Culture and Leisure

We are proud of our sporting and leisure facilities and offer four quality leisure centres, Erewash museum, Pewit Golf Course, 260 hectares of urban parks and open spaces, and over 1000 allotments.

Erewash is predominately rural in character, and it's this which epitomises many of the best features of the traditional English landscape. Erewash offers some of the best lowland walking routes in the region.

Check out our latest events (opens in a new window) to see what's happening in Erewash.

Erewash is a vibrant and diverse borough with an abundance of leisure opportunities for residents and visitors alike.

Health and Leisure Memberships

Our Health & Leisure All inclusive memberships include Gym-Swim-Sauna-Workouts at ALL Erewash leisure centres.

Memberships cost from £28.70 a month for an individual, committed membership or save even more money and join as a couple (spouse, best mate, whoever you like) for just £46.00 a month.
West Park, Victoria Park, Rutland Sports Park, Sandiacre Friesland Telephone: 0845 6180 465

There are two ways to pay: Choose to pay by direct debit and spread the cost, or a single one off payment.

MEMBERSHIP PRICES - Monthly Direct Debit

£28.70 All inclusive individual (committed for one year)
£46.00 All inclusive couple (committed for one year)
£33.70 All inclusive individual (uncommitted)
£51.00 All inclusive couple (uncommitted)

MEMBERSHIP PRICES - One off, annual payment

£344.40 All inclusive individual
£552.00 All inclusive couple

We'd be delighted to talk to you about the best membership for you and show you around our great facilities.

Swimming - Affordable Fun for all the family!

Adults: £2.90 (with a leisure card); or £3.40 (without a leisure card); £1.45 for concessionary leisure card holders.

Juniors and people over 60 years: £1.50 (with a leisure card); or £2.00 (without a leisure card); or 75p for concessionary leisure card holders.

You can swim at both West Park Leisure Centre in Long Eaton and Victoria Park Leisure Centre in Ilkeston.

West Park Leisure Centre
Tel: 0115 946 1400
email: wplc@erewash.gov.uk

Victoria Park Leisure Centre
Tel: 0115 944 0400
email: vplc@erewash.gov.uk

Leisure Card Prices slashed!

The cost of a leisure card has also been reduced no matter where you live.

Adults £5.00 Juniors £2.50 Concessionary FREE

Your leisure card entitles you to savings on activities at our four leisure centres; discounts on selected events; and other great benefits.

Download the information and application form here or visit any of our four leisure centres to pick one up. To find out more about how the leisure card can benefit you, visit our Leisure Card page. (opens in a new window)

What's On Guide out now!

The what's on guide is packed full of fantastic events in Erewash. Download your copy here.

William Sharman our local Olympic Hope

Local athlete and current British 110 metre hurdle champion, William Sharman is ranked 4th in the world and will be training hard to better this at the World championships in Deagu, South Korea later this year. He will also be defending his title at the British Championships in July and representing his country at the 2012 Olympic Games.

William trains regularly at West Park Leisure Centre and will be writing a monthly diary about his achievements, results and future goals leading up to and including his participation in 2012 Olympics, which you will be able to read here:

William's latest Blog

My trip to the world championships was turned out to be a relative success.

I arrived in Ulsan at 2300 hours local time,the team bus departed from Loughborough at noon the day before. That's a lot of travelling. As I arrived at the hotel and was given my room key, I had no idea who I would be sharing a room with. Even though I often like to have my own room, it's also nice to have a new room mate on these occasions to keep your mind off the big Champs. Someone in the team who I often see around but don't really know a lot about would be perfect. It was a lottery ticket and I started the holding camp with a winning number.

Abdul Buhari throws the discus for team GB. He was thoroughly entertaining when I needed him to be and was also very laid back at the same time. At 6 foot 4 and 130 kg Abdul seems like a gentle giant but having said that, you wouldn't want to cross him! Very much like myself ;). Even though Big Abs is older than I am, I proved a useful roomie to him also by sharing my championship and track and field knowledge with him. For Abs it was his first major Champs. What's more, I have never roomed with a Muslim before, despite having many Muslim friends, so it was also very insightful and inspiring at the same time for me.

I kept myself entertained with a few books and my iPad; invaluable!

Well it's been an injury plagued season and whilst in was at the world champs I was able to see my physio on a daily basis and my coach for that matter, both of whom had only seen me for bursts during the year. We put a good training block together and 5th place was the final out come. A great ending to a very painful year.

I am looking forward to hitting the gym immediately and beginning my rehab phase.

Rutland Sports Park's Strollercise

No creche required! Come along to Rutland Sports Park's outdoor exercise class for mums, dads, grandparents... Every Thursday 9.30 - 10.30am and just £1.50 per session. Enjoy an exercise session with your baby in their pram or buggy, we go for lovely walks with exercises using features along the way such as park benches and trees (we're not climbing them so don't worry). Don't forget to dress for the weather - however if it's really bad we'll be using the tennis centre.

Have a look at our frequently asked questions or call us on 0115 9302 033 for more information. The information leaflet and form is available to download.

MACCA

MACCA (Mission: Active Children, Creative Adventure) is our programme of children's activities which take place during the Derbyshire school holidays. Visit the Children's Activities page (opens in a new window) for the latest activities.

The Easter and Spring Bank Holiday 2012 MACCA programme is available to download here. The Application Form is available to download here.

Activity Guide

The Activity Guide is packed full of information, activities and what's on at all the borough's four leisure centres and Museum, you can download it here or pick up one from your local leisure centre, museum or town hall or call us on 0845 907 2244 extension 4321 and we'll send you one.

Dilute the Cost

Budding swimmers can now pay by Direct Debit and spread the cost of learning to swim. Swimming lessons with a concessionary leisure card now cost £8.20 a month or £16.40 with a leisure card.

When you sign up to Direct Debit you will also automatically be entered into a fantastic competition where you can win a year’s FREE swimming lessons.