Rochdale Leisure Centre welcomes community for open day following gym refurbishment

Date published: 24 May 2023

Rochdale Leisure Centre, operated by local charity Your Trust, welcomed the community for a free open day to celebrate the recent reopening of the gyms after refurbishment.

The open day took place on Saturday 20 May, to showcase the new gyms and facilities with the opportunity for those attending to try everything free of charge for the day. This included the chance to test out the new gym equipment, group exercise classes, as well as gym floor workouts.

The day held a variety of free activities to bring the community together, with free health checks, food tasting and nutrition advice, hosted by the Your Trust Nutrition and Wellbeing Team. There were also a range of activities for children and young people to help get them active in a fun and enjoyable way.

The leisure centre recently reopened its gyms following an investment of £430,000 to refurbish the main and the ladies only gym areas, featuring a brand-new range of equipment and layout. The updates include new cardio equipment (treadmills, rowing machine, bikes and cross-trainers), free weights, strength and conditioning and functional training kit, suitable for all levels of abilities. The aim of the gym refurbishment is to encourage and support people in the local area to live a more active and healthier lifestyle, with the space being a welcome environment for all to enjoy.

With over 1,800 visits to the leisure centre on the day, the charity is hopeful its updated facilities will encourage members of the community to engage in classes, social activities and increase their fitness levels.

David Gelsthorpe, chair of trustees of Your Trust, said: “It was great to see people attending the Open Day over the weekend, we really want to make our facilities as accessible for the community as possible.

“As a charity, we actively reinvest in our facilities and activities across the borough to support local residents to live an active, creative and healthy life. Rochdale Leisure Centre is widely used, and not to mention loved, by all. The recent gym refurbishments ensure that we continue to offer modern, up to date facilities, and it’s important to us that the centre and activities can be accessed by the whole of the local community at an affordable price.

“The refurbishment at Rochdale Leisure Centre is part of our ongoing schedule of redevelopment work and follows the re-investment made to the gym at Littleborough Sports Centre last year.”

Rochdale Leisure Centre is home to a gym, swimming pools, sports hall and a ladies gym. It opens seven days a week with each facility having a separate timetable of opening and closing times.

Facilities include changing rooms, community room, gym, group exercise studio, sports hall, large and small pools, sauna and steam room.