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Leisure centres and swimming pools

Update: April 2025

Work has begun at Thame Leisure Centre to install just over 150 solar panels, reducing the site’s reliance on fossil fuels and lowering its carbon emissions. The solar panels will cover large areas of the roof space at the centre including the gym and the sports hall. It is estimated the panels will produce 69,000KWh of renewable electricity for the centre. This project follows other work carried out at the site to improve energy efficiency including the installation of LED lighting. It is anticipated the work to install the solar panels should be completed by early summer 2025. As most of the work will take place outside, it is expected that users will experience minimum disruption. 

We have six leisure centres and one outdoor pool in South Oxfordshire.

The centres are run by our partners GLL – you can recognise them by their green ‘Better’ logo.

You can find out about memberships and prices by visiting ‘Better’ memberships .

If you sign up for ‘Better’ membership you will also be able to use the facilities at the following leisure centres in the Vale of White Horse:

Outdoor Pitches

Two junior football pitches are provided free of charge at Barrow Hills and Long Furlong in Abingdon. To book these pitches please contact email our Parks Team. A five-a-side floodlit artificial turf pitch is available to hire at Abbey Sports Centre Berinsfield. To book click on the link to Abbey Sports Centre, Berinsfield or call 01865 341035.

Contact us - Leisure

​01235 422240
(Text phone users add 18001 before dialing)

leisure@southandvale.gov.uk

South Oxfordshire District Council
Abbey House
Abbey Close
Abingdon
OX14 3JE

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