Information about Billingham Forum

The Causeway
TS23 2LJ, Stockton-On-Tees
+44 1642 551381

Opening hours

  • Monday: 6:00 AM – 10:00 PM
  • Tuesday: 6:00 AM – 10:00 PM
  • Wednesday: 6:00 AM – 10:00 PM
  • Thursday: 6:00 AM – 10:00 PM
  • Friday: 6:00 AM – 10:00 PM
  • Saturday: 6:30 AM – 7:00 PM
  • Sunday: 6:30 AM – 9:30 PM

Tees Active ran Billingham Forum offers many leisure activities including Forum Ice Arena, swimming, gym and GoClimb. Find out more here.

Monday 06:00am – 22:00pm Tuesday 06:00am – 22:00pm Wednesday 06:00am – 22:00pm Thursday 06:00am – 22:00pm Friday 06:00am – 22:00pm Saturday 06:30am – 19:00pm Sunday 06:30am – 21:30pm

Billingham Forum is one of the most iconic leisure destinations in the North East. The Forum, as it is more commonly known, holds particular historical and cultural significance for its diverse offering and abundance of activities that have been entertaining visitors for over 50 years.

In 1967, the Forum was officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in front of large crowds who flocked to witness a very special moment for the town and the leisure industry. The building was celebrated as the first leisure centre of its kind in the UK, famed for its pioneering design of the ice rink, and to this day it is leading the way in providing innovative and exciting ways for communities to stay healthy and active. The Forum sits proudly at the heart of the town centre and attracts over 1M visits each year.

Famous for its ice rink, the Forum Ice Arena is home to ice hockey giants, Billingham Stars, and offers a variety of figure skating, disco and public skate sessions for everyone to enjoy. To view the timetable and choose your session, please visit the Ice Arena website.

With so much to do all under one roof, jump right in and experience everything Billingham Forum has to offer. We’ll hopefully answer some of your questions and share a flavour of some of the amazing activities you can enjoy.

If you’re a planning a visit to Billingham Forum we’ve tried to make things as easy as possible. Take a look through our frequently asked questions for everything you need to know.

An Activ8 membership gives you more value and choice than any other fitness provider in the area. We offer the same industry leading equipment and state-of-the-art fitness facilities as any private operator, but without the large price tag.

You can access each of our Activ8 gyms, swimming pools and fitness classes at our clubs located in Billingham Forum, Stockton Splash, Thornaby Pavilion, Thornaby Pool and IB Leisure.

We are proud to offer the biggest selection of fitness classes in the area from the biggest brands around the globe, 4 modern gyms housing an extensive range of cardio, functional and strength equipment and 4 swimming pools offering a variety of sessions and aqua classes.

We are committed to ensuring our activities and services can be accessed by everyone in the community and offer range of affordable Activ8 and Tees Active memberships. View all of our membership options here.

When you join you will be required to book an induction at a time that suits you. At this appointment we will run through the equipment to make sure you can make the most of your training in the safest possible way. We will also create a tailored fitness plan so you can work towards your goals, we can sit with you to review this throughout your membership. If you have a promotional code you can also enter this here.

The safety of our customers and staff is our number one priority and we have put an extensive range of protective measures in place. This includes, an increased cleaning regime, installing cleaning and sanitising stations across the venue, displaying social distancing signage and the closure of all non-essential areas.

We have adopted a phased approach to re-opening across the organisation to ensure that we can control the flow of customers and we will be monitoring and reviewing this as we work towards bringing back more services.

We are always looking for passionate, motivated and talented individuals to join our team at Tees Active. We employ over 300 staff across our venues and offer a variety of roles. We are also committed to developing and nurturing young talent through our successful apprenticeship and traineeship schemes.

All Tees Active operated venues are DDA compliant and as a service provider, Tees Active not only want to comply with relevant legislation, but also to go further in providing a top quality experience for all visitors. We will endeavour to ensure that disabled people are not treated any less favourably, and that ‘reasonable adjustments’ are made where appropriate and possible through sensitive and creative solutions.

The centre has ample free car parking located to the side and rear of the venue. Please note the car park directly outside the main entrance does not require a ticket but only offers a limited number of hours.

