New Eldon Leisure is underway!…read more The gym has gotten a huge update. It's about 4 times the size and growing. A massive free weights room. A functional training rack with battle ropes and boxing! Many more machines and cardio equipment. Really a great gym in the city centre. They also have 10 pin bowling! About 8 lanes and a full stocked and licensed bar with food! I personally think it's a good deal price wise. About £5 to bowl £3 a beer. They have a coffee breakfast combo. I M yet to eat here. There is also a new rock climbing and kids soft play. I have never used either. I did however use the old bouldering gym and for a novice like me I found it really good! Worth checking out!

From the owner: At the heart of the city, Eldon Leisure in Eldon Square, Newcastle is a hidden treasure. With a…read morehuge new (2015) fitness gym and a great choice of classes, squash, badminton and climbing, there's plenty to keep you fit and active. There's also a fantastic 8-lane tenpin bowling area with fully licenced restaurant, superb soft play for under 8s and Vertigo Adventure Climbing for all the family.

This faculty overall is quite good. The staff are friendly and helpful. I can comment on thé…read morefollowing: *children's soft play area - this was great. £3 each and the kids can play until they are exhausted or hungry. Since I was there when no one else was, my kids took me up to the top and we went down the slide together. I can say from personal experience that it is a fun place to play. Note that it can get loud when a group exercise class is in session next door. *kiddie small pool - this is a nice pool that is shallow enough to suit most younger kids. It is warm and there is a box of pool toys, including pool noodles. There is a lifeguard on duty though children must also be accompanied by an adult. My kids enjoyed this several times over the last few weeks. *larger lap pool - this pool is also great. It is kept at a perfect temperature that doesn't shock the system when you get in but isn't too warm if you are doing laps. Lane swim times can get crowded on occasion, so reserve your spot by calling or fumbling through the awkward website. *bouldering climbing area - this is alas the one downside to the whole facility. As someone who boulders at a bouldering gym several times a week I have to say that this is not a bouldering wall. It is an area with some holds screwed into wall completely higgly-piggly by someone with no experience setting climbing routes. There are no set routes. The colors mean nothing, the holds are not set appropriately to climb from floor to ceiling in any fashion, and you can't climb the overhang ceiling section at all as the holds are incorrect for that type of slope. I also feel that the mat underfoot is too hard to appropriately break a fall from the top of the walls. I strongly recommend to the staff of the facility to invite a bouldering route setter in to re-do the walls with coherent routes that abide by climbing conventions for route colors.

Lots of nice facilities, but fairly expensive.read more

Great place. All you would expect for a leisure centre. Prices are reasonable.read more

This leisure centre is really overpriced. The facilities arent up to much and for the price its…read morejust ridiculous. An hour on the football court is £36 - I dont know how they can warrant a charge like that or the hire of some floorboards and literally no service. Plus there is no air conditioning and the place is like an oven. I was gonna start swimming regurlarly but found out its over £3 a swim, now I cant understand why that price is so high either? to swim every day works out at around £60 a month which you could get membership to a really good gym for that! All in all I do use the place just because I need to but if there was an alternative nearby I would go for it!

It is the most vile and horrific place I have ever been. The staff are nothing short of rude and…read moreobnoxious, especially the reception staff! All of which have a bad attitude! I have been taking my girls swimming for about a year now because of convenience and it never gets any better. The place is filthy. The changing rooms are disgusting, they are never regularly checked and I have not seen them cleaned once. On my latest visit (25.8.17) I had a member of reception be totally rude, a fitness team member scream like a banshee at me across the room because I walked through the barrier instead of the turnstile (a disgusting way to speak to anyone let alone a customer) there was wet swim nappies on the floor when I first went in the changing rooms. I took my girl to the toilet (also filthy) wet toilet roll on the floor in each cubicle and the entire floor soaked. When going back into the changing room to get dry I pulled the baby change down to dry my 1year old and 3 wet urine soaked nappies on the tray. Bins are totally sticky with hairs stuck on and full to the top. I was there at 9.30am. Clearly hadn't been emptied from the day before. I would urge anyone not to use this leisure centre and go elsewhere if possible.

Brilliant centre and brilliant staffread more

Good machines, lovely poolread more

A wonderful ladies only leisure club based in the Whitley Lodge area of the town. It is a large…read moreleisure centre with all the modern machines and knowledgeable staff on hand to show you how to work the machines in your induction. There are relaxation beds which stretch your muscles alongside the more traditional machines like steppers, rowers and bikes and the centre also offers a large range of classes to really get you fit. Such as yoga, step and general keep fit. It is open late so is very convenient if you want to visit after a hard day at work.

Healthlands Gym, Jill and all her staff are the best things ever to have happened on Whitley Lodge…read morein a long time. A great friendly atmosphere, excellent advice, well recommended, to ladies of all ages, both young and not so young! The welcome is always warm.

We decided on a lovely trip to the soft play with my 1 year old autistic son and niece and nephew…read more After being charged £4 each to get in(disgraceful!) we realised non of the children were monitored by staff! We had to wade in and rescue my nephew after children attacked him in the ball pit, my niece was knocked over by a staff member and my son wasnt allowed on many items because of his age! Why charge that price when he cant even play on most of it?! We will certainly not be going back, we are disgusted at what passes for a successful business these days!

Kids play area seem good area of play ok for kids for different age ranges very expensive to enter…read moreand considering every time I have been i buy drinks and food and spend on adverse bout £30 it should be Cheeper to play if not free

The park has been tidied up over the last couple of years. Facilities for cycling and canooe-ing…read moreand also horse riding. During 2009 a grey heron made its hangout on one of the lakes Check out my webpage of the park. http://www.hetton-online.com/park1.html The park has taken a battering from the last few weeks weather and looks like a long recovery period.Weather is a bit more settled now so the park is recovering the resident swans have built another nest and it is sitting on eggs now lets hope it is left alone this year. Swans have managed to hatch 8 cygnets this year hope they raise them all.

This park is very well maintained and our dog loves going for walkies here! there are lots of other…read moredog walkers usually out and about which is nice for them to meet other canine chums! It's also nice to go and feed the ducks/birds in the lake. Walking around the park is great on a summer's day and having a picnic is even better and a lovely change.