Selby news

Villa Foresta, a 103-key hotel in Stockholm, Sweden, will open a new spa called Acqua di Foresta in Q2 this year. The hotel has castle-like ... More

The UK Spa Association (UKSA) has announced it will launch an industry job board to help members to find staff. This recruitment tool is one ... More

Plans for a £40 million investment to promote healthy and active communities across North Yorkshire, UK, will be considered by councillors tomorrow (4 November). Following ... More

Ecommerce company Excalibur Group has announced the strategic acquisition of spa deal website Spabreaks.com, enhancing the group’s presence in the luxury spa, wellness and leisure ... More

Digital spa experience and booking agency Spabreaks.com has reported a 346 per cent increase in male spa bookings since 2019. The insights, derived from the ... More

Online spa booking service Spabreaks.com has announced the appointment of a new managing director, Simon O'Flynn, as the company celebrates its fifteenth anniversary. O'Flynn joins ... More

The UK Spa Association (UKSA) has appointed Abi Selby – founder of online consumer spa directory Spabreaks.com – as its new chair. Selby has been ... More

The Standards Authority for Touch in Cancer Care (SATCC) is working on a new spa industry training standard for the treatment of lymphoedema. Lymphoedema is ... More

In June, the Good Spa Guide revealed the results of a survey which asked 5,000 UK spa-goers what they were most looking forward to, what ... More

A new £5.3m sports and leisure hub designed to get families moving by offering a range of innovative activities has opened to the public. The ... More

Local people living in Selby, North Yorkshire will be able to take part in indoor skiing following the construction of the £5.3m (US$7.5m, €6.7m) Summit ... More

Leisure and culture provider WLCT has rebranded as 'Inspiring healthy lifestyles' in a bid to better represent its mission of getting people in the north ... More

Work is underway on a £5m Selby Leisure Village project in North Yorkshire, which will see a veritable treasure chest of active leisure options offered ... More

An estimated 250,000 people turned out to line the route of the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire yesterday – the first day of the new cycle ... More

Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington has cut the ribbon on a new £7m leisure centre in Selby, North Yorkshire. Adlington, the first British swimmer in ... More

The new CEO of Pure Gym Humphrey Cobbold has said claims the chain is sexist “couldn’t be further from the truth,” adding that the company ... More

The government will invest £800,000 in improving cycling facilities in Yorkshire and promoting this year’s Tour de Yorkshire. Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said £500,000 ... More

Selby District Council are in talks with several cinema companies about the potential of building a new facility alongside the new Selby Leisure Centre - ... More

Selby District Council will showcase plans for the replacement Abbey Leisure centre complex - which was destroyed by fire last year. The new facilities will ... More

New plans have been unveiled for a replacement leisure centre in Selby, Yorkshire after the previous one was destroyed in a fire last year. The ... More

An application has been submitted to Selby District Council, North Yorkshire, for the demolition of fire-damaged Abbey Leisure Centre, so construction can begin on a ... More

Image: WLCT's Stuart Murray (right) at the new gym Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust (WLCT) has opened temporary fitness facilities in Selby, North Yorkshire, following ... More