Whether you’re an adult, a child, or simply young at heart – learning to swim isn’t just a life skill, it’s a rite of passage to a new lease on life. Learning to swim brings freedom, fun and endless opportunities to create lifelong memories in and around water. Places Leisure follow the Swim England Learn to Swim Framework to deliver swimming lessons that build water confidence from the first splash for a lifetime of water safety and enjoyment.
Welcome to Balham Leisure Centre
We’re passionate about helping you stay physically active and emotionally engaged in fitness, sport and wellbeing. Our mission is to put our heart and soul into ‘creating active places and healthy people’ - it’s about creating a place for everyone.
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Memberships for everyone
We offer a range of payment options and discounted memberships; select your preferred package below and choose from the options available.
Wandsworth free memberships
We are offering brand new free memberships for those around the Wandsworth area.
Our memberships include:
- Foster Carers
- Free School Dinners
- Universal Credit
- Asylum Seekers
- Care Leavers
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Not sure which membership is right for you? Get in touch to find out more.
Our courses
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Swimming lessons
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Adult education
From arts and crafts courses to new language sessions, our centres are about more than just gyms and swimming. Come together with other members of your local community to learn a new skill or master an existing one.
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Gymnastics
Fully developed by British Gymnastics, our action-packed Gymnastics programme provides students with a fun and progressive journey. Gymnasts will experience an immersive, creative, and exciting programme, moving at their own pace. Gymnastics helps to build strong, healthy muscles and bones, and increases flexibility, balance, and coordination as well as discipline, self-esteem, and social skills.
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Trampolining
Bounce to new heights with one of our trampolining courses! Following the British Gymnastics Trampolining Proficiency Awards Scheme, our trampolining courses are designed to teach everything from simple aerial tricks all the way up to big-air stunts. Our courses are adaptive for all abilities. Trampolining helps children build strong, healthy muscles and bones, and increases flexibility, balance, and coordination as well as discipline, self-esteem, and social skills.
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Elmfield Road ,
Balham,
London,
SW17 8AN.
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Opening times
Closes today at 9.30pm
- Monday: 6.30am - 9.30pm
- Tuesday: 6.30am - 9.30pm
- Wednesday: 6.30am - 9.30pm
- Thursday: 6.30am - 9.30pm
- Friday: 6.30am - 9.30pm
- Saturday: 8.00am - 6.00pm
- Sunday: 7.45am - 9.30pm
Bank Holiday Opening Hours
December
- 24th 7.30am - 2.00pm
- 25th Closed
- 26th Closed
- 27th 7.30am - 5.00pm
- 28th 7.30am - 5.00pm
- 29th 7.30am - 5.00pm
- 30th 7.30am - 5.00pm
- 31st 7.30am - 3.30pm
January
- 1st 11.00am - 5.00pm
- 2nd Open as normal
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Managed by Places Leisure on behalf of Wandsworth Council
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