Maldwyn Leisure Centre ranks 5th in participation

New figures from Powys County Council reveal that Maldwyn Leisure Centre in Newtown only ranked 5th out of 13 for participation in 2021-2022.

In a response to a Freedom of Information Act request by a member of the public, Powys County Council have released participation rates for Leisure Centres in 2021-2022.

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Surprisingly, Maldwyn Leisure Centre in Newtown ranks 5th out of the 13 currently operating leisure centres - with 105,701 visitors in the year. This represented 7.7% of the overall participants to Powys leisure centres in the year, with Brecon topping the list at just over 245k visitors.

Since 2015, the centre was getting on average 210k visitors a year up until the pandemic when it dropped to 27k a year.

Below is the full data from the County Council, showing participation rates in each financial year.