The Parks is home to a Contours gym, studios for exercise classes and a sports hall and bowling green meaning it can cater for basketball, indoor and outdoor football, badminton, bowls, cricket, table tennis, trampolining, gymnastics, martial arts and more. There is also a children's Play Den.
Based on the outskirts of North Shields, the centre is also a convenient location for meetings, with a variety of good-value room hire options available, including multi-media facilities.
The Parks Sports Centre boasts:
- Free parking, with disabled spaces
- Contours gym
- Exercise classes (instructor-led and virtual)
- Sports hall
- Dance/exercise studios
- Play den
- Multi-sensory room
- Martial arts
- Badminton
- Table Tennis
- Gymnastics
- Trampolining
- Cricket nets
- Outdoor football pitches (floodlit)
- Indoor and outdoor bowls
- Disabled changing facilities
- After school activities
- Baby and toddler activities
- Children’s parties
- Private hire for meetings and functions
Wellbeing Walking Groups also take place across the borough, with one group meeting at The Parks. For more information, see here.