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Distance to the nearest public sports hall or swimming pool, km, every council ranked

Measured in a straight line from where people live and averaged, to the nearest main sports hall or pool open to the public, by the session, by membership or through a club. Contains Data © Sport England. Figures for October 2026, published for 296 councils in England. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Lowest: City of London, 0.2. The council in the middle: Rotherham, 1.1. Highest: West Devon, 4.3.

Distance to the nearest public sports hall or swimming pool, km, every council it is published for, lowest first
PlaceCouncilFigure
1City of LondonLondon0.2
2WestminsterLondon0.3
3 jointIslingtonLondon0.4
3 jointSouthwarkLondon0.4
5 jointLambethLondon0.5
5 jointTower HamletsLondon0.5
5 jointCamdenLondon0.5
5 jointKensington and ChelseaLondon0.5
5 jointNewhamLondon0.5
5 jointHammersmith and FulhamLondon0.5
11 jointWandsworthLondon0.6
11 jointHackneyLondon0.6
11 jointHaringeyLondon0.6
11 jointIpswichEast of England0.6
11 jointRichmond upon ThamesLondon0.6
11 jointWaltham ForestLondon0.6
17 jointCheltenhamSouth West0.7
17 jointEpsom and EwellSouth East0.7
17 jointGreenwichLondon0.7
17 jointMertonLondon0.7
17 jointCambridgeEast of England0.7
17 jointNottinghamEast Midlands0.7
17 jointRedbridgeLondon0.7
17 jointSuttonLondon0.7
17 jointBlackpoolNorth West0.7
17 jointPortsmouthSouth East0.7
17 jointSloughSouth East0.7
17 jointBristolSouth West0.7
17 jointEalingLondon0.7
17 jointKingston upon ThamesLondon0.7
17 jointLiverpoolNorth West0.7
17 jointManchesterNorth West0.7
17 jointBarking and DagenhamLondon0.7
17 jointEnfieldLondon0.7
17 jointExeterSouth West0.7
17 jointKingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber0.7
17 jointLewishamLondon0.7
17 jointSouthamptonSouth East0.7
17 jointBrighton and HoveSouth East0.7
17 jointGloucesterSouth West0.7
17 jointTorbaySouth West0.7
17 jointNewcastle upon TyneNorth East0.7
43 jointBarnetLondon0.8
43 jointSouth TynesideNorth East0.8
43 jointTamworthWest Midlands0.8
43 jointBrentLondon0.8
43 jointHartlepoolNorth East0.8
43 jointLeicesterEast Midlands0.8
43 jointEastbourneSouth East0.8
43 jointLutonEast of England0.8
43 jointReadingSouth East0.8
43 jointTamesideNorth West0.8
43 jointBexleyLondon0.8
43 jointOadby and WigstonEast Midlands0.8
43 jointHounslowLondon0.8
43 jointNorwichEast of England0.8
43 jointPlymouthSouth West0.8
43 jointBirminghamWest Midlands0.8
43 jointHaveringLondon0.8
43 jointWatfordEast of England0.8
43 jointWokingSouth East0.8
43 jointWorcesterWest Midlands0.8
43 jointCoventryWest Midlands0.8
43 jointCroydonLondon0.8
43 jointFarehamSouth East0.8
43 jointOxfordSouth East0.8
43 jointSunderlandNorth East0.8
43 jointSwindonSouth West0.8
43 jointHarlowEast of England0.8
43 jointBoltonNorth West0.8
43 jointElmbridgeSouth East0.8
43 jointMiddlesbroughNorth East0.8
73 jointSandwellWest Midlands0.9
73 jointStevenageEast of England0.9
73 jointDerbyEast Midlands0.9
73 jointSalfordNorth West0.9
73 jointWorthingSouth East0.9
73 jointSeftonNorth West0.9
73 jointBlackburn with DarwenNorth West0.9
73 jointBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West0.9
73 jointChesterfieldEast Midlands0.9
73 jointCrawleySouth East0.9
73 jointHavantSouth East0.9
73 jointHillingdonLondon0.9
73 jointNorth TynesideNorth East0.9
73 jointBracknell ForestSouth East0.9
73 jointCastle PointEast of England0.9
73 jointTraffordNorth West0.9
73 jointWolverhamptonWest Midlands0.9
73 jointBasildonEast of England0.9
73 jointHarrowLondon0.9
73 jointSheffieldYorkshire and the Humber0.9
73 jointBroxtoweEast Midlands0.9
73 jointGosportSouth East0.9
73 jointBromleyLondon0.9
73 jointLincolnEast Midlands0.9
73 jointRushmoorSouth East0.9
73 jointWarringtonNorth West0.9
73 jointWindsor and MaidenheadSouth East0.9
100 jointHaltonNorth West1.0
100 jointPendleNorth West1.0
100 jointMansfieldEast Midlands1.0
