Leisure and Entertainment in King’s Lynn

From leisure centres and local sports events to a whole range of lively entertainment, there really is something for everyone in King’s Lynn.

Leisure Opportunities in King’s Lynn

King’s Lynn has a wide range of facilities and amenities to help you stay fit and healthy, and more importantly have fun during your visit to West Norfolk.

The Alive Lynnsport and Leisure Park, on the Eastern edge of King’s Lynn town centre, is an award-winning centre helping visitors live life better through the exceptional sports and leisure activities, health and wellbeing opportunities, great customer service and value. Set in over 70 acres of parkland, it is one of the most impressive sports, leisure and business conferencing facilities in the East of England.

Alive Lynnsport boasts the largest Bodyworks fitness studio in the borough, with a dedicated Bodyworks toning studio. The fitness studio contains a range of cardiovascular and resistance equipment in addition to cardio theatre, unique lighting systems and surround sound stereo. The toning studio contains a series of chairs which can increase mobility, assist with inch loss, toning and re-shaping and improve flexibility.

Sports performed in the main hall include: Badminton, 5-a-side football, short tennis and volleyball. The complex has synthetic and grass pitches, athletics facilities, and much more. Special spectator entertainment events at the hall include professional wrestling matches and family show competitions by the King’s Lynn Fury Basketball Club.

There is also a coffee shop and sports bar, a fishing lake and, for teenagers and young people, there is The Shed Skatepark and The Hangar Climbing Centre.

The St. James Swimming & Fitness Centre, within the town centre itself, was opened in 1974. The centre has developed over the years with the latest development being the refurbishment of the Fitness Suite which was completed in December 2010. The Centre offers a range of facilities, including two Swimming Pools (Competition Pool and Learner Pool), a Sauna & Steam Room, a Bodyworks Fitness Suite, a Spectator Area with Vending Provision, and a Multi-Activity Room incorporating Indoor Group Cycling.

The Bespak Grand East Anglia Run in King’s Lynn (GEAR) is an exact 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) run that takes over King’s Lynn town once a year. It is a one-lap course around the centre of town, on paths and roads, flat and fast, starting and finishing in the town’s historic Tuesday Market Place and draws huge crowds of spectators every year.