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The City Leisure Centres have introduced a novel idea and taken the gym out into the fresh air of the local parks and green spaces with their Open Air Active programme.

“When the weather’s good we know people tend to prefer to be outside so we’re setting up a wide range of outdoor activities for members and also for people who want to pay as they go. We will be running an outdoor boot camp type circuit training session on Monday mornings and a running club on Fridays”, says Robert Wood, general manager, Blackbird Leys Leisure centre.

Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre has plenty of fields around it so outdoor activities aren’t a problem, however other city sites like Barton Pool, have had to be creative and partner with local schools, as explained by Lee Clayson from Barton Pool. ‘The outdoor circuits class at Barton will be take place in the school field next to the centre and will be hosted by qualified personal trainer Kieran O’Leary. It will be a fun but intense and varied class and will make the most of all the open space.’

The range of outdoor activities available in Oxford includes outdoor circuits, running clubs, cycling clubs, walking clubs, bikini burn off workouts and outdoor swimming at Hinksey Pool. 

For full details of classes by centre the main centres page of this website or call 0844 8933 222.
 
Open Air Active Locations:

• Barton Pool
• Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre
• Ferry Sports Centre
• Hinksey Pool
• Temple Cowley Pools and Fitness Centre