Make a splash at your local Better Leisure Centre. Whether you’re looking to improve your fitness, build confidence in the water, or enjoy quality time with family, our swimming pools offer something for everyone. From lane swimming and family fun sessions to swimming lessons for all ages and abilities, discover a safe, welcoming space to dive in and enjoy the many benefits of swimming.
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Health Benefits
Swimming is one of the best all-round activities for improving fitness, strength, and wellbeing. It provides a full-body workout that builds stamina, tones muscles, and improves heart and lung health, all while being low impact and gentle on the joints. Whether you’re training regularly, recovering from injury or just looking for a healthier lifestyle, swimming is suitable for almost every age and fitness level.
Beyond the physical benefits, swimming is also great for mental wellbeing. Time in the water can help reduce stress, boost energy levels and create a sense of relaxation. Making swimming an easy and enjoyable way to stay active.
Family Time
Swimming is also a fantastic activity for families, bringing people of all ages together in a fun, active and healthy environment. From leisure swims and splash sessions to lessons and family fun time, swimming creates valuable screen-free moments that everyone can enjoy together. It also helps children build confidence in the water while developing important life-saving water safety skills from an early age.
Swimming encourages children to make friends, learn teamwork and stay active in a positive setting. For parents, swimming offers a great way to keep fit while spending quality time with younger children, helping to build healthy habits and routines that can last for years.
Discover your local Better swimming pool
Atherton Leisure Centre
The main pool is deck level and has plenty of sessions to cater to your needs with Swim For Fitness, Swim For All, private hire and Swim School. The teaching pool is a multi-activity pool where you can enjoy family fun sessions, aqua aerobics and swimming lessons.
East Ham Leisure Centre
We offer a variety of sessions across our 2 swimming pools, ranging from family fun sessions in our teaching pool to Swim for Fitness in our main 25m pool. There are also fun slides and a bubble pool for little ones.
Newham Leisure Centre
There is a 25m pool and a smaller teaching pool. Both pools are fully accessible for those with disabilities.
Free Swimming for Residents
Did you know that we offer free swimming to Newham residents who are aged 16 and under as well as those aged 60 and above. Sign up to a FREE Residents Card and you will be able to book swimming free of charge. Not only that but you’ll be able to enjoy up to 10% discount on all pay and play activities across all three leisure centres.
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Activities available
Swim For All
Swim for All takes place in our main pools across Newham and is inclusive of all ages and abilities. This session is great for casual swimming with friends and family, or to improve your general fitness and technique in a relaxed environment.
Swim for fitness
Swim for Fitness takes place in our main pools and is perfect for those who are looking to improve their fitness, technique, and speed without putting strain on their joints. We have 3 lanes that range from slow to fast, so there is an opportunity to move at your own pace.
Family fun swims
Our family fun sessions give the perfect opportunity for families to enjoy quality time together. Not only are the sessions fun, but they help to keep the family active too. Join us for our family fun sessions where you can splash about and create lasting memories.
Inclusive swim
Our inclusive swim sessions are designed for people with SEND and their carers in a friendly and safe environment. Sessions run across both the main and small pools. Our main pools have a Pool Pod to assist entry to the pool and easy access steps available. The small pool has a pool hoist and easy access steps.
Aqua Aerobics
Aqua Aerobics gives all the benefits of a workout whilst being easy on the joints! If you are looking to burn calories, enhance balance, and increase muscle tone, this class can help you work towards your goals. The classes are fun and sociable giving the opportunity to meet like-minded people.
Better Swim School
Whether you’re looking for your babies first lesson, your younger children to learn that important life skill or simply looking to improve yourself, swimming lessons with Better Swim School can support you every step of the way.