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Festival of Health

Get involved and active at the annual Festival of Health on Saturday 6 July, 11am - 3pm. Held at the University of Leicester, families can find out more about a range health services available in Leicester in a fun and interactive way, and to help them make positive choices about their own health and emotional wellbeing.

The Active Leicester team will be there with fun family activities such as a children’s fitness challenge colouring competition and the opportunity to have a selfie with Snappy plus we will be giving away guest passes! Register now to book your free space on the University of Leicester website.

Get Leicester to the moon

Walk to the moon this summer - to celebrate 50 years since the first moon landing on 20 July 1969, we want Leicester to walk the 478 million steps (or 238,857 miles) to the moon.

Leicester’s Moonwalk launched on 1 June at the Riverside Festival and is due complete with a celebratory event at Victoria Park on Wednesday 21 August.

To take part simply record the number of steps you take between 1 June and 21 August and let us know how many steps you did by;

• Sending us an email
• Use the hashtag #LeicesterMoonWalk on your social media, drop us a message on Facebook
• or pop into your local library or children’s centre.

So come on – make every step count and let’s get Leicester to the moon!

1000 Tweaks to Feeling Great

1000 Tweaks to Feeling Great aims to motivate people in Leicester to make small manageable changes to their lifestyles that will make it easier for children to live more healthily. We're calling on everyone to get involved in this campaign and pledge to make a small tweak to their lifestyle – young people, parents and grandparents, local businesses, communities, organisations, healthcare professionals, schools and teachers. Find out more about 1000 Tweaks to Feeling Great.

Find and book an activity

You can search for leisure and sports activities or book classes and courts on Find and book an activity section.

If you have the Active Leicester Card, then don’t forget you can book classes and courts on our online booking system. 

Investment and improvements

Cossington Street Sports Centre

Cossington Street Sports Centre has recently re-opened significant investment and improvements. The swimming pool area, toilets, changing rooms and main reception have all been refurbished. We received £75,000 towards these improvements from Sport England as a part of the Swim Pilot project. Cossington Street has a large six lane, 33 metre swimming pool, a small fitness suite and a three-court sports hall.