100 jointStockton-on-TeesNorth East1.0
100 jointWalsallWest Midlands1.0
100 jointLeedsYorkshire and the Humber1.0
100 jointSolihullWest Midlands1.0
100 jointWiganNorth West1.0
100 jointEastleighSouth East1.0
100 jointRunnymedeSouth East1.0
100 jointStockportNorth West1.0
100 jointBroxbourneEast of England1.0
100 jointGedlingEast Midlands1.0
100 jointSouthend-on-SeaEast of England1.0
100 jointSpelthorneSouth East1.0
100 jointWokinghamSouth East1.0
100 jointCannock ChaseWest Midlands1.0
100 jointWirralNorth West1.0
100 jointAdurSouth East1.0
100 jointGatesheadNorth East1.0
100 jointRedcar and ClevelandNorth East1.0
100 jointBurnleyNorth West1.0
100 jointDacorumEast of England1.0
100 jointHastingsSouth East1.0
100 jointHyndburnNorth West1.0
100 jointSt. HelensNorth West1.0
100 jointDudleyWest Midlands1.0
100 jointMilton KeynesSouth East1.0
100 jointSouth RibbleNorth West1.0
100 jointSt AlbansEast of England1.0
100 jointThurrockEast of England1.0
131 jointDartfordSouth East1.1
131 jointMedwaySouth East1.1
131 jointPrestonNorth West1.1
131 jointKnowsleyNorth West1.1
131 jointNuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands1.1
131 jointGreat YarmouthEast of England1.1
131 jointRochdaleNorth West1.1
131 jointGraveshamSouth East1.1
131 jointNorth East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber1.1
131 jointHertsmereEast of England1.1
131 jointOldhamNorth West1.1
131 jointStoke-on-TrentWest Midlands1.1
131 jointDarlingtonNorth East1.1
131 jointFyldeNorth West1.1
131 jointBradfordYorkshire and the Humber1.1
131 jointTonbridge and MallingSouth East1.1
131 jointReigate and BansteadSouth East1.1
131 jointRotherhamYorkshire and the Humber1.1
131 jointWarwickWest Midlands1.1
131 jointBuryNorth West1.1
131 jointSouth GloucestershireSouth West1.1
131 jointWelwyn HatfieldEast of England1.1
131 jointChorleyNorth West1.1
131 jointYorkYorkshire and the Humber1.1
155 jointLewesSouth East1.2
155 jointMid SussexSouth East1.2
155 jointCharnwoodEast Midlands1.2
155 jointTelford and WrekinWest Midlands1.2
155 jointWakefieldYorkshire and the Humber1.2
155 jointThree RiversEast of England1.2
155 jointWyre ForestWest Midlands1.2
155 jointGuildfordSouth East1.2
155 jointWyreNorth West1.2
155 jointColchesterEast of England1.2
155 jointPeterboroughEast of England1.2
155 jointRedditchWest Midlands1.2
167 jointNorth SomersetSouth West1.3
167 jointSurrey HeathSouth East1.3
167 jointRochfordEast of England1.3
167 jointKirkleesYorkshire and the Humber1.3
167 jointThanetSouth East1.3
167 jointHigh PeakEast Midlands1.3
167 jointArunSouth East1.3
167 jointBedfordEast of England1.3
167 jointErewashEast Midlands1.3
167 jointAshfieldEast Midlands1.3
167 jointCanterburySouth East1.3
167 jointChelmsfordEast of England1.3
167 jointLancasterNorth West1.3
180 jointNewcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands1.4
180 jointBrentwoodEast of England1.4
180 jointBarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber1.4
180 jointBuckinghamshireSouth East1.4
180 jointBath and North East SomersetSouth West1.4
180 jointBromsgroveWest Midlands1.4
180 jointEpping ForestEast of England1.4
180 jointTewkesburySouth West1.4
180 jointNorth HertfordshireEast of England1.4
180 jointNorth NorthamptonshireEast Midlands1.4
180 jointWaverleySouth East1.4
180 jointHorshamSouth East1.4
180 jointRugbyWest Midlands1.4
193 jointWest LancashireNorth West1.5
193 jointCalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber1.5
193 jointHartSouth East1.5
193 jointCheshire West and ChesterNorth West1.5
193 jointTendringEast of England1.5
193 jointEast StaffordshireWest Midlands1.5
193 jointNew ForestSouth East1.5
193 jointRossendaleNorth West1.5
193 jointBasingstoke and DeaneSouth East1.5
193 jointWest NorthamptonshireEast Midlands1.5
193 jointCherwellSouth East1.5
193 jointRushcliffeEast Midlands1.5
193 jointTandridgeSouth East1.5
206 jointCheshire EastNorth West1.6
206 jointDoncasterYorkshire and the Humber1.6
