Crowtree Leisure Centre is an indoor sports centre based in the centre of Sunderland, England

England

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The sports complex has a vast range of facilities and can accommodate many recreational sports such as football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

, 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...

, snooker

Snooker

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 and Badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 among others. There is also a swimming pool and diving pool, but these closed following the opening of Sunderland Olympic Pool

Sunderland Aquatic Centre

Sunderland Aquatic Centre is an indoor sports complex next to the Stadium of Light in the city of Sunderland, England. It contains an Olympic-size swimming pool, a diving pool and a gymnasium...

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The centre is also linked to The Bridges Shopping Centre

The Bridges

The Bridges is a shopping centre based in the city centre of Sunderland, England.The shopping centre in Sunderland contains over 100 stores, which include; Boots, Burton, HMV, Debenhams, Disney, H&M, Starbucks, Lush, USC, Next, TK Maxx, Schuh, Waterstones, New Look, Topshop, River Island, Monsoon,...

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It was opened by the Prince of Wales

Prince of Wales

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 in 1976.

The once popular Ice Rink closed in 2000. The rink used to be home of The Sunderland Chiefs ( Senior ), The Sunderland Tomahawks (u19s), The Sunderland Arrows (U16s) & The Sunderland Commanches (U12s), a number of recreational Ice Hockey also played out of Crowtree including the Sunderland Cobra's and the Crowtree Bandits, now known as the Newcastle Predators playing out of Whitley Bay Ice Rink.

Swimming and Gym Facilities at the leisure centre closed on 20 April 2008, replaced by the Sunderland Aquatic Centre

Sunderland Aquatic Centre

Sunderland Aquatic Centre is an indoor sports complex next to the Stadium of Light in the city of Sunderland, England. It contains an Olympic-size swimming pool, a diving pool and a gymnasium...

 next to the Stadium of Light

Stadium of Light

The Stadium of Light is an all-seater football stadium in Sunderland, England. With space for 49,000 spectators, the Stadium of Light has the fifth-largest capacity of any English football stadium. The stadium primarily hosts Sunderland A.F.C. matches...

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The Crowtree Centre is marked for closure within the next few years and the space will be used to extend The Bridges shopping centre.