Details of how Places Leisure are preparing to re-open Brackenbury Sports Centre and Felixstowe Leisure Centre in line with the centres normal opening hours have been released.

Pools and gyms will re-open in line with the Government's road map on April 12 and the return of group exercise programme will return on May 17 at the earliest.

All activities will be operated in sessions which must be pre-booked via the Places Locker App or Places Leisure's website. Gym sessions will last 55 minutes and swim sessions, where applicable, 45 minutes. Sessions are now live and available to book.

There will be a changeover period between all sessions to allow people to exit their session safety and for staff to clean the facilities before the next session.

With all fitness classes hopefully returning from 17 May they will be running on a changed timetable with reduced class sizes to enable social distancing.

Jeremy Boreham, Area Manager for Places for People Leisure, said: "After what's seemed an incredibly long third lockdown, we are very excited to announce in line with the governments roadmap we are reopening our centres on 12th April Deben Leisure Centre, Felixstowe Leisure Centre, Brackenbury Sports Centre, and Leiston Leisure Centre.

"We are able to open our Gyms, Swimming Pools across all sites for customer FAQs please visit our website which also details the centre's opening times, a list of activities that are available at each centre and details on how customers can book each activity. We cannot wait to welcome our colleagues and customers back."

For more information on leisures centres in Felixstowe, including opening hours and facilities available, go to the Place Leisure website here...