Culture and Leisure

Erewash is a vibrant and diverse borough with an abundance of leisure opportunities for residents and visitors alike.

We are proud of our sporting and leisure facilities and offer four quality leisure centres, Erewash museum, Pewit Golf Course, 260 hectares of urban parks and open spaces, and over 1000 allotments.

Erewash is predominately rural in character, and it's this which epitomises many of the best features of the traditional English landscape.

Erewash offers some of the best lowland walking routes in the region.

Check out out latest events (opens in a new window) to see what's happening in Erewash.

Latest news

Swimming prices reduced!

From 5th September the cost of swimming has been reduced:

Adults: £2.90 (with a leisure card); or £3.40 (without a leisure card); £1.45 for concessionary leisure card holders.

Juniors and people over 60 years: £1.50 (with a leisure card); or £2.00 (without a leisure card); or 75p for concessionary leisure card holders.

You can swim at both West Park Leisure Centre in Long Eaton and Victoria Park Leisure Centre in Ilkeston.

West Park Leisure Centre
Tel: 0115 946 1400
email: wplc@erewash.gov.uk

Victoria Park Leisure Centre
Tel: 0115 944 0400
email: vplc@erewash.gov.uk

Leisure Card Prices slashed!

The cost of a leisure card has also been reduced no matter where you live. The new prices are available from 5 September 2010.

Adults £5.00 Juniors £2.50 Concessionary FREE

Your leisure card entitles you to savings on activities at our four leisure centres; discounts on selected events such as the annual bonfire and firework display at West Park on 5th November ; and other great benefits.

Download an application form or visit any of our four leisure centres to pick one up. To find out more about how the leisure card can benefit you, visit our Leisure Card page. (opens in a new window)

New Health and Leisure Memberships launched - Fantastic value for money - PRICES SLASHED!

From 5th September 2010 you can enjoy a whole NEW all inclusive membership at all of the borough's four leisure centres.

One great membership – Two ways to pay

One Great All Inclusive Membership - Your membership entitles you to ALL the activities and facilities at all the borough’s four leisure centres including swimming, gym, sauna, workout classes including spin bikes and some yoga sessions.

Two ways to pay: Choose to pay by direct debit and spread the cost, or a single one off payment. You can save even more money by taking out a couple membership – spouse, partner, gym buddy, best mate – you decide.

MEMBERSHIPS

£28.10 All inclusive individual – direct debit
£337.20 All inclusive individual – annual
£100.00 All inclusive 3 month Blaster membership

Existing Member? Existing all inclusive members - your fees will reduce from September. Existing gym, swim and sauna members - you can now enjoy all inclusive at no extra cost. Existing Workout and swim members - we will honour this for as long as you want it, we're just not selling new ones.

Autumn Footprints Walking Festival 11 - 26 September 2010

The annual Autumn Footprints Amber Valley & Erewash Walking Festival, set in the heart of picturesque Derbyshire, will embark on sixteen days of walks on Saturday 11th September to Sunday 26th September 2010.

This Walking Festival offers a range of 33 guided free walks over 16 days. The Walking Festival has proved to be very popular with both inexperienced and experienced walkers. The walks, led by volunteers and staff from over 20 organisations, will take place in Amber Valley and Erewash. These two areas are well known for their natural beauty, superb scenery, industrial heritage and attractive towns and villages.

Nearly 30 organisations are involved in jointly organising this ever-popular festival - including Erewash Borough Council; Amber Valley Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council, several parish councils, community groups and Groundwork Derby & Derbyshire.

The Walking Festival will begin on Saturday 11th September 2010 at 10.00am, with a launch event at Shipley Country Park Visitor Centre.

A comprehensive guide detailing all the walks and events, is available free of charge from Groundwork Derby & Derbyshire Tel. 01773 535232 or alternatively download the full leaflet here.

To book your free place on a walk contact Derbyshire County Council’s Call Derbyshire on 08456 058058.

Victoria Park Leisure Centre Swimathon

More than 60 customers and a team of 5 staff from Victoria Park Leisure Centre in Ilkeston, took part in the annual Swimathon in aid of the Marie Curie Cancer Care Trust. In all, an amazing £10,308.10 was raised for the charity.

The leisure centre team came a fantastic 2nd out of 86 other pools in the Midlands region and were ranked 17th out of 509 pools nationally. Well Done!

