Freemans Quay Leisure Centre

6:30am-10:30pm (Mon.-Fri.) / 8am-7:30pm (Weekends) A multi-million-pound leisure facility right in the heart of Durham, Freeman’s Quay Leisure Centre is doubtless the plushest of all the sports amenities in this list. Houses a 25-metre, 8-lane swimming pool, a learner’s pool, a dance studio and a gym furnished with 130 workstations and personal entertainment facilities.