The Crèche
The Crèche at Havant and Waterlooville Leisure Centres provides a safe, friendly and fun environment for your children while you exercise or relax.
Our Crèche staff hold nationally recognised childcare qualifications, experienced in excellent quality care for children aged from 3-months up to the day before their 6th birthday.
What to expect at The Crèche
The Crèche is open Monday to Friday, 9.00am until 12.30pm.
Slots of 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes and 120 minutes will be available for booking on a first come first serve basis via the Horizon app.
- Staff arrive at 8:45 to make sure the safety checks are done and everything in the crèche is clean and ready to go.
- We aren’t letting parents into the crèche to drop off/collect at the moment due to ensuring we are keeping the setting as clean and safe as possible.
- Please be aware that all children entering the crèche will be expected to hand sanitise.
- Please note there is no ‘Help with swimming’ service at this time.
New to The Crèche?
- There is a sign-up form that parents need to read and sign on first visit to the crèche.
- We advise new customers to arrive 10- 15 minutes before you are booked in, this is to ensure all paper work is completed and any questions you may have are answered.
- Our crèche manager will be meeting parents outside the crèche door.
Booking The Crèche
You can book the Crèche over the telephone or via the Horizon app.
Havant: 02392 476026
Waterlooville: 02392 245900
Important notice for customers who use the Crèche.
Please provide 24 hours’ notice when cancelling your booked session. Failure to notify the centre of your cancelled session will result in a £2 per half hour “no show” charge. Thank you for your understanding.
More Information About The Crèche
Due to limited spaces available, customers wanting to use the crèche facilities are only able to book spaces for their own children and not those of family and friends. Platinum members will receive priority on booking spaces.
The minimum time a child can stay in the Crèche is 30 minutes the maximum time a child can stay in the Crèche is 90 minutes per day and the parent must be in the Leisure Centres for the duration of the child’s stay.
The Crèche is available for all non-members and members. The Crèche is free to Platinum Members subject to availability.
Help with Swimming Lessons
If you have two small children and want to take them both swimming or to parent and child swimming lessons our Crèche can help!
If you have children and want them to swim we will help you change them ready for the pool. Please just ask.
Our Crèche staff can supervise and change one child while you swim with the other, then swap them over and get the first one changed.
Crèche Testimonials
Thank You
I just wanted to thank the creche staff. It’s an amazing facility and I feel confident with their care of my baby. Many thanks.
Lovely Staff
I was nervous taking my boy to creche so I could use the gym – as I have never left him before. He absolutely loves it and hates leaving! The ladies are so lovely and I recommended to anyone.
Kind Staff
Lovely little setup, kind staff in the creche, very thoughtful for mums, highly recommend.
I feel so much happier
Thanks to the girls in the creche I was so nervous but they have settled so well and enjoy coming. I was struggling balancing parenting and working – I feel so much happier now I have joined, thank you.
Highly recommended
The creche girls are AMAZING! Really helped me with my physical and mental health! The girls are great with the kids; so much care and attention to all the children. Chantel and Becky are my fave! Thank you for all your help. Highly recommended!
The creche is invaluable to me
As a mum the creche is invaluable to me, there is so much in the media about the stresses and loneliness of being a mother to babies, having a safe place for your little one whilst mum gets some me time and the amazing benefits of fitness and exercise. You have got this spot on…. couldn’t recommend enough.
| Times | Leisure Card Price | Membership Price |
|---|---|---|
| 30 minutes (minimum stay) |
£2.00 p/child per 30 minute stay | Free |
| Day | Open | Close |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 9:00am | 12:30pm |
| Tuesday | 9:00am | 12:30pm |
| Wednesday | 9:00am | 12:30pm |
| Thursday | 9:00am | 12:30pm |
| Friday | 9:00am | 12:30pm |
| Saturday | Closed | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed | Closed |
| Bank Holiday | Closed | Closed |
Frequently Asked Questions
You can book more than one child but you have to call reception rather booking on the app. Call Waterlooville on 02392 245 900, or call Havant on 02392 476 026.
We do not provide snacks however snacks can be brought in. Strictly no nut products (including chocolate spread)
We can collect your child from the pool at your preferred time, bring your child into creche and get them dried and dressed. We can also change your child into their swim stuff in the creche and pass them into the pool to you as the parent, or we can offer to drop off the child and then pick back up service. We just ask parents to make sure they are booking this correctly on the creche bookings to allow ratio numbers to be followed in the creche.
We will always inform the parent after 15 to 20 minutes if we cannot settle their child
You can if the child is in your care at the time, however if their parent is also in the centre friends cannot book for them.
