Islington leisure centres
Find leisure centres and pitches in Islington, where they are, how to join and improvements
Islington Council has seven leisure centres and nine courts and pitches across the borough which are managed by GLL.
Leisure centres
- Archway Leisure Centre
- Cally Pool and Gym
- Finsbury Leisure Centre
- Highbury Pool and Gym
- Ironmonger Row Baths
- Islington Tennis Centre
- Sobell Leisure Centre
The leisure centres are fully accessible to disabled people.
Courts and pitches
- Highbury Fields Courts and Pitches
- Holloway School
- Market Road Football Pitches
- Paradise Park Pitch
- Rosemary Gardens Football Pitches
- Tufnell Park Playing Fields
- Whittington Park Football Pitch
- William Tyndale Football Pitch
- Wray Crescent Cricket Pitch
These and other courts and pitches can be booked through My Local Pitch.
Membership and free day pass
GLL offers a range of memberships. This includes a concessionary rate for residents who have a disability or receive benefits, under 16s, full-time students and senior citizens.
Claim a free day pass to try out the leisure centres.
Improvements at leisure centres
Islington Council with GLL and other partners is carrying out major improvements to the leisure centres and pitches.
Archway Leisure Centre
Improvements finished in January 2016 that offer:
- a new expanded gym
- new fitness equipment
- a new health suite
- a new reception area
- new dry changing facilities
- new poolside display
Market Road football pitches
Improvements finished in September 2015 that offer:
- Two 11-a-side pitches that have been refurbished with new fencing and 3G pitch surfacing
- A new changing room building with an education room
- Three new 3G floodlit 5-a-side pitches
The improvements aim to make Market Road football pitches one of London’s finest public football facilities. They cost £2m, of which £832k was funded by The Football Foundation.
Future improvements of leisure centres
Islington Council with GLL and other partners is carryingnout major improvements to the leisure centres and pitches:
- Highbury Pool and Gym is being extended to include new studios, health suite and dry side changing rooms, and a bigger gym
- Islington Tennis Centre has a new group exercise studio, health suite, changing rooms and reception area, and a larger gym
- Sobell Leisure Centre has a new reception area and coffee corner