Vale Farm Sports Centre

Vale Farm Sports Centre offers a wide range of accessible facilities to accommodate all needs. Everyone Active’s goal is to encourage everyone to participate in 30 minutes of activity 5 days a week, and our facilities allow this goal to be achieved. Please see our accessibility information below

Carpark and Entrance

The car park has 8 designated wheelchair friendly spaces closely situated to the front of the facility, ramped access from the carpark to the main entrance and soft touch opening door. A manually operated revolving door is also available.

Reception

The reception desk low level which is accessible to wheelchair users. There is a hearing induction loop installed at the main reception, turnstiles leading from reception into the facility with a separate gate for wheelchair and push chair access.

Lifts

There is a passenger lift to enable access to the gym on the first floor of the facility. The lift has enough space for wheelchair access and lift controls are accessible.

Toilets and Changing

There 2 unisex accessible toilets situated on the ground floor one in the reception corridor and one in our team changing area as well as 1 unisex accessible toilet/changing facilities in the main swimming changing area. On the first floor in the fitness suite there is 1 unisex toilets and on our second floor outside our meeting room there is another unisex toilet. We also have accessible showers and toilets within our swimming and dry changing rooms. Changing facilities include; a shower seat, adjustable shower head, grab rails and the shower controls at an accessible height.

Poolside Facilities

There are large family cubicles in the main swimming pool changing room which make them more suitable for disabled users and their families. There is a hoist to assist disabled customers getting in and out of the pool, please request use of this at reception or to any member of the pool team.

Gym Facilities

The fitness suite has Inclusive Fitness Initiative accredited equipment which includes treadmills, upright cycles, recumbent cycle, power Plates, gravity power towers and concept 2 rowers.