Abbey Centre

Fantastic experience: Absolutely loved it ,my kids didn't want to leave.

Negative experience: Not a location that I would bring a teenager with special needs again. Parents of children especially on the spectrum be aware. Staff requires further guidance on how to deal with an incident with a child that cannot advocate for themselves.

Fantastic experience: Has a great workout facility, walking/running track,outside pool and hottub, Hours are good,staff friendly.

Fantastic experience: The kids so enjoyed it

Fantastic experience: since 2023 good experience ❤️❤️

Negative experience: Its a great pool and one of the best around, however after paying a premium for the full year pass we are left in disappointment, Our first year at this park the main pool was closed for the longest time, Not this year the hot tub was operated at 50 percent capacity and now its been totally closed and the water drained out...... This place does have the worst maintained equipment. I get that some things happen but to be all over the place with every pool in alberta to see the amount of issues this place has. The town of Blackfalds outta be ashamed

Fantastic experience: Brought the kids to the indoor playground for my little man's birthday, him and the cousins had a great time! Clean and friendly environment and lovely staff to match! 10/10 will be going again

Fantastic experience: Amazing staff and gym equipment!!

Fantastic experience: Great place for kids and adults to enjoy the summer. Good day trip from the city. Can get quite busy on weekends and holidays best to get here earlier.

Negative experience: Having a spinning bike in the weight room would be perfect for HIT. Combining weight sets with HIT is not possible.

Negative experience: The lady working at the front desk today (June 7) was incredibly rude and should not be in a position that serves the public.

Fantastic experience: My Littles love the play place and it's never really busy!!

Fantastic experience: I love this recreation centre.

Fantastic experience: Best water park ever would definitely recommend everyone to go

Positive experience: Went to they farmers market Very busy

Fantastic experience: How every town should have developed there community! Blackfalds really is the framework that should have been followed to make everywhere in alberta better.

Positive experience: Abbey center has a fun indoor playground as well as a nice Dino-themed outdoor play scape that kids can enjoy

Positive experience: They didn’t let me go to the track because I don’t have the “Training “

Fantastic experience: The Abbey Centre is very clean, great facilities, and the staff is always very friendly.

Fantastic experience: Good gym price

Positive experience: Nice facility with a variety of workout , play, swim in the summer and a walking track on the top floor going around a 3 court multiple universal game area , I didn’t give it 5 stars because the walk I did around the track was very warm almost unbearable hot… maybe its been corrected?

Positive experience: Would get 5 but I go play pickleball and they have only 2 courts and more people than spots but there is a court for badminton that no one is using

Negative experience: Do you know what sucks!? When the phone lines will NEVER take you to a real person. It says push 0 which I have tried multiple times over the years and it just restarts menu selection. I complained and they told me it's not a problem. Well, I'm telling you it's been two years now and you still haven't fixed it. Your machine doesn't take me to talk to a person so I can't inquire about anything unless I choose the child minding option and then it's 50/50 someone picks up. So yeah, maybe fix that!!!!!

Positive experience: Love the pool here

Fantastic experience: Great place to take young kids. The play area is wonderful

Fantastic experience: Kids love this outdoor pool setup with a couple water slides, lazy river, dive tank, hot tub and splash park the abbey centre has it all.

Fantastic experience: Fun outdoor pool! Slides are great and come out in relatively shallow water in one end of the pool. Adults are allowed to ride with their child if the child doesn't reach the height requirement. Family rate is not super expensive, but will cost extra if you have a large family. We had six total five kids and one adult all from the same house, had to pay the family rate plus pay for one child as an add-on. Parking is free but fills up on hot days so you may want to arrive early.

Fantastic experience: The Abbey center is a busy place the kids enjoyed it.

Negative experience: Great when it's open. But often has the slides closed. Make sure to call ahead or check their site and make sure everything's working.

Fantastic experience: this place is good and clean , the outdoor swimming pools are very good for kids and the slides are very nice

Positive experience: Hot tub was not very warm, rest of pool was delightful.

Positive experience: It is the best place to take kids when they're bored and have nothing to do at home.also it is pretty cheap,I take the kids I babysit here all the time.

Fantastic experience: Absolutely love this place! Great fun for the whole family

Negative experience: I bought 2 wraps chicken Cesar and I found there bacon and we are Muslim, so we can’t eat bacon . One I took one bite and other was not touched and they refused to give back money I told them gave at least the 23$ from the chicken Caesars that was not touched they gust said sorry and took the two Caesars sandwich. Just I spend my money for nothing.

Negative experience: Better off to take a trip to Red deer. Rec center thats half the price cheaper for a family as well. Toddler can’t even move around in the hot tub without be told to sit down he’s was only floating. But they let teens argue and push in there. Hot tub is only warm not hot . Can’t even eat our snacks at the picnic tables outside where food is sold even though you bought food from there expensive concession with very small portions. Concession tables were absolutely filthy. Slides always closed as I was told which they were when I went. 4$ for a slushy and 10$ for half a handful or fries. Better spend your money elsewhere to actually enjoy your family time. We were not even there a hour we will stick with our location of reddeer from now on

Fantastic experience: Awesome place for swimming and sports.

