People can now buy a ten-week unlimited swimming pass at the Leys Pools & Leisure Centre for £60. The offer launched in early February 2026 and is timed to coincide with the February half-term and the following weeks, with the aim of helping families stay active.
MORE Leisure Community Trust (MLCT), working in partnership with Serco Leisure, is providing the pass. It grants unlimited access to the centre’s three pools (the competition pool, the teaching/learner pool, and the splash/fun pool). The promotion is intended to make regular exercise more affordable for people living in Blackbird Leys and the surrounding areas.
If a swimmer uses the pool three times a week during the 10-week period, their cost would come to about £2.00 per session — a substantial saving compared with typical pay-as-you-go prices of roughly £5.00. Rising energy and operating costs have been a factor behind higher entry prices elsewhere, which the fixed-price pass helps to mitigate for frequent users.
The offer follows the city’s change of operator under a ten-year leisure management contract that began in 2024 (Serco Leisure, in partnership with MLCT, took over management of the council’s leisure sites from 30 March 2024). The council has highlighted community health and access to services in its Annual Business Plan for 2025–2026.
The pass can be bought at the leisure centre reception, via the Oxford City Leisure website, or through the centre’s My MORE app. As part of the council’s recent decarbonisation work at its leisure sites, Leys Pools has had gas boilers replaced with heat pumps and a solar canopy installed to reduce emissions and help control running costs so facilities can remain open for the local community.
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