The Newport Centre is the biggest leisure centre

Leisure centre

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 in the city of Newport

Newport

Newport is a city and unitary authority area in Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about east of Cardiff and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent...

 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. The Newport Centre is located in the city centre

Newport city centre

Newport city centre is traditionally regarded as the area of Newport bounded by the west bank of the River Usk, the George Street Bridge, the eastern flank of Stow Hill and the Great Western Main Line. Most of the city centre is contained within two conservation areas: the central area and the area...

 adjacent to the Kingsway Shopping Centre

Kingsway Shopping Centre

The Kingsway Shopping Centre is the principal under-cover shopping centre in the city of Newport, Wales. It has several levels and includes a range of high street shops and privately-owned boutiques. It is also home to the city's museum, art gallery and Newport Central library...

. It holds events such as concerts, conferences and exhibitions

Art exhibition

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. The centre hosts the Welsh Open snooker tournament

Welsh Open (snooker)

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 as well as international business conferences and exhibitions. The Centre also has suites overlooking the leisure pool and in elsewhere, the suites are: The Riverside Suite, Castle Room, Kingsway Suite, Usk

River Usk

The River Usk rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain of mid-Wales, in the easternmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Initially it flows north into Usk Reservoir, then east by Sennybridge to Brecon before turning southeast to flow by Talybont-on-Usk, Crickhowell and...

 Room and Treetops Suite, as well as the Emlyn Rooms.

Fitness

The centre has a leisure pool with flume

Flume

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 and wave machine. A multi-purpose sports hall has facilities for badminton

Badminton

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, netball

Netball

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, tennis

Tennis

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, basketball

Basketball

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, volleyball

Volleyball

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, and squash

Squash (sport)

Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...

. There is a "Solutions" fitness centre and health suite with a sauna, Jacuzzi and sun bed. The Centre also has function rooms available for hire and a cafeteria.

Facilities

• Multi-purpose entertainment and leisure complex
• Health suite & swimming pool
  Swimming pool
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• 14,530 sq ft (1,530 sq m) exhibition space
• TV, video
  Video
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  , OHP
  OHP
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   and screen
  Projection screen
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• Disabled access
• 1,200 parking spaces nearby