Fantastic experience: The price can’t be beat. So much to do here. We always try to go on a weekday. Bring your own lock

Fantastic experience: Beautiful place I hope it does well and It is munching hard!!!!

Fantastic experience: The Abbey Centre is a state of the art recreational facility that offers a large gymnasium with ample room for multiple sporting events, a fitness room equipped with plenty of cardio machines and stretching areas. The outdoor aquatic playground is a must if you enjoy water slides or are bringing the family. Outside the building, there is an amphitheater for hosting events and a jungle gym for kids. The war memorial is worthy of respect. Take a moment and reflect on all that we enjoy from the efforts of the fallen soldiers.

Fantastic experience: Beautiful day when we went. The pool opened at 10am Friday and the 2 slides opened about half an hour after that. Quick, easy swim test gave the kids more freedom. Nephew was under 4 ft but is a better swimmer than older kids because of training and he had to go down the slide with someone older/an adult. The facility itself was clean, it wasn’t too busy, there’s a small lazy river and climbing wall, as well as a big dive tank and one diving board. The shallow area and splash park looked great too. Grandma was able to sit on a chair and parents lay on beach chairs. Bring your own lock or rent one out for lockers. Staff helped us with lunch ideas and were kind to all.

Fantastic experience: We have taken our 4 and 2 year old here quite a few times, and we love it!! Great slides, splash zone, and toddler area. We also love grabbing an ice cream cone while we are there at the little cafe. Highly recommend!

Negative experience: The lifeguards this year need to tone down and get off their high horse. Miserable. What I witnessed the other day was completely unacceptable.

Fantastic experience: Went there for the Metis registration. Was easy to get to. A very nice facility

Fantastic experience: Great place love the variety of activities that you can do like go to the pool, workout gym, gymnasium, and playground for little kids!

Fantastic experience: Great place. Staff is nice and caring and calm. Nice people go there. Gym is great. Pool is very fun.

Fantastic experience: The price is unbeatable, 1 dollar for a 2 year old! It was quite busy, which I've been told isn't always the case but my kiddo had fun either way! Good area for 0-4 and a big play arwa for bigger kids

Positive experience: The staff are super friendly which I love but It's a little frustrating for a regular going to their gym. The weights are all over the place the majority of time. I feel like I'm the only one putting them back. Not everyone can lift 45 pounds to get to the 10 pounds that's behind it. The hand sanitizer has been empty 3 consecutive times I've come after telling them that it's been empty twice. Just feel like the past 3 months or so it's been like this :(

Fantastic experience: Great place with friendly staff

Fantastic experience: Sky's theblimit lazer is at the Little of This Spring Market March 23rd and 24th at the Abbey Center from 11 till 4.

Fantastic experience: Nice outdoor pool to use during the 6 months of winter.

Positive experience: Good place to bring the young ones to burn some energy at the play room.

Fantastic experience: Great place, wonderful staff, fair pricing and friendly people who go there.

Fantastic experience: Love the indoor park for the kids to play for cheap..think it's like $2

Fantastic experience: Great facility with helpful staff. A lot of activities available to do

Positive experience: To much money to get in.

Fantastic experience: Amazing outdoor pool and i love the kids play place its so huge and cheap compared to tree house!

Negative experience: There’s this one lady that sits at the desk I don’t know her name but one day I went to go use the bathroom after walking around for a little and as I’m going my friend is also in there washing her hands and so she leaves before I’m done waiting for me cause I’m about to flush and the the lady just swings the door open before I had even fully pulled up my pants and had accused me of vaping cause it smelled “fruity” to her stupid knowledge and also wouldn’t let me and my friend leave till we gave are first name and last name

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, clean facilities, great for parties for little ones.

Fantastic experience: Such a great place for children, families and events

Fantastic experience: We love taking our little one here. She has a blast.

Fantastic experience: Great outdoor pool with many more amenities inside!

Positive experience: Kinda upset they took out the outside gym stuff not everyone can pay for inside these days

Fantastic experience: Pool was a lot of fun. Worth the drive from Edmonton.

Fantastic experience: Great indoor play place for toddlers/ kids and very reasonably priced.

Fantastic experience: Lots of fun and great price. Good for all ages.

Fantastic experience: Great addition to Blackfalds, at least there's enough parking here! Can't wait until the pool opens up.

Fantastic experience: Great facility and staff! Just wish the hot tub were open past 830 a couple nights a week

Fantastic experience: Awesome place. Water was a great temperature and the slides were fun.

Positive experience: Great venue for our granddaughters first birthday party. Party and play rooms were adjacent. Oh so handy!

Fantastic experience: Really nice and clean! Perfect place for a family outing- swimming, a gym, indoor play area etc.

Fantastic experience: Unbelievable value in a family pass for $20 for the day. Outdoor pool/water park is amazing. Highly recommended.

Fantastic experience: This place is awesome so much to do and such a reasonable price. Kids had so much fun. Definitely worth the 1.5 hour drive.

