upgrades at East Ham Leisure Centre.
What's Changing?
Gym
We're improving all aspects of your gym including the upper and lower floors. You'll soon be able to enjoy upgraded kit which is the latest cardio and strength Technogym equipment. We're also refreshing the vibe throughout with brand new lighting, flooring and decoration to give you a more inspiring environment to work towards your goals.
Women's Only Gym
The women's only gym area will also receive a refreshed look and feel, with brand new lighting, decoration as well as replacing all the current kit with new Technogym equipment.
Studio and Changing Rooms
We'll be replacing kit in the studio along with the latest Technogym Group Cycle bikes. The flooring and lighting will also be upgraded to create a more immersive in class experience. Lastly, we'll also be refreshing both the female and male changing facilities.
Temporary Disruptions
During the improvement works, there will be some disruptions to our usual service as we make a start in the first couple of phases of the upgrades.
Male and female gym changing rooms
Both the male and female changing facilities area temporarily unavailable - we hope these improvements will be finished and facilities reopened on 19th December. Don't worry, your swimming pool changing facilities will be available for use during the temporary closure.
Gym (upper floor)
This area of the gym is temporarily closed whilst we carry out some major upgrades. During this time, the downstairs area will remain open and we have moved some of the more popular kit onto the balcony area. We hope to have this area reopened by Christmas Eve. During this time, it does mean that we have had to cancel all Junior Gym Sessions.
Women's Only Gym
To start the refurbishment work in this area, we will be temporarily closing the women's only gym from Monday 1st December. Work should be completed and reopened the same time as the main part of the gym (Christmas Eve).
Looking ahead
Work on both the lower part of the gym (which will become your dedicated Strength Zone) and the fitness class studio will begin on Monday 5th January 2026. During this time our fitness class programme will be run from the Sports Hall. We will be sure to keep this dedicated page updated with the latest on timelines.
Keeping you moving
We appreciate that these temporary pauses in some services may not suit everyone.
Therefore, all members that held a membership with the home centre as East Ham Leisure Centre from 27th October, have been automatically upgraded to partnership wide access. This means you can access all local Better leisure centres in Newham whilst works are ongoing. Check out the full list of all Newham centre locations here.
Please note: upgrades will revert back to your original membership type in January, once all upgrades have been completed.
We hope to have all the work completed by early January 2026 so you can start you new year goals right! We'll keep this website page updated with all the latest news on the improvement, so be sure to check it out regularly.
Thank you