{"id":795788,"date":"2026-10-08T09:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/795788\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T09:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:34:10","slug":"newports-new-leisure-centre-splash-to-feature-lazy-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/795788\/","title":{"rendered":"Newport&#8217;s new leisure centre Splash to feature lazy river"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Named Splash, the centre is located on Usk Way in the city centre and is expected to attract both residents and visitors with its wide range of facilities and family-friendly focus.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Councillor Mark Spencer, cabinet member for communities and sport, said: &#8220;The name reflects what the centre will offer, its location and that it will make a huge splash with residents and visitors after it opens.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>A new leisure centre promising fun and fitness for all is set to open its doors to the public (Image: Newport City Council)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Splash will feature two swimming pools: a leisure pool with play equipment and a lazy river, and a separate pool for public swimming, lessons, and exercise sessions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The centre will also include a gym, exercise classes, and a caf\u00e9.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Councillor Spencer explained: &#8220;Splash will have not one but two pools.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;A leisure and fun one with play equipment for children and a lazy river that will appeal to all ages and a second pool for public swimming, lessons and exercise sessions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;In a prime waterfront location near the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwalesargus.co.uk\/news\/25847405.newports-new-leisure-centre-construction-moves-forward\/?ref=mse_al\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">River Usk<\/a> in the heart of the city, it will also have a well-equipped gym, offer exercise classes and have a caf\u00e9&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"Representatives from organisations involved signed the last steel beam\"\/>Representations from the involved organisations signed the last steel beam earlier this year\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Steve Ward, chief executive of Newport Live, said: &#8220;We are proud to be bringing Splash to life as a welcoming, vibrant centre for the whole city while also attracting visitors from the wider region.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Drawing on Newport Live\u2019s experience of delivering inclusive sport, leisure and wellbeing opportunities, we will help people of all ages and abilities enjoy being active.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Whether that\u2019s through swimming lessons, family fun splashing in the pools, gym sessions, exercise classes or simply to meet with friends in the caf\u00e9&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  More than 55 per cent of the costs are being met by external funding including the Welsh government\u2019s transforming towns programme and the UK government.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The new centre is expected to be among the UK\u2019s first net zero facility of its kind, powered entirely by electricity from renewable sources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Named Splash, the centre is located on Usk Way in the city centre and is expected to attract&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":795789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[6647,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-795788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}