Bridport Leisure Centre

22/09/2026

following damage to one of our barriers on Saturday - we would be keen to speak with the driver / passengers of the red car (parked in the far car park 3.30pm - 7.30pm).

if this was you, or if you saw anything - please contact us ASAP.

Thankyou to all of our members and customers for their continued support of our charitable trust.

21/09/2026

Glasses off. Workout on.

Specsavers are offering an easycare contact lens subscription, with your first month free!

Perfect if you swim, train or just don’t want to fog up mid-class.
To find out more visit: https://www.specsavers.co.uk/stores/bridport

Specsavers are advertising at BLC. You can too - and you’ll be supporting your charity Leisure Centre. Get in touch.

20/09/2026

The last photographs started great conversations, so here are some more photos from the early days of Bridport Leisure Centre. 😁

This building has always been kept going by a community-focused team, and by the people in pictures like these. Our work now is the same as it was then: maintain the centre, improve it, and keep it welcoming for everyone. 💞

The next improvement is the Locker Area Project. We need more accessible changing space so that rising demand does not mean longer queues, and so the whole town can use this place with ease. 👍

Money raised on the Crowdfunder goes directly to the works - four large family and accessible cubicles and new showers.

If you belong in these photographs, or you know someone who does, please help us look after the building they helped to fill. 🙏

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/familyaccessible-changing-facilities-fundraiser

Bridport & West Dorset Sports Trust Ltd · Registered Charity No. 267781

20/09/2026

Booking is now OPEN. 🏁 BLC Super Sprint Triathlon

Sunday 8 November 2026 📅

The whole race is indoors at BLC. 🏊🚴🏃

Train in the pool, spin studio and gym you already use.

Two tickets:
💷 £20 + fundraising
🎟️ £50 with no fundraising

Raising funds for new family and accessible changing rooms. 💙

Full info and booking in the link. 👇
https://bridportleisure.com/blc-super-sprint-triathlon/

19/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who has already sponsored a tile. 🙏

Your names will have a permanent place at Bridport Leisure Centre, and your gifts are helping us finish the family and accessible changing rooms now underway. 💞

With particular thanks to:

💙 Bridport Aikido Club
💛 Neil and Lucy Barnes
💚 BLC Swim Fit
❤️ Aquafit
🩵 Rachel Heath
🤎 Badminton Besties
🩶 Toller Badminton Group
🩷 Perfect Pirouettes
💚 Heritage Coast Canoe Club
🧡 David G

The tiles are not yet on the wall. When they are installed, each one will carry the wording chosen by the sponsor. 📝

Clubs, groups, families and individuals are all welcome. For £40 you can add your own tile to the wall, your words, fixed to the building. 😊

Palmers Brewery is matching community gifts through its Community Fund, so every tile helps twice. 💞

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/familyaccessible-changing-facilities-fundraiser

Perfect Pirouettes Heritage Coast Canoe Club

18/09/2026

Personal training with Isaac is now available at Bridport Leisure Centre. 💪

Tailored programmes. Injury support. Strength, mobility and accountability - built around you.

Ready to start? Contact us on 01308 427464.

18/09/2026

Crowdfunder have published a brilliant article on how community leisure centres are using crowdfunding to serve more people, better and Bridport Leisure Centre is right at the heart of it. 😁

We’re a local charitable trust raising funds for new family and accessible changing cubicles and showers, so families, disabled users, people with additional needs and the wider community can use the centre with dignity. 🫶

Thank you to Crowdfunder for shining a light on this work. If the article resonates, please share it, and if you can, support the campaign.

Palmers Brewery are match-funding donations, so every gift goes further. 💞

Crowdfunder have raised over £400 million for start-ups, business ideas, charities, community groups, social enterprises, sports clubs, political movements and so much more through crowdfunding. Get extra funding, learn about crowdfunding, and learn how to make your great idea happen today.

17/09/2026

The shoal has started to take shape. 🐟

The first sponsored fish are now on the wall at Bridport Leisure Centre - a permanent tribute beside the pool where so many local children learned to swim. 🏊‍♀️

Your child can have a place in the shoal too. For £25, one child’s name is added to a fish on poolside. Discounts for additional fish.

It is a simple gift, and a lasting mark of a milestone that matters. 💞

Every sponsorship also helps us finish the family and accessible changing rooms now underway. Palmers Brewery is matching community gifts through its Community Fund.

Give your child a place in our shoal. 😁

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/familyaccessible-changing-facilities-fundraiser

Our thanks to local firm Mystic Signs, who created the fish for this display. 👍

Mystic Signs Ltd

17/09/2026

Meet Ruth - the newest member of our lifeguard team. 🛟

This week’s training session featured our new pool rescue manikin, designed with the Royal Life Saving Society UK. She lets our staff practise contact tows, lifts and PXB board work in one go, without switching kit or relying on live volunteers.

It’s a great addition to our training equipment and gives us more ways to keep skills sharp for the people who use our pool. 🫶

Proud of the team putting in the work behind the scenes.👏

16/09/2026

It’s National Fitness Day 2026, and here in Bridport, movement is powered by you. 💪

Whether that’s a lunchtime class, a HYROX session, a family swim, or your child’s first splash with Bridport Swim School, every bit of activity counts.

Today is a great reminder that fitness isn’t one thing. It’s whatever helps you feel stronger, steadier and more like yourself.

At Bridport Leisure Centre you’ll find:
🏊‍♀️ Bridport Swim School lessons for babies, children and SEND exclusive classes.
🤸‍♀️ 100+ weekly classes - from yoga, Pilates and Active Wellbeing to HIIT, group cycling, SkillX and Zumba
🔥 Community events including HYROX simulations and our forthcoming Super Sprint Triathlon.
🏋️‍♂️ A modern fitness suite, 25m pool, teaching pool, sports hall, squash courts, SkillX/Hyrox studio and wellbeing studio.

We’re a community charity, not a chain. Come as you are - beginner, returning, training hard, or bringing the kids.

Move more. Feel better. Start today.

📍 Brewery Fields, Bridport DT6 5LN
📞 01308 427464
🌐 bridportleisure.com