Fitness buffs living or visiting Surrey have an exciting selection of facilities at the Guildford Recreation Centre on 105 Avenue just across Lincoln’s Gate, a residential enclave of townhouses.
You can join various drop-in fitness and recreational activities in this facility, with 72 hours advance notice. The fees can be paid at the time of your visit.
Various programs for seniors with recreation centre membership or passes are available in the Guildford Recreation Centre throughout the week. Membership gives seniors discounted pricing on select activities and services.
This recreational hub completed a 64,000-square-foot expansion in 2015, with the creation of the Guildford Aquatic Centre as its focal point. The aquatic centre provides a 33,000-square foot Natatorium for recreational and leisure swimming, as well as an eight-lane, 50-metre competitive lap pool with two bulkheads and a 12.5-metre movable floor. The 72-hour early sign up is waived for swimmers.
The centre’s leisure pool brings fun in its lazy river and spray features, as well as a kids’ area with ramp access. Other facilities are as inviting, which include a water slide, diving board, a family-friendly hot tub, steam room, and dry sauna. Visitors with disabilities can access two aquatic wheelchairs and a portable lift with a capacity of 300 pounds.
The other amenities available in the Guildford Recreation Centre include three gyms, a weight room, and a fitness studio. The gymnasiums are open to those from age 13 during open hours.
The facilities in the centre’s 8,900-square-foot weight room include radio, TV and free Wi-Fi.
Among its training equipment are treadmills, ellipticals, stationary bikes, and rowing machines for cardio exercises. Strength training routines are provided through kettlebells, weight machines, medicine balls with straps and similar equipment. Many of the equipment are adjustable or have removable seat for wheelchair access.
Exercises in the centre’s fitness studio run on a wood sprung floor set in over 2,000 square feet space. The studio provides resistance bands, hand weights, yoga mats, step blocks and other equipment for exercise routines.
An indoor track is another feature of the centre, along with washrooms and more than 20 parking stalls.
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