New Leisure centre for Halifax

In a major milestone for Halifax’s brand new leisure centre for everyone, work is now underway on site at North Bridge to prepare for construction.

At the same time, the detailed design stage – the final step before the building phase starts – is progressing well, ensuring every detail for the new centre is meticulously planned and construction-ready.

As part of the unprecedented investment in regeneration across Halifax and Calderdale to help towns thrive, the Council is working with contractor Tilbury Douglas to deliver a new leisure centre to support people’s health and wellbeing and boost the local economy. 

It will include:

• A main six-lane swimming pool with spectator seating, a learner pool, a refurbished eight-court sports hall, a 120-station fitness suite, three multi-functional studios, a dedicated cycling studio, a children’s soft play and adventure area, and a café and community area.
• Wellbeing spaces, where health and community organisations can locate their services, creating closer connections between health, leisure and active wellbeing.
• A wet changing village and a Changing Places facility for disabled people and separate dry change facilities for sports hall and gym use. The Council is working with Visits Unlimited to ensure the facilities are accessible for all.
• Energy-efficient, sustainable features to contribute to Calderdale’s Climate Action Plan and the borough’s target for net zero carbon emissions by 2038. For example, air source heat pumps will provide energy-efficient, low-carbon heat, and underground environmental systems will collect and slowly release rainwater to help prevent flooding.