Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre
With a range of different activities, Harpers at Tiddenfoot offers excellent sports facilities and one of the best gyms in Leighton Buzzard. With two fully equipped fitness suites, a large fitness studio offering aerobics classes, squash and badminton courts, table tennis, two swimming pools and much more. We also run a very experienced and popular Swim School, which provides swimming lessons to the whole community and learners of all ages, teaching children to swim.
Harpers Gym Fitness Suite
Our fitness suites offer one of the most state of the art gym experiences in Leighton Buzzard, including 2 fitness areas containing 60 different pieces of gym equipment. Both gym fitness suites are air conditioned and feature a large selection of free weights for successful toning. The warm up area also include stability balls.
Fitness Studio
Our Fitness studio offers the latest in group training aerobics classes:
Pilates, bum tums and thighs, aerobics, yoga, box-it-out, body conditioning and Step .
Our Health suite is self contained including:
Spa bath
Steam room
Sauna
Separate shower area
Sports Hall
Multi use sports hall available for a number of activities:
Badminton
Football
Netball
Basketball
Karate
Private hire
Swimming
25 metre Swimming Pool used for a variety of acitivities from general swimming to swim clubs and galas.
In addition there is a variable based pool - allows the depth of the pool to be adjusted to suit the need of the activity from child swim lessons to aqua aerobics and even scuba diving.
Summer holiday swimming lessons programme available at reception now bookings are now being taken.
Swim School
We operate our excellent programme across 42 weeks of the year. All Swim school classes are structured so that they operate to the guidelines set by the Amateur Swimming Association's (ASA) National Plan for Teaching Swimming.
Children’s Activities- We offer a supervised crèche for your little ones to enjoy whilst you take advantage of our facilities. Open Monday - Friday from 9am ‘til 1pm.
Adult Swimming Lessons
We are now running lessons for beginners and improvers throughout the week either during the day or in the evening.
Adult swimming lessons only £3 per lesson for first course of 8 weeks.
Spaces are still available so why not improve your swimming ability before your next Summer Holiday?
Clubs at Tiddenfoot
Leighton Buzzard Swimming Club is a Competitive Club in Leighton Buzzard and surrounding areas. The Club's home is Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre, Mentmore Road, Leighton Buzzard where we train three evenings a week, Sundays 6.00 pm to 8.45 pm, Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 09.30 pm and Fridays 7.00 pm to 9.30 pm. Further training sessions at satellite pools for the more ambitious swimmer are available.
The Leighton Buzzard Otters Disabled Swimming Club is a small friendly club that welcomes members of any age whatever their disability. We meet regularly, during term time, from 10.00 - 12.00 on Saturday mornings at Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre. Instruction in the water is provided by qualified teachers assisted by volunteers. This may take the form of group activities or individual tuition. Facilities for the disabled are available including a hoist and a comprehensive range of swimming aids. We also need and welcome volunteers to the club - confidence in the water and a cheerful disposition is required. Training for teaching awards is also available.
Choose Linslade Crusaders Swimming Club for both first class instruction and top level achievement – in 2010 four swimmers who learned to swim at Crusaders got to the Nationals, five members reached the Regionals and nearly 40 swam in the Counties. Based at Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre, this ASA-affiliated, Swim 21 Skills club serves Leighton/Linslade and district and aims to meet all needs and aspirations.
