The Southland Leisure Centre is an indoor leisure centre situated in the southwest community on Palliser in Calgary,

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. The multipurpose recreational facility was built at the same time (although additions and redesigns have been made since) as the surrounding neighbourhood and is one of two leisure centres owned and operated by The City of Calgary. Southland Leisure Centre provides a wide range of registered programs and drop-in programs and activities, including sports training, gymnastics, day camps, racquet sports, skating, dance, martial arts, so-pitch, hockey and skating lessons. Southland also offers preschool programs including playschool, tot's gym time and more.

Facilities

Wave pool A wave pool is a swimming pool in which there are artificially generated, large waves, similar to those of the ocean. Wave pools are often a major feature of water parks, both indoors and outdoors, as well as some leisure centres. History T ...

begins wide and shallow (much like a beach) progressively deepening into a regular swimming pool halved in width is the box-shaped "deep end" (No diving). *

Water park A water park (or waterpark, water world) is an amusement park that features water play areas such as swimming pools, water slides, splash pads, water playgrounds, and lazy rivers, as well as areas for floating, bathing, swimming, and other baref ...

: A water park with a 500-gallon dump bucket, rope bridges, spray guns and other splash stations. *

Water slide A water slide (also referred to as a flume, or water chute) is a type of slide designed for warm-weather or indoor recreational use at water parks. Water slides differ in their riding method and therefore size. Some slides require riders to s ...

s: Includes the "red slide" and "blue slide". There are also 2 smaller slides in the water park area. * Deepwater dive tank and diving board * Hot tub. *

Steam room A steam bath is a steam-filled room for the purpose of relaxation and cleansing. It has a long history, going back to Greek and Roman times. History The origins of the steam bath come from the Roman bath, which began during the height of the R ...

. * Two

ice rink An ice rink (or ice skating rink) is a frozen body of water and/or an artificial sheet of ice created using hardened chemicals where people can ice skate or play winter sports. Ice rinks are also used for exhibitions, contests and ice shows. The ...

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and Ed Whalen. *

Climbing Wall A climbing wall is an artificially constructed wall with grips for hands and feet, usually used for indoor climbing, but sometimes located outdoors. Some are brick or wooden constructions, but on most modern walls, the material most often used i ...

Weight room Weight training is a common type of strength training for developing the physical strength, strength, size of skeletal muscles and maintenance of strength.Keogh, Justin W, and Paul W Winwood. “Report for: The Epidemiology of Injuries Acros ...

* Multipurpose rooms named after communities in the area, sometimes called birthday rooms. * Rental Centre for floating aids, tubes, etc. as well as selling pool equipment.

Access

By car, Southland Leisure Centre is accessible off of Southland Drive. Hot Tub Hire
/ref> By transit, it can be accessed via the MAX Yellow as well as by routes 95, 99, 125, and 126 from Southland Station.

References

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External links

The City of Calgary Leisure Centres
Sports venues in Calgary