St Albans news

Fitness First’s annual Red Monday campaign, which ran across the UK on 16 January 2023, increased visits by a third and resulted in sign ups ... More

New fitness franchise, Circuit Society, has signed its first London location in Bayswater. The 3,000sq ft (280sq m) micro-gym, run by franchisee Liz Benjamin, will ... More

Visitors to St Albans Cathedral in the UK will be able to spot a very contemporary item among the newly-restored, medieval shrine of St Amphibalus. ... More

Cottonmill, a new private members' spa, is set to open at Sopwell House in St Albans, Hertfordshire, this summer, following a £14m investment. Nicknamed 'The ... More

Hertfordshire based organisation Herts Sports and Physical Activity Partnership (HSP) ran its annual week-long campaign to encourage women and girls in the area into physical ... More

Everyone Active has pledged to remove more than three tonnes of sugar – the equivalent of 85,714 cans of fizzy drinks – from its food ... More

Local authorities have been at the forefront of creating a “transformative” participation legacy following London 2012, according to the Local Government Association (LGA). A snapshot ... More

British swimming greats Rebecca Adlington, Mark Foster and Steve Parry joined sports minister Tracey Crouch yesterday (10 November) to celebrate 125 years of school swimming ... More

The new £4.6m Cotlandswick Leisure Centre in London Colney has opened to the public, following a 10-month construction project. Councillor Gill Clark – the deputy ... More

The physical activity sector’s brightest and best were honoured this evening (24 June) as 14 awards were presented at the highly-anticipated Flame Awards 2015. The ... More

The UK Spa Association Networking event took place last week at the Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre in St Albans, where Alex De Carvalho – vice ... More

Construction is well underway on the new £14m (US$22.4m, €17.8m) Abbey Leisure Centre in Barking in east London, complete with a luxury spa. Due to ... More

Birmingham’s Motorcycle Museum was the scene for the glittering Members’ Choice Health Club Awards 2014 this evening (30 September), which saw a cross-section of top-performing ... More

Finalists for the new-look 2014 Flame Awards were announced yesterday afternoon by ukactive CEO David Stalker during a live webinar. The awards will take place ... More

Batchwood Sports Centre in St Albans, Hertfordshire is to reopen on 26 May following a £6.6m redevelopment. The centre, which was devastated in an arson ... More

Spa operator Champneys closed its day spa in Bath, UK, on 31 March after six years of trading. Its day spa in Brighton will also ... More

The Heritage Lottery Fund has announced £30m of funding towards 10 diverse projects across the length and breadth of the UK. The former North British ... More

Speaking at the awards ceremony for the third annual Members’ Choice Health Club Awards during Leisure Industry Week in Birmingham this week, Liz Terry, Editorial ... More

The winners of the Members' Choice Health Club Awards for 2013 were announced last night, during an awards event held at The Motorcycle Museum in ... More

St Albans City Football Club has presented its plans for a new 5,000-seat stadium to local councillors and business leaders. The proposed new ground would ... More

St Albans' Town Hall will be transformed into a museum with a basement gallery over the next five years as part of a multi-million pound ... More

New tennis and judo facilities have been approved for Batchwood Golf & Tennis Centre in St Albans, Hertfordshire, to replace facilities that were devastated in ... More

Image: The concept will include swimming facilities Willmott Dixon, the Hertfordshire-based construction company, has announced its plans to launch a new leisure sector version of ... More