Highlight Active Wellbeing Hub
Water Parks & Swimming · Hartlepool, Teesside
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Closed — opens 8am
🏠 Indoor & outdoorSwimming🛝 Soft play🛝 PlaygroundBirthday partiesWater play
What’s there
- Café on site
- Free parking
- Baby changing
- Buggy friendly
- Birthday parties
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
- Changing Places toilet
- Relaxed / SEN sessions
- SEN friendly
for up to three hours
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Highlight Active Wellbeing Hub is Hartlepool's brand-new, state-of-the-art leisure centre, opened in June 2026 to replace the former Mill House Leisure Centre. Located on the marina waterfront, this modern facility offers:
**Swimming Pools:** - 25m, 8-lane main swimming pool - 25m, 4-lane learner pool with moveable floor - Leisure pool with race slide and water play features - Spectator seating
**Other Facilities:** - 100-station Technogym-equipped gym - Two interconnected fitness studios - Dedicated indoor cycling (spinning) studio - Soft play area for children aged 8 and under (with separate toddler area) - Party room for celebrations - Cafe - NHS consultation suite - Outdoor terraces at ground and first floor - Direct access to water-sports at the Marina
**Children's Activities:** - Swimming lessons (Learn to Swim programme) - Leisure water sessions with race slide and water play - Soft play sessions - Football coaching - Junior gym and circuit training - Junior Funability sessions for children with additional needs - Birthday party packages
The venue is fully accessible with dedicated accessible parking bays, level/ramped access, accessible toilets and changing cubicles, lift access to all first-floor facilities, specialist accessible gym equipment, and Poolpod hoists for wheelchair access to both main pools. Free Wi-Fi and free parking (up to 3 hours) available on site.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Swimming costume
- Towel
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Beach shoes
- Extra jumper
- Flask of tea
- Kitchen roll
- £1 coin for the locker
- Sun hat
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