Oldham Leisure Centre is a flagship, town centre gateway building, which involves the creation of a new sports and leisure centre replacing an existing dated facilities. The new centre includes an 8 lane 25m pool with spectator seating, Learner Pool, 100 station fitness suite, 3 studios, health suite, 8 court sports hall with a dry diving facility and has been enlarged to accommodate international badminton, handball and netball, 6 rink bowls facility and large café. It acts as a high quality gateway building which connects the civic centre to this end of the town which creates a centre of excellence for both athletes and the community.