Navigating the New Year at our leisure centres

With the busy post-Christmas period on the horizon, we've put together a handy Navigating the New Year guide to help you get the most out of your membership in 2025.

Aqua classes

Make a splash at an aqua class at Riverside Leisure Centre for a fun, low impact way to get fit.

Four people in pool doing an aqua class

Exercising in water builds cardiovascular stamina, strength, and flexibility, helps burn body fat, increases circulation, and can help you rehabilitate healing muscles and joints.

You can attend a class in shallow end if you aren’t too confident in water, or in deeper water if you want a challenge.

The minimum age for classes is 14 year old, but classes marked with a * are for over 16s only.

If you want to view our timetable more than seven days in advance, you can download the Chelmsford City Sports app.

Aqua aerobics

Great for toning up, Aqua aerobics is a pool based exercise class that will increase your heart rate and work your muscles against the resistance of the water.  

Aqua aerobics is similar to a land-based aerobics class, but because it is in the water, it places less strain on your joints.

This is class runs for 45 minutes and is a medium intensity session.

Standard prices

  • 45 minutes: £9.10
  • 60 minutes: £10.20

Discounted

  • 45 minutes: £8.40
  • 60 minutes: £9.40

Save money by upgrading to an ourChelmsford Plus or monthly Premium membership.

Standard prices

  • 45 minutes: £7.90
  • 60 minutes: £8.90

Discounted

  • 45 minutes: £7.10
  • 60 minutes: £8.10

Save money by upgrading to a monthly Premium membership

Our exercise classes are very popular, we advise booking in advance. 

You can:  

You can book onto classes: 

  • ten days in advance if you have a monthly membership  
  • seven days in advance if you have an ourChelmsford Plus card     
  • two days in advance if you have an ourChelmsford Lite card
  • You will need to book a session in advance to guarantee your space.
  • If you do not check-in, we will charge you the full amount for the session.
  • Please make sure that you have registered your email address with us in order to book online.
  • If you can't attend a class that you have booked onto, you must cancel at least two hours before it starts.
  • You can cancel online or via the app, by calling 01245 615050 or in person. 
  • We will charge you the full amount for the class if you do not cancel in time, or if you do not attend.
  • You will need to collect a ticket from reception when you arrive for your class.  
  • Monthly members can swipe through the barrier and register their attendance. 
  • You will not be allowed entrance to any class if it has already started.  
  • To allow time for changeovers, classes will finish five minutes before the advertised time.  
  • If you want to use a locker on poolside, you will need a £1 coin to release the key. You will get the £1 back when you return the key.   
  • There is a male group changing area and a female group changing area located on poolside. 
  • Accessible changing facilities are located on poolside.

  • The pools complex, including the changing area is a shoe-free zone, this includes the removal of flip flops.

What to bring

Swimwear
Towel

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