Where leisure centre is growing in the UK
333 leisure centre outlets across 2 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Northumberland has the most, with 10, or 0.3 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 159 (50% of outlets with a mapped local area).
Outlet and brand counts are the Data Store's: every brand on sale, with every outlet in its file. The local-area and growth tables count the trading outlets in h3hex's master dataset that map to a local area, so their totals can be lower.
Which local areas have the most leisure centre outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northumberland | 10 | 1: Places Leisure | 0.3 |
| 2 | Sheffield | 10 | 1: Everyone Active | 0.2 |
| 3 | Ealing | 9 | 1: Everyone Active | 0.2 |
| 4 | Wandsworth | 8 | 1: Places Leisure | 0.2 |
| 5 | Westminster | 8 | 1: Everyone Active | 0.4 |
| 6 | ONS area E06000063 | 7 | 1: Everyone Active | 0.2 |
| 7 | St Albans | 7 | 1: Everyone Active | 0.5 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 7 | 1: Everyone Active | 0.2 |
| 9 | West Berkshire | 7 | 1: Everyone Active | 0.4 |
| 10 | Buckinghamshire | 6 | 2: Everyone Active, Places Leisure | 0.1 |
| 11 | East Suffolk | 6 | 2: Places Leisure, Everyone Active | 0.2 |
| 12 | Havering | 6 | 1: Everyone Active | 0.2 |
| 13 | North Hertfordshire | 6 | 1: Everyone Active | 0.4 |
| 14 | ONS area E06000065 | 6 | 1: Everyone Active | 0.1 |
| 15 | Warwick | 6 | 1: Everyone Active | 0.4 |
| 16 | Wokingham | 6 | 1: Places Leisure | 0.3 |
| 17 | Bristol, City of | 5 | 1: Everyone Active | 0.1 |
| 18 | Central Bedfordshire | 5 | 1: Everyone Active | 0.2 |
| 19 | Kingston upon Thames | 5 | 1: Places Leisure | 0.3 |
| 20 | North Norfolk | 5 | 1: Everyone Active | 0.5 |
| 21 | ONS area E06000066 | 5 | 1: Everyone Active | 0.1 |
| 22 | Redcar and Cleveland | 5 | 1: Everyone Active | 0.4 |
| 23 | Stratford-on-Avon | 5 | 1: Everyone Active | 0.3 |
| 24 | West Northamptonshire | 5 | 1: Everyone Active | 0.1 |
| 25 | Ashfield | 4 | 1: Everyone Active | 0.3 |
Local areas are local authority districts. Brands present shows how many brands have an outlet there and the five with the most.
Which local areas added the most leisure centre outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northumberland | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Sheffield | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Ealing | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | Wandsworth | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | Westminster | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 6 | West Berkshire | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | ONS area E06000063 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | St Albans | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | Wokingham | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | Buckinghamshire | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 12 | ONS area E06000065 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 13 | North Hertfordshire | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 14 | Warwick | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 15 | East Suffolk | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Net change in outlets for brands present in both releases, for local areas with at least 5 outlets in the sector. No brand in this sector is new to this release.
How these figures are made
Counts are h3hex's own store-by-store record of each brand's published UK locations for the brands listed in the Leisure centre sector of the h3hex data store, November 2026 release (scrape window 30 Oct - 3 Nov 2026), page built 2026-11-12. Closed, pre-opening and head-office records are left out. 50 outlets with no mappable postcode are counted in the totals but not in the local-area tables. 4 districts created in 2023 are shown by their ONS code because the postcode lookup used here carries no name for them. Net change compares this release with the 29 October 2026 edition of the same dataset and reflects openings and closures as well as improved coverage of each brand's own locator. Resident population is Census 2021 usual-resident population by output area, summed to local authority district through the ONS postcode-to-output-area lookup (May 2024). The population table does not join to the lookup for districts in Northern Ireland and Scotland, so outlets per 10,000 residents is shown as - for them.
Use the data
Prospect site reports assess a single address against these brands, and the data store sells the leisure centre store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
How many leisure centre outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 333 branded leisure centre outlets from 2 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Northumberland has the most, with 10.
Which leisure centre brands are growing?
Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brand adding the most outlets was Everyone Active (+4).
Which leisure centre brands have the most UK outlets?
Everyone Active (244) and Places Leisure (89), as at the November 2026 release.