206 jointEast HertfordshireEast of England1.6
206 jointWest BerkshireSouth East1.6
206 jointWinchesterSouth East1.6
206 jointBraintreeEast of England1.6
206 jointMole ValleySouth East1.6
206 jointNorth WarwickshireWest Midlands1.6
206 jointNorth West LeicestershireEast Midlands1.6
206 jointTunbridge WellsSouth East1.6
216 jointSouth OxfordshireSouth East1.7
216 jointNorth East DerbyshireEast Midlands1.7
216 jointSevenoaksSouth East1.7
216 jointTeignbridgeSouth West1.7
216 jointBlabyEast Midlands1.7
216 jointLichfieldWest Midlands1.7
216 jointSouth StaffordshireWest Midlands1.7
216 jointAmber ValleyEast Midlands1.7
216 jointSwaleSouth East1.7
225 jointIsle of WightSouth East1.8
225 jointCounty DurhamNorth East1.8
225 jointBostonEast Midlands1.8
225 jointRotherSouth East1.8
229 jointEast DevonSouth West1.9
229 jointRibble ValleyNorth West1.9
229 jointCentral BedfordshireEast of England1.9
229 jointEast HampshireSouth East1.9
229 jointFenlandEast of England1.9
229 jointFolkestone and HytheSouth East1.9
235 jointMaidstoneSouth East2.0
235 jointWest OxfordshireSouth East2.0
235 jointSouth DerbyshireEast Midlands2.0
235 jointTest ValleySouth East2.0
235 jointHinckley and BosworthEast Midlands2.0
235 jointDoverSouth East2.0
235 jointNorth LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber2.0
235 jointVale of White HorseSouth East2.0
243 jointStaffordWest Midlands2.1
243 jointWestmorland and FurnessNorth West2.1
243 jointStroudSouth West2.1
243 jointWiltshireSouth West2.1
243 jointBassetlawEast Midlands2.1
243 jointWealdenSouth East2.1
243 jointAshfordSouth East2.1
243 jointStaffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands2.1
251 jointBolsoverEast Midlands2.2
251 jointCumberlandNorth West2.2
251 jointHarboroughEast Midlands2.2
251 jointIsles of ScillySouth West2.2
251 jointEast Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber2.2
251 jointWychavonWest Midlands2.2
251 jointBroadlandEast of England2.2
251 jointEast SuffolkEast of England2.2
251 jointSomersetSouth West2.2
251 jointChichesterSouth East2.2
261 jointMalvern HillsWest Midlands2.3
261 jointBaberghEast of England2.3
261 jointNewark and SherwoodEast Midlands2.3
261 jointDorsetSouth West2.3
261 jointShropshireWest Midlands2.3
261 jointStratford-on-AvonWest Midlands2.3
267 jointCornwallSouth West2.4
267 jointHuntingdonshireEast of England2.4
267 jointWest SuffolkEast of England2.4
267 jointEast CambridgeshireEast of England2.4
267 jointMaldonEast of England2.4
267 jointSouth HamsSouth West2.4
273 jointNorthumberlandNorth East2.5
273 jointRutlandEast Midlands2.5
275 jointSouth KestevenEast Midlands2.6
275 jointSouth NorfolkEast of England2.6
277 jointNorth DevonSouth West2.7
277 jointNorth KestevenEast Midlands2.7
277 jointUttlesfordEast of England2.7
277 jointNorth YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber2.7
281South CambridgeshireEast of England2.8
282Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands2.9
283 jointMid DevonSouth West3.0
283 jointHerefordshireWest Midlands3.0
283 jointSouth HollandEast Midlands3.0
283 jointCotswoldSouth West3.0
287BrecklandEast of England3.1
288MeltonEast Midlands3.2
289TorridgeSouth West3.3
290 jointNorth NorfolkEast of England3.6
290 jointMid SuffolkEast of England3.6
292West LindseyEast Midlands3.7
293 jointForest of DeanSouth West3.8
293 jointKing's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England3.8
293 jointEast LindseyEast Midlands3.8
296West DevonSouth West4.3

Not in this list

  • Northern Ireland. Sport NI's list of sports facilities has not been released.
  • Scotland. sportscotland publishes no open list of sports halls and pools with their locations.
  • Wales. Sport Wales publishes no open list of sports halls and pools with their locations.

Sport England, Active Places, sports halls and swimming pools, read at every census area · October 2026 · fetched 27 October 2026 · How this is measured

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