leisure centre

British

noun

a building designed to provide facilities for a range of leisure pursuits, such as a sports hall, café, and meeting rooms

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There is also a plaque in the games hall at Tulligarth Community Leisure Centre in Lornshill Academy, following a visit in November 2002.

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From the outside, it's just a public leisure centre on the edge of town, with sprightly pensioners staying flexible in aerobics classes and excitable kids in for swimming lessons.

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Lyons' message informed his Facebook followers that a "number of individuals were temporarily moved to Larne Leisure Centre" following unrest in Ballymena.

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Lyons' message went on to confirm that all of the people who had been sheltering in the Larne Leisure Centre had since been moved out of the town and were "in the care of the Housing Executive".

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He also pointed out that Police Service of Northern Ireland had asked the DUP to announce that people sheltering the leisure centre were no longer in the building.

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