Summer in Waltham Forest 2025

Date posted 24 Jul 2025

Keep the big and little kids busy and distracted with fun, adrenaline pumping activities this summer available across the borough whichever one of our centres you choose to visit!

As part of a Waltham Forest Council funded initiative, we offer residents who are under the age of 18 unlimited swimming for no extra charge during school holidays with a Junior Pay As You Go card. It costs £6.50 for the year or £3.85 with a concessionary discount.

Looking for a place for your child to play and learn whilst you work or rest? Consider our sport, short courses.

Tennis Camp is for ages 4 or older from 10am-3pm at Waltham Forest Feel Good Centre. On 28th July to 1st August and with a cost of £33 per day it is cheaper than childcare!

Waltham Forest Feel Good:

One of the biggest facilities of its kind in London and offers a vast range of activities at affordable prices. From swimming to fitness workouts in our state-of-the-art gym and a range of high and low intensity fitness classes - there are plenty of ways to get involved.

Families will be kept busy too, with a host of fun activities in our trampoline park, soft play and clip ‘n climb, to a huge selection of lessons and courses for all ages - including swimming, gymnastics, football, and tennis.

Scale to new heights during a Clip ‘n Climb session open during the holidays from 10.15am (bookable every hour) for £12.85 for non-member juniors and £15.75 for adults. It is for ages 4+ and if under 8 years old the parent will be required to directly supervise their child during the session.

Bounce and burn off some energy in the Trampoline and Play Park open from 9am or in our colourful and sensory Soft play sessions for your under 3’s available from 9.15am daily starting from £9.90 for a family ticket (1 adult + 1 child) or £25 per month for unlimited usage!

Are you an 11-17 year old looking to get in the gym and explore what the gym has to offer? Well why not book in for a Junior Gym Session (available 3pm on weekdays and 2pm on weekends bookable sessions) to discover the wonderful world the gym has to offer with a range of functional fitness, Cardiovascular and resistance equipment under the guidance of qualified Fitness Instructors? Our Health & Fitness Junior membership not only allows you access to our Junior gym sessions but also swimming plus any other junior sport sessions.

Swim for All and Family Fun Swim

Swim For All and Family Fun Swim are the family friendly swimming activities. Some floats and games are available with Family Fun Swim and you can bring your own. To avoid disappoint remember to book online or via the Better UK app and you can then access the funded sessions for under 18s with a Pay and Play card. Adults will need to pay.

Teaching Pool

Monday: 12pm-3pm
Tuesday: 9am-3pm
Wednesday: 12pm-3pm
Thursday: 9am-1pm
Friday: 12pm-3pm

Main Pool

Weekdays 10am-12pm and 2pm-4pm

Various membership options are available. For more information or to buy a membership please refer to our memberships tab or for pricing information select the Activity price tab on our main page!

Diving

Public over 8 years old who can swim 25 meters can attend Dive for All on Tuesdays (11am-12pm), Thursdays (11am-12pm) and Saturday (2pm-3pm). Please note, you need to have done diving specific lessons for the 5meter board.

Offers a variety of ways for you to enjoy your leisure time. With a large gym laid out over two floors, swimming pools with a water flume, aqua play area, teaching pool for our swimming lessons, fitness class and group cycle studios, and sauna and steam rooms, there really is something for everyone to enjoy.

Check out our Swimming Programme on our Better UK app and book your session!

Check our our Junior Gym programme for ages 11-17 years:

Monday-Friday:

10am-11am, 4pm-5pm and 5pm-6pm

Weekends:

10am-11am, 11am-12pm and 3.30pm-4.30pm

Junior Gym Inductions: Weekends: 3pm-3.30pm
Adult & Junior Gym*: 3pm-5pm (Saturday/Sunday)

*Juniors attending Adult and Junior sessions must attend with a responsible adult member. The adult member must always supervise the junior.

Leytonstone Leisure Centre:

There is something for everyone at Leytonstone Leisure Centre. We offer: A state-of-the-art gym on 2 floors with a large free weights area and functional fitness area including TRX, 25m main pool, teaching pool, 2 badminton court sports hall, and an indoor soft play area for under 6's.

Swim for all Teaching Pool & Main Pool

10am-3.30pm (Main Pool is a shared session) Monday-Friday

Junior Gym

Monday-Friday:12pm-6pm
Weekends: 1pm-4pm

All bookings can be made directly via our Better UK app or website!

Contact the centre directly on leytonstone@gll.org for more information.

Walthamstow Leisure Centre:

Offering a 68-station gym, 6 badminton courts, 2 squash courts, 5-a-side red-crumb football pitch, a studio and gymnastics hall. The centre offers Gymnastics lessons and hosts the Waltham Forest Gymnastics Club. Activities available at the leisure centre include fitness classes such as Body Conditioning, HIIT and Yoga...all available to book on the Better UK App.

Check out our Junior Gym programme for 11-17 year olds!

Monday-Friday: 10am-6pm every hour
Weekends: 10am-4pm every hour

Located on Larkswood Leisure Park, Chingford Leisure Centre is a community focused centre with something for everyone; whether you’re looking to increase your fitness, socialise, learn to swim, or just have some fun. A spacious, newly refurbed gym offers multiple stations and personal Training is also available, plus we have a host of fitness classes programmed weekly in our newly refurbished studio. We offer a 25m, 6-lane swimming pool, as well as a smaller shallow teaching pool for children and our Better Swim School lessons, for all ages and abilities.

Holiday Activities – Swimming

Main Pool
Monday: 9am-4pm
Tuesday: 9am-4pm
Wednesday: 9am-4pm
Thursday: 9am-4pm
Friday: 9am-4pm
Saturday: 9am-4pm
Sunday: 9am-4pm

Small Pool

Monday: 9am-3.30pm
Tuesday: 9am-3.30pm
Wednesday: 9am-3.30pm
Thursday: 9am-3.30pm
Friday: 9am-3.30pm

Saturday: 1.30pm-4.30pm
Sunday: 8am-4pm

Holiday Activities- Junior Gym & Family Classes

Monday-Friday: 11am-6pm
Weekends: 12pm-4pm

Adult and Junior Gym: 8am-8pm (Monday–Friday)
Adult and Junior Gym 8am-4pm (Saturday-Sunday)
Family Circuits: Saturday 12pm-12.45pm

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Lessons and Courses

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Summer in Waltham Forest 2025