Active Vision is a new scheme funded by Tees Valley Community Foundation and Sport England Tackling Inequalities Fund to help visually impaired adults keep active, sociable and healthy.

Primary school children in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees can now attend Tees Active HAF 2021 activities with parents in attendance! Find out more about how your child can access free activities here.

Tees Active’s Super Summer 5 week programme, commencing on the 26th July, will provide over 1000 places per week and will provide children the opportunity to get active, make friends and have a healthy packed lunch.

Tees Active’s Glastonbury Swim Challenge saw our community swim the equivalent of Glastonbury’s epic perimeter and one lucky swimmer win a £75 Ticketmaster gift voucher!

Statue of Liberty swim challenge was Tees Active’s first swim challenge since the COVID-19 pandemic hit and saw our swimmers celebrate their freedom!

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Billingham Forum: Opinions

5/5 (52 Opinions)
Michael Llewellyn 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great venue, even better hockey team and training. Needs the cafe opening up again, but it's not a deal breaker.

Paul Glazier 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: They get some great acts

Ian Chambers 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Ice rink, Gym, swimming pool, and many others sports available daily activities to keep you fit.

Andrew Robson 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great day out for all the family. Do not buy from vending machines £2.60 for a bottle of pop .

Julie Anne 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: great got a bit busy on ice towards end of session too many people allowed in in my opinion but still great fun

Simon Burnikell 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Very busy but enjoyed it. The times on the website were incorrect,so ring 1st to check as we had to wait 1hr

Darren Fowler 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Very clean, shame the vending machines were out of order could have just eaten some (space riders pickled onion flavor ofcause and a cup of hot Bovril) after the swim. pool was warm not to busy. Bit pricey for a swim but if its what you have to pay nowadays then what can you do

Eleanor Hoggarth 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely visit to the pool not overcrowded

Dianne Lippe 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great time daughters sons in-law and grandkids , only fell twice , not bad for a 56 year old , great customer care , can't wait for next visit xx

Bonesy Gaming 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Nice staff and fun place to be

kev gale 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: First time visit. Went to the UK Rock Show(80s rock) Plenty of free parking nearby. Drinks are reasonably priced also. Would visit again

Keith Barnes 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great time, amazing facilities

Peter Hewitt 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to skate and watch Ice Hockey

Sharon Taylor-Watson 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great great experience and fantastically friendly staff

Lisa Williams 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for shows X ice skating

Margaret Asquith 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant venue spacious and well staffed.

John “CAV” Cavanagh 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Always fun at the forum, turns even the grown ups into kids.

Win Campbell 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Loved it... We went swimming.... Clean.... Well organised and staffed...

Analogue_Microwave 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for Ice Skating and watching the hockey. Staff are usually really nice and the place has a generally good feel to it. Would reccomend. Ice Skating prices are good.

Sydonia Brough 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Really good highly recommend. Staff extremely pleasant and helped us with out woth getting our skates on. And when noticed my little one was struggling offered an aid to get around though she was over the height limit suggested for them. Made it enjoyable. Thanks again

Annette Marshall 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Monday night, ladies only at the ice rink & only £2.90 for the session & boot hire, what's not to love !

Wendy Gray 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Girls had a great time ice skating for the first time ever.

Mike OReilly 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: I love this place. I first attended in the 90s and its great to it still going strong and being well maintained. So much goes on behind the scenes to keep this place open. Enjoy it!

Michael Vickers 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: My first time at the Forum and seeing Genesis Connected, both of them made for an enjoyable evening. The venue was well presented and seemed very professional. Getting to our seats was quick and easy, and we then had great views of the stage from our position in one of the boxes. Acoustics were great during the concert, clear lyrics and a nice authentic sound. Look forward to returning in the future. As an electric vehicle driver it was disappointing that the charge points weren't working properly when we visited. I appreciate these are operated by a third party, but it would be good to see the venue taking a proactive role in ensuring their availablity is maintained (see comments on Zap Map). Just a small niggle really in an otherwise pleasant experience at the Forum.

