Information about Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre

Gainsborough Rd
IP14 1LH, Stowmarket
+44 1449 674980

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: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
  • Sunday: 8:00 AM – 9:00 PM

Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre offers an array of facilities such as a large gym, swimming pools, Fitness Classes, Soft Play, Climbing Wall and much more.

There is a slope at the main entrance to the building with automatic doors to the main reception, and an accessible gate alongside the main reception desk.

An accessible toilet is located at main reception. This has been enlarged to provide sufficient space for wheelchair users and has a peninsular toilet.

This facility has an electronic hoist which covers almost the whole of the changing room. There is a height adjustable bench, a height adjustable wash basin and a peninsular toilet. This is particularly suitable for wheelchair users and can be used either by customers using the Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre or disabled people who are visiting Stowmarket. It is well located for use as a changing room for the swimming pool. Customers should bring their own slings to use with the hoist. The slings need to be of a looped fixing type (NOT a plastic clip type made by Arjo). An automatic door allows easy access to and from poolside for customers using the Changing Places facility.

Two cubicles in the main swimming pool changing room have been adapted to make them more suitable for disabled people, with one of these cubicles having its own shower with seat, its own toilet, as well as a fixed height changing bench. This is particularly suitable for customers with mobility issues who may have a carer with them. The other cubicle has been enlarged and has a fixed height changing bench.

There is an accessible Changing Room next to the gym which has its own shower with seat and its own toilet. There is a large leaf door at the access to the gym changing rooms/gym.

There are two traditional mechanical hoists to assist disabled customers getting in and out of the pool. In addition, there is a sloping set of steps with adjacent hand rails in the swimming pool to assist customers with mobility difficulties to get in out of the water.

There is an accessible gate at the gym reception. Within the gym we have an Ergo bike which is specifically designed for wheelchair users, so the seat can be removed and a wheelchair locked into place. The fitness suite has Inclusive Fitness Initiative accredited equipment.

The Café counters and displays are accessible to wheelchair users and there is a table waiting services available for customers who require it upon request and staff.

Whatever your favourite activity, you’re sure to be able to enjoy it here at the Mid-Suffolk Leisure Centre. The centre now boasts a newly renovated and extended gym with more than 100 stations of top-of-the-range cardio, resistance, free weights and functional equipment to suit everyone. Mid-Suffolk also houses three three swimming pools, which host all manner of aquatic activities, including our award-winning swimming lessons, while you can also enjoy a range of other activities here. We’ve got The Cragg Climbing Wall that’s suitable for climbers of all abilities, a range of group fitness classes to suit all tastes, as well as seven indoor bowls rinks. Furthermore, we also boast the fantastic fun Play World soft play area.

Booking has never been easier. You can book your classes, sessions or lessons, online or via the Everyone Active App, then follow the steps in our How To Book guide.

We now have a newly-extended and refurbished 100+ station gym, boasting an extensive range of Technogym cardio and resistance kit, functional training equipment, as well as a free weights area. So however you choose to work out, you're sure to reach your goals with us.

Our group fitness studio plays host to a variety of different classes. Whatever your fitness goals may be, you’re sure to find the right class for you, while the social nature of the sessions means you can meet new people too.

Our 25 metre, six-lane main swimming pool, the learner pool and toddler’s pool are perfect for swimmers of all ages and abilities. Furthermore, our award-winning swimming lessons for children and adults are fantastic for improving their confidence in the water.

WELLNESS, WHENEVER, WHEREVER with Everyone On Demand. Access to our hand-picked fitness and wellness partners. This gives you the freedom to participate in your favourite classes but also try some new ones as well. From fitness and personal training to mental wellbeing and prescribed exercise, there’s a service or session to support everyone, no matter how you feel, every day of the week.

Play World, an indoor play area for children up to 12 years, includes ball cannons, slides, aerial glide, football zone, and separate baby/toddler areas.

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Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre: Opinions

5/5 (50 Opinions)
Katie Lawrence 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic place, excellent for swim lessons of all ages, great fun for family swim on saturdays with the floats and balls, playworld very enjoyable for my 7 year old and 2 year old niece

David Allison 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: I have been a member here for 18 months following disappointing memberships with four other clubs in the area and my experience with the Mid Suffolk leisure centre has been overwhelmingly positive. The reception staff, the staff who manage the café and the gym staff have all been, without exception, extremely friendly, helpful and genuinely seem to take pride in the organisation. I visit most days and always thoroughly enjoy the time I spend there. Changing areas are always clean and well maintained with plenty of locker space for securing your personal items. The pool area is very well staffed with two smaller pools for younger children in addition to the main pool. The gym is well equipped and I have never had to wait around to get on a piece of equipment that I particularly want to use. I would absolutely recommend the centre (and have done so) to my friends and to anyone looking for an experience characterised by superb customer care. There is an enormous range of group activities available and the membership fees are extremely competitive.

John Pateman-Gee 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: It's not much to look at on the outside. However, it's a good size centre with pool, recently improved gym, various studios, courts and climbing centre. What makes it the best, is the people. Always friendly, always happy to help and not in a false corporate way. Highly recommended and especially the climbing centre.

Julia Dunlop 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: I love this place, visit most days. It keeps me fit, and everyone's very friendly. And it's not full of hyperactive gym bunnies.

Jane Baldry 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Friday morning at Active Antz with my granddaughter, its a great activity for little ones, the theme is changed at the beginning of the new school term, lots to do & Sally And Di are Great.

