Havant Leisure Centre

I arrived at 10am sharp at Oceans of Play with my children. I encountered two major disappointments with this visit. As they are young, I entered the play frame with them. I was horrified by the site I saw: socks all over the floor, pieces of food, empty cups, chewing gum and McDonald’s food packaging. It was obvious that it had not been cleaned since its last use. If it was in the afternoon, after several sessions, I could understand this but not within five minutes of opening. I find it inexcusable that it was not cleaned before opening. (Pictures attached) Secondly, the large blue slide was not slippery at all. All three of us were wearing leggings yet had to push ourselves down the slide and we’re continually getting stuck. For me, this is the main highlight of Oceans of Play and why my daughter chose it over other soft plays. We were all incredibly disappointed that it was unusable. Several older children were climbing up and down the slide , which could be incredibly dangerous, as they could not use it in the traditional manner. This slide needs treatment to ensure it is useable. I did ask to speak to management but apparently they were all preoccupied.

Took little one to soft play at Havant Leisure Centre. We all had a good time! Excellent size soft play area, and fully accessible for adult to be terrifyingly dragged around by child... Sensible price & a cafe. Afternoon session at 2 hours was just right & not too busy. I understand it is sometimes v quiet, but is useful to be busy as the child more readily finds someone else to knock about with...

Been going to Havant leisure centre for swimming since I was a child. Haven’t been for a while due to covid but I went there this week as looking to start swimming again. I was hoping to use the sauna and steam room aswell. I phoned before coming down and asked about the sauna and steam room the staff on the phone said they are out of action due to needing to much work on them. Okay still gonna go swimming though. The flooring in open space by the changing rooms was disgusting wish I had flip flops definitely needed a deep clean. The pool was warm. Not too many people was quite nice. About 15 minutes in they cut half the pool in half to make space for kids swimming. They already had a lane for fast swimmers. Once out the pool went to the changing rooms. The shower was adequate. The changing room floors needed cleaning. At this point I’m thinking it’s not worth the money to swim here. Then I go to use the hairdryers and there isn’t any, but a polite notice to say they have supplied plug socket for hairdryers. That would of been nice to know before I arrived. Overall really bad experience. Definitely not worth £4.60 they charge.

I arrived at 10am sharp at Oceans of Play with my children. I encountered two major disappointments with this visit. As they are young, I entered the play frame with them. I was horrified by the site I saw: socks all over the floor, pieces of food, empty cups, chewing gum and McDonald’s food packaging. It was obvious that it had not been cleaned since its last use. If it was in the afternoon, after several sessions, I could understand this but not within five minutes of opening. I find it inexcusable that it was not cleaned before opening. (Pictures attached) Secondly, the large blue slide was not slippery at all. All three of us were wearing leggings yet had to push ourselves down the slide and we’re continually getting stuck. For me, this is the main highlight of Oceans of Play and why my daughter chose it over other soft plays. We were all incredibly disappointed that it was unusable. Several older children were climbing up and down the slide , which could be incredibly dangerous, as they could not use it in the traditional manner. This slide needs treatment to ensure it is useable. I did ask to speak to management but apparently they were all preoccupied.

Took little one to soft play at Havant Leisure Centre. We all had a good time! Excellent size soft play area, and fully accessible for adult to be terrifyingly dragged around by child... Sensible price & a cafe. Afternoon session at 2 hours was just right & not too busy. I understand it is sometimes v quiet, but is useful to be busy as the child more readily finds someone else to knock about with...