Sophie Roberts 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Swam and ice skating very friendly and easy to find way around

nicola brannen 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: I go to bum's, tums and thighs class every week at the forum and it's great. You know it's working as you can feel the pain. No pain, no gain. I use the pain as fuel to keep going.

richard kerr-morgan 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for all kind of events,I went to see the ice hockey was brilliant experience

Sarah McKenzie 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely little theatre where every seat you see the stage

leigh jones 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Just started skating with my daughter again after a twenty year break, the rink is great, staff are helpful and friendly. The forum lobby is lovely but the toilets are awful, so utilitarian with there stainless steel seatless toilets, i know they need to be tough and hardwearing but they are dirty and smelly too.

Steph Ackroyd 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Well organised with plenty hand sanitizer around the forum plus side nice & warm also .a member of staff was running around bless him asking the public to stop videoing the show he needs a medal

ChristoPhotos 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: A great venue for live stage acts

Judith Ingram 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great night out.

Damon Kirkley 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Bought some equipment from Hockey Hound. Great shop and brilliant staff. Highly recommended

Sandra Garbutt 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: A fantastic birthday celebration for my Granddaughter's birthday at Clip and Climb. The staff were amazing and it was a fabulous time for the children and the parents.

Alison Jackson 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Whole experience is great the staff are so friendly and helpful and whatever ur age or size they make u feel very welcome keep up the good work ☺️

Tracy Rogers 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great venue, friendly staff and dirty dusting cast and show fantastic.

crazy dave 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing ice skating, swimming,climbing,it's a fab venue

Tom Hutchinson 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great visit. Kids loved it, and so did the adults of course.

L 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great fun, children loved it. Nice staff

Adam Lee 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place with a cracking hockey shop in the corner of the rink.

Michael Byrne 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Used badminton court for the first time, the court was set up and ready and reception staff were polite and helpful. Happy to go again and again.

Peter Fincken 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Always a great night at the Forum, we've been coming here for years and have seen some brilliant acts. The staff are always welcoming and friendly, keep up the good work.

Margaret Sanderson 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Booked Go climb for grandson aged 8. He loved it. Well organized, brilliant staff, and value for money. What more can you say. We'll be back

Maria Mandehzadeh 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Cheap swimming sessions. Kids pool nice and warm, perfect for little ones, nice and clean. Friendly helpful staff

A L 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: An amazing resource for the town. With a variety and programme of events that provides live performances and enrichment for the local area. People here are fortunate to have this on their doorstep.Cherish and be proud of the festival of dance too. Welcoming staff. Ample parking. A gem!!

Carol Brayshaw 2 years ago

Positive experience: There's a well equipped gym, an ice rink, very ordinary pool, sauna, small play barn and clip and climb. Quite a lot of fitness classes held regularly. The cafe in the main atrium is currently closed as are most of the public toilets which is a bit of a nightmare with small children. The attached Forum theatre is excellent so when the full theatre programme returns I would recommend going. It's a leisure centre so does what it is supposed to without being exceptional

Conorbtw 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great ice rink. Nice food and I would definitely visit hear again in the near future

Maureen Stones 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: This Theatre has recently been refurbished and is looking very smart. There is a very good programme of shows throughout the year, a bar and also a VIP lounge for anyone who wants to pay a small amount to use it.

Claire Ross 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing experience here with my daughter the other day. All staff were very friendly and helpful. Have to say skating with a 5 year old is easier now that there has to fewer people on the ice at once. Don't be put off by calling to book as the member of staff I spoke to was friendly and helpful too. Very well managed overall and my daughter thoroughly enjoyed herself and wants to come back soon. Thank you!

Derek Watson 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: As always a superb night out my buddy and I went to see the superb Eagles tribute band Talon again. As a regular visitor to the Forum I have always found the staff helpful and friendly,and being disabled I have always found the toilets spotlessly clean. I would certainly highly recommend this venue.

Maura Elizabeth Ramírez Quezada 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: This place is awesome. I got lot of fun going with my friends. It is not too busy during weekends. Good price.

Kris Price 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: We go here now and then mainly with my wife's parents and our daughter as they all love to skate and the facilities are good.

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