Champion Staff at West Park Leisure Centre in top 3% in the UK!

Champion staff at Long Eaton’s West Park Leisure Centre can proudly say that things are going swimmingly after staff took part in the National Lifeguard Triathlon.

The annual event is organised by the Institute of Sport and Recreation Management and aims to promote excellence in lifeguard skills.

The intensive test saw Anthony Blackler from West Park finish an impressive 20th out of 728 entries from leisure centres across the UK - which puts him in the top 3% in the UK.

The competition features three sections - swimming, which involves a timed swim to rescue a casualty, a 40 question theory paper and a Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) test.

And the success for West Park continued when Leisure Centre when Daniel Bacon gained 97th place; Richard Mallon and Andy Rhodes joint 126th place; and Emma Keaton 258th in the individual category.

Talented Athletes in Erewash

Athletes from Erewash who compete in a wide variety of sports, ranging from ice hockey and fencing to table tennis and horseball, have been awarded bursaries from the Derbyshire Talented Athlete Fund.

A total of 13 athletes from the borough, all of whom compete for England or Great Britain, or have the potential to do so within 18 months, have received cash help – sharing a total of £4,140.

Gymnasts Hannah Dulston and Catherine McNicol, ice hockey players Will Weldon, Callum Bowley and Thomas Soar, and horseball competitors Megan Chiarella and Christie Morgan have each received a bursary to help meet training and competition costs.

Golfer Nick Newbold, rugby union player Jack Partington and table tennis player Emma Vickers have also received a bursary, along with jet-skier Anya Colley, bowls player Simon Skelton and fencer Samuel Ward.

Among the Fund’s financial backers are Erewash Borough Council and Derbyshire County Council.

Councillor Mike Wallis from Erewash Borough Council and Councillor Carol Hart from Derbyshire County Council will meet the athletes to congratulate them at West Park Leisure Centre in Long Eaton on Monday, June 28.

MACCA

MACCA (Mission: Active Children, Creative Adventure) is our programme of children's activities which take place during the Derbyshire school holidays. Visit the Children's Activities page (opens in a new window) for the latest activities.

The new pool changing facilities at West Park Leisure Centre are now open!

The highly anticipated refurbished changing rooms at West Park Leisure Centre are now fully open! The flumes will also be operational during evening casual swimming sessions through the week and again during casual swimming sessions at the weekend.

The changing rooms have been refurbished to include under floor warming, individual changing and shower cubical and improved disabled facilities and access.

Erewash Borough Council announced the major refurbishment project for the pool changing facilities earlier this year after successfully winning a £414,000 cash windfall from Sport England.  The project has been given a £101,000 ‘top-up’ by the Council to bring the total investment to £557,000.

The makeover is the latest investment by the Council to maintain and boost facilities for West Park’s customers and will mean the centre has seen over £1m of improvements over the last year.

The refurbishment will improve the experience for visitors to West Park and will greatly improve accessibility for disabled people, older people and families with young children.

Activity Guide

The leisure centre's 2010 Activity Guide is available now - get your copy here.

Rutland Sports Park Open Day - great success

Over 400 visitors enjoyed a great family day of FREE taster sessions on Saturday 12 June including: Aerobics and Circuit Training, Kickboxing, Tennis coaching, Fun tots, Basketball shoot out, Junior football tournament, Rower challenge, Bike challenge, Golf competition and more. Thanks to all the clubs that supported the event and put on some magnificent displays!

More than 30 people signed up for the new cycle challenge in the gym - if you would like to take part please contact the centre on 0115 9302 033. First prize is a fantastic mountain bike. This challenge is also taking place at West Park Leisure Centre.

Bank Holiday

Please note that all the borough's leisure centres will be closed all bank holidays.

Dilute the Cost

Budding swimmers can now pay by Direct Debit and spread the cost of learning to swim. Swimming lessons with a concessionary leisure card now cost £8.20 a month or £16.40 with a leisure card.

When you sign up to Direct Debit you will also automatically be entered into a fantastic competition where you can win a year’s FREE swimming lessons.

And don’t forget that, under 16’s and over 60’s can swim for free at both West Park Leisure Centre and Victoria Park Leisure Centre! Visit www.erewash.gov.uk/swim4life (opens in a new window) for more information.