Sevenoaks District Council has agreed to spend more than £2 million on Edenbridge Leisure Centre, with a new sports hall roof, refitted changing village and replacement heating planned between now and 2027.

Sevenoaks District Council has agreed to invest more than £2 million in Edenbridge Leisure Centre, in what it calls one of the biggest upgrades to the building since it opened. The decision was taken by the council’s Cabinet on 16 June 2026, with the work programmed in across the 2025 to 2027 period. (Sevenoaks District Council, Council to deliver £2 million investment in Edenbridge Leisure Centre)

What the money pays for

The council says the package, which it values at around £2.2 million, follows “a detailed assessment of all available options” and targets the parts of the centre that users said mattered most. The planned works include:

  • a replacement roof for the sports hall, so it can be used year-round;
  • an upgraded wet-side changing village, with new lockers, flooring and improved facilities;
  • mechanical and electrical improvements, including replacement boilers, heating and ventilation;
  • building management system upgrades and improvements to the main entrance;
  • investment in the all-weather pitch, subject to drainage surveys.

The centre at Stangrove Park is run on the council’s behalf by the operator Everyone Active, and stays open while the phased works are carried out. (Sevenoaks District Council, Council to deliver £2 million investment in Edenbridge Leisure Centre)

Councillor Michael Horwood, the Cabinet Member for Improvement and Innovation, said: “Edenbridge Leisure Centre is highly valued by the local community, and our decision to invest more than £2 million demonstrates our strong commitment to its future.” (Sevenoaks District Council, Council to deliver £2 million investment in Edenbridge Leisure Centre)

What it means for residents

For people who use the Edenbridge pool, gym, sports hall and pitches, the practical upshot is a centre being kept in service rather than run down: a new sports hall roof addresses the kind of leak that takes a hall out of use, and replacement boilers and ventilation are the unglamorous fixes that keep a 1990s leisure building warm and open. Because the work is phased between now and 2027, regular users should expect some areas to close in turn while each job is done, rather than a single long shutdown.

The decision sits alongside the council’s much larger plan for a brand-new leisure centre in Sevenoaks town centre, part of the Land East of the High Street regeneration that Cabinet also progressed on 16 June. Together they show the council spreading leisure spending across the district rather than concentrating it in the main town.

You can check opening hours, class timetables and any closures for the Edenbridge centre on the council’s leisure centres and sports facilities pages. For how this kind of spending is funded locally, see our guide to Sevenoaks council tax bands, and for more to do nearby, our things to do in Sevenoaks roundup.

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Image: Edenbridge Leisure Centre. Photo by N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph.