Scottish elections 2026: Sports centres across Falkirk district closed for polling and vote counting
Fitness fans who use some district sports centres may have to rethink their plans due to this week’s Scottish Parliament elections.
Some areas of Grangemouth Sports Complex will be temporarily closed between Wednesday, May 6 and Saturday, May 9 while votes are counted.
The games hall will be closed from 6pm on Wednesday and the gym and studios will be closed from 8pm on Thursday.
Council leisure officials expect the facilities to reopen from 8am on Saturday, May 9 but this will be dependent on votes having been counted successfully and the areas cleared.
Health and fitness customers cannot book ahead for classes in the centre either in person or virtual. Instead these will operate on a first-come first-served basis.
The gyms, studios and classes at the Mariner Centre, Stenhousemuir gym and Bo’ness Town Hall will be open as normal. Grangemouth’s swimming pool and all swimming lessons will run as normal throughout the election and counting period. The committee at Polmont Sports Centre have also revealed it will be closed from 7pm on Wednesday, May 6 until noon on Friday, May 8 as it is being used as a polling station.
Many other community halls and centres across the district are also being used as polling stations and people who normally attend groups or classes are urged to check that these will still be running.
There are 64 polling stations for Falkirk West and 66 for Falkirk East & Linlithgow which will be open from 7am until 10pm on Thursday, May 7 to allow people to cast votes.