There is plenty of festive fun to be had in Better leisure centres throughout Cornwall this Christmas.

Free swim sessions are being offered at Saltash, Bude, Helston, St Ives and Truro to swim school members and up to three members of their family, whilst St Austell and Newquay are giving their swim school members free soft play.

Bodmin Leisure Centre is holding a Christmas Pickleball Festival on Wednesday 17 December from 6-8pm – a mix and match social event that encourages fancy dress and includes team games and mince pies.

Bodmin is also hosting a children’s Christmas party on Friday 19 December from 4-6pm, with Christmas-themed tennis games, a bouncy castle and a visit from Santa, and the Bodmin tennis team is running a junior Christmas trip to Newquay Leisure World on Saturday 20 December for some trampolining and ten pin bowling fun.

Operating under the Better brand, GLL is the not-for-profit social enterprise that runs nine leisure centres in Cornwall on behalf of the council, and a full programme of activities will be available in each of them over the festive period.

“Family fun swimming, aqua splash, fitness classes and gym workouts all feature on our schedules, as well as special events to celebrate the time of year,” said Ben Wilkinson, GLL Partnership Manager in Cornwall.

“Getting out of the house over Christmas to do some exercise in a welcoming, social, and very merry setting is a fun, healthy option – which is what our centres provide.”

Customers should check the app of their local centre website for opening hours and booking or go to https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/cornwall