Altrincham Leisure Centre opens after £20m revamp

Altrincham Leisure Centre has reopened following a major £20m redevelopment project.

The works have transformed the facility into a wellbeing centre, featuring two swimming pools – a 25m pool and a 20m pool – both equipped with accessible pool pods, alongside a wet village changing area, an inclusive Changing Places toilet and a combined lobby area with pool viewing and café.

Other facilities include a wellness assessment room, an enlarged fitness suite, fitness changing and dry change areas, two flexible studio spaces, a live and virtual indoor cycle studio, a four-court sports hall, a gymnastics hub and staff rooms and offices.

The centre – which has been rebranded as move Altrincham – also boasts a brand new wellbeing spa facility called The Cove. The mix of facilities has been developed with support from Sport England and is aimed at providing long-term, sustainable leisure provision that delivers positive health and wellbeing outcomes for residents.

Move Altrincham forms part of Trafford Council’s Physical Activity Strategy, ‘Trafford Moving’, designed to get more people moving more often and also supports the Council’s corporate priority to reduce health inequalities across the borough. The facility is operated by Trafford Leisure, a community interest company wholly owned by Trafford Council.

Jo Cherrett, CEO of Trafford Leisure, said: “This is the second site Trafford Leisure has opened under the new move brand, and together we are truly redefining what community leisure looks and feels like.”