Sports and Recreation
Allerdale Sport and Leisure
Visit Allerdale Leisure Facilities for
information on the three leisure centres owned by the Council and
operated, managed and developed by Carlisle Leisure Limited.
Other facilities in the borough include Netherhall Community
Sports Centre and Wigton
Baths.
Allerdale is active in local Sports
Development, and has a number of parks
and Open Spaces for use in sport and leisure
activities. There are also a number of play grounds for children and young
people.
London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay
The London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay will pass through the
following communities on Thursday 21 June 2012:
- Wigton
- Aspatria
- Maryport
- Flimby
- Workington
- Cockermouth
- Keswick
Activeplaces.com - Sport England's online sports facility
finder
Getting the nation active is one of the toughest challenges
facing Sport England. Sometimes it’s a case of not knowing where to
go. So, in the quest to encourage people to get active and support
people who want to get fit, Sport England has created
Active Places – the most
comprehensive online database of sport and fitness facilities ever
produced in this country.
What information is listed?
It currently lists some 77,000 facilities, including around
55,500 outdoor and 21,500 indoor places to play sport, get fit and
have fun - all searchable by postcode.
The site includes local authority leisure facilities as well as
commercial and club sites. Access to the facilities falls
into three basic categories:
- Pay and play – where members of the public can simply turn up
and pay a fee to use the facility.
- Registered membership – where people need to pay a fee to use
the facility (i.e. gym membership)
- Sports club or community association – where use of the
facility is dependant on the users being members of a particular
sports club or association.