Colchester news

The winners of this year's Museums + Heritage Awards have been revealed, with the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World ... More

Construction work has been completed on the £29m Sports Park project in Colchester. The new facility is due to open on 26 April 2021 – ... More

Gyms and leisure facilities in south-east England are to close from midnight tonight as part of new restrictions announced during an emergency press this evening ... More

Budget gym operator Fitness4Less has revealed that it will not be reopening its Bristol club when lockdown measures are lifted. Attributing the closure to the ... More

The Northern Gateway Sports Park project in Colchester, Essex, is set to open to the public in the summer of 2020. The multi-million pound, 76-acre ... More

Fitness franchise YourZone45 is planning to open eight studios this year, starting with a flagship gym in Greenwich, London, in March. Launched in 2004, YourZone45 ... More

The Bannatyne Group is continuing with its aggressive investment programme, pumping £1m (US$1.3m, €1.1m) into the upgrade of its Mansfield health club. Major work at ... More

The Bannatyne Group has expanded its spa portfolio with a £1m refurbishment of the Colchester, Kingsford Park club in England, part of its 2017 expansion ... More

David Lloyd Leisure has been named number 21 in the Sunday Times’ Top 30 Best Big Companies to Work For in 2017.   The company ... More

David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has exchanged contracts to buy 16 Virgin Active health clubs for an undisclosed sum.     The deal will bring the total ... More

Fitness studio franchise YourZone45 is planning to open a fifth site in West Yorkshire this spring. The business, which has partnered with wearable technology firm ... More

MPs have discussed the most effective ways to use cash raised from the soft drinks tax, including the rolling out of sports camps and daily ... More

David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has opened its 93rd club at Rouken Glen, Glasgow. The opening of the £10m club comes a week after the business ... More

The Bannatyne Group – which operates a portfolio of health clubs, spas and hotels in the UK – has plans to rebrand and remodel its ... More

Racquet and fitness club operator David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) is relaunching its brand today – a strategic move which will be supported by a nationwide ... More

David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has continued its expansion drive with the announcement of a new £10m health club at Rouken Glen in Glasgow. Due to ... More

A new health club brand, Livia Exclusive Ladies Health Club, has launched in Essex, marking a first UK site for the Finnish operator. Located in ... More

The Elysium Group has announced plans for a new £5m boutique hotel, bar and restaurant to be built in the centre of Colchester. The hotel ... More

énergie Group has confirmed a deal with Playgolf Management to open a further four fitness clubs at its leisure sites in the next three years. ... More

Colchester Castle in Essex, UK, closed its doors to the public on January 6 in order for a £4.2m redevelopment project to get underway. The ... More

A new £4m art gallery housing the Jerwood Foundation's collection of 20th and 21st century works is to open its doors to the public in ... More

The Lifehouse spa resort near Colchester, Essex, UK is up for sale after the resort's owner Tangram Leisure went into administration. David Thurgood, Jim Stewart-Koster ... More

Hastings' new £4m Jerwood Gallery, which will enable the Jerwood Foundation to display its collection of contemporary British paintings, will open to the public on ... More