Adrian Sims 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Cafe has wonderful staff. Gym and swimming pool are of a high standard, although some more showers in the mens gym changing room wouldn’t be a bad idea!

Alberto Henriques 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic afternoon climbing with frienda. And many thanks to Cláudio for helping, supporting, encouraging and being such a nice guy.

Mark Lloyd 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Very impressive set-up. Lots of equipment and a pool

James Hunt 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Took the kids to karate.

Tom Forster 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great staff, good booking system, nice facilities.

sally england 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent yoga class.

Steven Adcock 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great swimming pool, clean facilities and friendly staff.

Anne Heaton 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great leisure centre with a new gym, swimming pool and play zone. Feels covid safe, very clean. Friendly and helpful staff.

ThomasNotTom 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: I have so many amazing memories coming here when I was younger, because of how cheap it was I constantly came. Genuinely an amazing place

Gill Tilley 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing friendly staff lovely pool.cant wait to go again

Tom Aylott 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant facilities love the new gym

Suzi Bloomfield (Moo Music SDNM) 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Positive: Professionalism I run classes here for just under 1 year in the bar room. The staff were very accommodating and helpful.

David McMahon 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very good, coping with Covid. Safe

Anne (Lizzy) 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: We go most weeks to Forever Fit. A good fun fitness class for older people. Everyone at centre friendly and helpful. A really good place.

Jenny 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Well managed, enjoyable stress-free swim.

James Tonner 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: The refurbishment is coming along great

JUSTIN KEEBLE 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good leisure centre. Always something going on for the kids.

John Neale 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent small bouldering wall, week set for people with some climbing experience, say V3 to v5 ability. There is roped climbing but I didn't try that.

james crooks 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: At the start of july i took my daughter and 8 of her friends (all over 10) swimming and on to the inflatables for her birthday. I thought it was going to be a nightmare but the team of lifeguards where very well drilled and made it a absoulte pleasure they aloud the kids to have fun while keeping them well under control. Keep up the good work guys we will definatly be back soon.

Ste Gray 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great day out in soft play

Karen Jarrold 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Welcoming staff and great place to visit

Paul Brinkley 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: I am disabled and in a wheelchair and find the facilities great and the staff also are very friendly and willing to help

Kylie Aggio 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Have used the gym and swimming facilities and they're great. Staff are lovely too, very welcoming. Joined the gym as I have MS and wanted to get stronger and the staff were so understanding and accommodating and put me completely at ease. Would definitely recommend :)

Matthew Killgallon 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: I go here for swim training. Everyone is very helpful and friendly. When I hit 40 I decided to learn to swim. Within 2 years they had taught me to swim all the stokes and I progressed to the swim training; instead of swim lesson; sessions. I now swim 70+ lengths every Sunday. I couldn't have done that with their help and support.

Daniel Sharpe 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely clean swimming pool and very quiet - perfect for swimming :)

sfiske2704 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: A leisure centre that offers all sorts of keep fit activities from swimming to rock climbing

Johnny D 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Joined to try and get my fitness levels improved & help with some weight loss. Very friendly & welcoming staff. Pool is very good, Gym has a good level of variety in equipment.

Lifetime Traveller 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Reception is always helpful no matter how busy they are. They always try to accommodate you and find a solution to fit the client good clean area and new equipment, Playworld is always available rainy days and good days too. The creche staff and activities are super for the little ones and also the activity camps for the children during holidays are well run and very entertaining.Swimming lessons are available and the instructor are very good and always motivate the childten. The pools are clean and the changing rooms are too. There are also two climbing walls and the instructors Dick and Yogy are very good at what they do and have helped my 8 y old to over one her issue with heights. Tony's hairdresser is also available and always able to fit u in for a hairdo and there is also the cafeteria where one can always get a decent cuppa while browsing the free internet WiFi. Always a positive experience for us.

Sadie Hammond 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: My children have swimming lessons here. The tutors are very good with the children. The kids love going which speaks volumes. There are poolside seats to watch the lessons. The showers are always well kept. There is a cafe too next to the pool with poolside windows. Lots of parking inc a good soft play area round the back.

Amanda Hagger 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, good choice of classes

Debs Cox 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Everything you need and more from a leisure centre.

James C 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good quality leisure centre. Large enough pool, good sized gym with ample facilities and equipment. Reasonable monthly price...

Kris Pringle 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to learn to climb

Kristian Maton 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great badminton courts!

Ash McBride 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Bit crowded but great swimming lessons

Ivan Pedersen 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Best soft play for our 3 y olds we've been to. Well priced

Christina Dusek 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great facilities and great activities for kids.

Peter Lynch 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Frendly staff. Lots to do

eloise jackson 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing pool and gym. Also a great sports facility.

Simon Reed 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Loads of facilities, reasonably priced.

Alistair Cobb 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Really nice place for kids partys..very well setup and maintained

Ed Jarvis 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Really friendly receptionist and good facilities - visited for bouldering

sean warren 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing leisure centre excellent facilities.

Adam Wade 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: We went swimming as a family which was good value. Attentive staff

Elliot King 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Visited for a children's climbing party. Excellent climbing facilities and competent staff made the climbing less daunting for the novice child climbers. A visit to the on site cafeteria for birthday food was a happy one. Clean tables and good service. The centre looked to have gymnastics, swimming and roller skating available as well.

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