Spiceball Leisure Centre

I paid for 2 hrs parking and got 1hr 16mins, if I had not noticed I would have been fined. I arrived 2.44 and chose 2 hrs but it started the clock at 2pm and ended at 4pm without the option to extend.

This is the best leisure centre in Banbury. It has a swimming pool for swimming, a hall for halling and several separate rooms for rooming. I particularly enjoy the scenic views of Lidl

Dining area to sit was a right mess. Looked like a kids party had a tornado in there. No staff even thought best sort it either. Changing rooms are okish if only need get changed for swimming but showers seems cold aswell

Very welcoming gym, even for a 65 year old non-gym like lady!!!

Not the best of the facilities but yeah - its a council one and its a good standard. All kids going to swim club get unlimited free swimming too.

Great facilities, great staff who try to keep the place organised clean and tidy. My children love their swimmimg lessons and we love all the teachers who are so committed and effective in their teaching. There are lots of larger lockers too which always helps when gyming or swimming with the family or friends. Excellent access for all abilities and great deals on memberships too.

Sadly my experience is not great. The staff were always helpful & pleasant. The areas mostly were clean. However the groups are big and when they only have 30 minutes it means your child gets hardly any actual tuition. Not only this but out of 5 weeks I received no less than 4 parking tickets despite paying every time & having evidence. I’m now being taken To court. I spoke to Spiceball who totally disregarded it as it’s an outside company that do it. Whilst I knew this, it is their customers & their car park. The former I really didn’t feel they were bothered about. I tried to get my money back & a bit of support but and I quote ‘there’s nothing they can do’. Overall a really poor experience leading to the cancellation of lessons. If you do go make sure you walk there as parking is a total scam which I’m sorry but Spiceball know everything about so are clearly in on it

A real shame that Spice Ball Leisure Centre have chosen Smart Parking to manage their parking area. A £100 parking bill for being a matter of minutes late leaving isn't justifiable.

From the pluses I will mention a nice gym, lots of sports opportunities and a nice atmosphere. on the downside, quite a lot of dirty places, especially in the jacuzzi sauna and around the pool, the jacuzzi must be renovated, the tiles are ugly, moldy look like it was in a hospital

Great facilities, use weekly for lane swimming, however parking is always painful since it’s always full, a multi level car park would be a great improvement, also please consider upgrading the hair dryers since they only accept 20p and the tills are cashless so no chance to swap a pound to use them.