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 William Gregg VC 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.
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Premium
Includes gym, swim and classes with 15 days' advanced booking from the start time of your session
Prices from £45 per month
12 months for the price of 10 when you pay in advance
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Premium 16-18
Includes gym, swim and classes with 15 days' advanced booking from the start time of your session
Prices from £27 per month
12 months for the price of 10 when you pay in advance
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Premium 19-25
Includes gym, swim and classes with 15 days' advanced booking from the start time of your session
Prices from £31 per month
12 months for the price of 10 when you pay in advance
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Gym
Includes gym access with 15 days’ advance booking rights from the session start time for bookable activities
Prices from £28 per month
*Requires a one-off joining fee
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Swim
Includes swimming with 15 days’ advance booking rights from the session start time for bookable activities
Prices from £29.5 per month
*Requires a one-off joining fee
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Places membership
Our Places membership allows you to book online and pay as you move with 8 days’ advance booking rights from the start time of your session.
Pay as you go
Choose from our wide range of activities
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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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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Hands Road,
Heanor,
Derbyshire,
DE75 7HA.
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Opening times
Closes today at 10.00pm
- Monday: 6.30am - 10.00pm
- Tuesday: 6.30am - 10.00pm
- Wednesday: 6.30am - 10.00pm
- Thursday: 6.30am - 10.00pm
- Friday: 6.30am - 9.00pm
- Saturday: 8.00am - 5.30pm
- Sunday: 8.00am - 5.30pm
Bank Holiday Opening Hours
Good Friday 18th April - Closed
Saturday 19th April - 8.00am - 5.30pm
Easter Sunday 20th April - 8.00am - 5.30pm
Easter Monday 21st April - Closed
Facilities
- Gym
- Pools
- Studio(s)
- Sports hall
- Indoor cycling studio
- Function room(s)
- Café
Centre accessibility
- Accessible parking
- Ramps for wheelchairs
- Accessible turnstiles
- Lift
- Hearing induction loop
- Braille on signage
- Accessible lockers
- Accessible shower
- Accessible change
- Changing places
- Wheelchair accessible equipment
- IFI accredited equipment
- Pool hoist
- Accessible pool chair
- Accessible pool steps
- Access to looked-after children
- Assistance dogs welcome

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