John Charles Centre for Sport, Sports centre in Leeds, United Kingdom
John Charles Centre for Sport is a sports centre in south Leeds, United Kingdom. It brings together a stadium with a running track, an aquatics centre, an indoor athletics hall and a tennis centre on one site.
The sports centre opened in 1996, with the stadium as its first building. In 2007 the complex was renamed in honour of John Charles, and the Aquatics Centre opened the same year.
The centre is named after John Charles, a footballer from Leeds who also played for Juventus and Wales. His name on the site keeps a local sporting figure in view for people who come to swim, run or watch a match.
The site sits south of the city centre, near the border of Beeston, Belle Isle and Hunslet, and is easiest to reach by car or bus. Once there, follow the paths between the buildings to find the stadium, pool and tennis courts.
The main pool has movable booms and a floating floor, so it can be split into three pools of different sizes and depths. This lets the centre host everything from swimming lessons to international diving events.
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