Morpeth Sports & Leisure Centre

Lady on main reception very friendly and helpful, answered all our questions about membership, suggested we try pay as you go to see if we liked the facilities, which we did, have now signed up to a monthly membership, lovely clean modern spa and pool.

So disappointing after awaiting for this complex to open with such excitement. Children’s section in the library incredibly underwhelming, and small! Would have been good to have a larger and more engaging space for aspiring young readers.Then, my two daughters were desperate to go to new pool. But, as we turned up without an advance booking on a Thursday afternoon, we weren’t able to go in! Returned with a booking the following day to find learner pool closed?! Also, asked to remove shoes upon entrance to changing area, and shoes are left strewn over floor. There’s wall space , but no shoe racks which surely would have made more sense?! I also wasn’t impressed by the key cards to use the lockers as you then have a key card to take with you to poolside where there isn’t really anywhere safe and sensible to put it! Seem like obvious details , but been totally overlooked. Unfortunately, we won’t be using our local leisure centre if possible. I’d sooner travel elsewhere.

The centre itself is really nice, however the parking situation in the front car park is ridiculous, the car park is way too small and I regularly have to find a space off site. If you drive down the side of the centre there are bays, and at the end of Gas House Lane another carpark, though this has gates that the signage states lock at 1800 hours, far from ideal for a brand new site.

Called in to check out gym facilities.Plenty of 'equipment' nice buzz without being too precious.Modern pool, only 25m long, and 6 or maybe 8 lanes, nice balcony linked to the café so parents can watch (their) children at play.Staff on the enquiry desk super friendly and approachable, and completely au fait with all the courses and activities.Shame the sauna is an additional charge £10 an hour, or buy a months unlimited access, which as the month starts from your purchase date, is the best option for occasional sporadic users like me.Parking is the public car park, free with the £1 parking discs. On a warm Saturday morning the car park was busy, but there were still places.

Its looks and staff are really nice.However1. My wrist band did not opperate locker, so had to go back downstairs to get it reset.2. The gym is a but small and all apparatus needed to be logged into manually before use. This function has been removed at other centres.3. I was stood in a corridor in my swim shorts for 15 minutes trying to access the spa room door with wristband that had already been reset. Door would not open with any of our cards either, despite some one else coming along and then being able to access in front of us.With it being my first visit and being with my son who is Autistic, we gave up after an hour and not having done anything other than get changed twice and run up and down stairs several times.Parking is also very restrictive and needed to buy a council time disc.Such a shame, but will try again, on my own, in a few months time to see if it improves.Until then I will continue to use Ashington, Blyth and Cramlington instead.

Now extra cold to save money - erm, sorry Save the environment". I thought the heating system had broke on my last visit as the air temp was a somewhat cooler than its the previous comfortable temperature

Really liked this place, only went for the soft play but had great food at the cafe too. Soft play suitable for toddlers. Would need a bigger car park for 5 * rating as it's a struggle to find a place to park up

Soft play was a bit on the small side, but our 3 year old seemed to enjoy himself and the cafe was good!

Lane swims available most weekdays. Free parking adjacent. Cafe and soft play. Online payment for bookings is not working very well and no-one knows how to remedy this.

What a lovely new leisure centre! I visited the library which is on two floors. Librarians were all very helpful, friendly, and efficient. Already looking forward to visiting again.