Negative experience: Went here for the first time to use the badminton court and pool as my daughter wanted to swim but instead we were asked to leave because my daughter is 7 years old and I have to be in the pool with her. Unfortunately I didn’t bring my swimsuit. I stood by the side of the pool at arm’s reach while my daughter is at the side soaked in the 0.45m shallow pool. The lifeguard approached us and asked us to leave since I can’t go in the water. She said that it is their rule that the parent should be in the water with the child. I can respect the rule but her approached could have been less assertive. Her tone was authoritative and when my husband asked for her name she said that she is not a lifeguard and that she is the shift supervisor. Anyhow, I’m sure we’re NOT going back to this facility and definitely won’t renew my husband’s membership.

Fantastic experience: If anyone hasn't tried the child minding it's amazing they are so good with the kiddos! Chantels classes in the morning are amazing and might I add they are free with your admission/ membership , it's definitely motivated me and keeps me going Tha ks

Positive experience: Decent place to cool off with the kids. Great price and clean facility. I wish the kids' area had the waterslides going into a pool of water and not painful landing mats, lol. The center offers a lot of activities as well, like drop in basketball etc.

Positive experience: Very nice facility, and clean for the most part. Kids loved it. Wish we had one in our town. Also, great prices to get in. $20 for family of 4. No shade in or by chairs, though. Do not recommend canteen, food is decent but it took 45 mins for a grilled cheese and chicken wrap. Over all good experience.

Fantastic experience: The outdoor pool is great. Excellent place to bring younger kids on a hot summer day. Staff are friendly. The facility is clean and well maintained.

Fantastic experience: Amazing outdoor place for the whole family for a very good price! The slides are super fun and the splash park and hot tubs are amazing too!

Fantastic experience: They had the Alberta youth championships there for archery. It was amazing.... It would be great if the Abbey Center had an archery lane in it for people to come and shoot all the time?

Fantastic experience: It was pretty packed but my kids had FUN!!! The splash pad, kiddie pool, slides and hot tub were all a BLAST. After spending hours and hours under the sun and in the water we mellowed out at the indoor playroom. Even with half of Central Alberta at the pool their staff and lifeguards were IMPECCABLE.

Fantastic experience: INCREDIBLE! AMAZING!!! GREAT PRICE! 20$ for a family of 5. It has something for all ages even infants, a ton of lifeguards which is really nice and it's enclosed and the pool drop isn't too deep for taller 4+yr olds. Wish we lived closer so we could come weekly! Thanks to all the friendly staff.

Fantastic experience: Excellent experience. Will definitely return.

Fantastic experience: Great, well equipped gym.

Negative experience: BEYOND busy! It is way overcrowded, I could barely get around without bumping into someone or someone bumping into me. And I went on a weekday or I can't imagine what a weekend would be like. I even had times were people separated me and my toddler just by swimming between us. Would not go again anytime soon even though it is cheap to go.

Positive experience: So much fun! We stopped here on the way to Canmore and this may have been the highlight of the trip! The kids loved the outdoor pool and water slides!

Fantastic experience: I cannot say enough good things about this place! The facilities were all clean, fresh and up to date and the staff were friendly and helpful. We can't wait to return!

Fantastic experience: Very nice outdoor pool! Been visiting for 5 years now and we were just there yesterday, and saw this awesome life guard saved an old woman. Kudos to this guy for acting fast. Will be back summer after summer.

Fantastic experience: A hot day so we scrapped the event we were at and headed to the pool to cool off. We were glad we did. There was a huge shallow pool for the youngsters. Deep pool, hot tub, water fountains and a lazy river. Only one of the 2 slides was open, but my niece really enjoyed and the lineup was not horrible long. The spray park wasn't going but it looked great. All of this was outside. We did not explore the rec center facilities inside. It looked like there were tons of things to go no matter your preference.

Positive experience: It was nice to find a reasonably priced family excursion option in Central Alberta. The family admission to the outdoor aquatic centre cost $20 for the five of us. Unfortunately, one of the two slides as well as the spray park were not working during our visit. However, the pool basins were still fun, and although busy, the centre wasn't crowded. The in-facility restaurant was okay, but expensive.

Fantastic experience: Love this place its great for the kids! It's $20 per family which is amazing. Not very busy at all. Worth the 1hr drive from Edmonton.

Positive experience: Best small town pool we've been to!! Waterslides are great and the play area is well designed & kid friendly! Downside: hundreds of towels on chairs, but not a single place to actually sit. Pool rules need to be changed regarding saving seats for hours on end while seniors sit on the bare concrete.

Positive experience: Admission fees are $20 per family (2 adults and all kids under 18) The waiting time is long. We waited for an hour before we were able to get in. The pool area is nice with lounge chairs. There’s a hot tub, slides, splashing area for kids and a separate deeper pool. Showers and changing rooms are available as well. Overall it was a good experience except for the long wait times.

Fantastic experience: I saw this on a friend's IG page and had to check it out! Well worth the drive! Less crowded, and I feel safer knowing the pools arent as deep and there were lifeguards who actually life guarded unlike Edmonton pools where lifeguards are often chit chatting with other employees than keeping an eye on folks. Only downside is the snackbar. A bit overpriced for food. Could have spent $50 here and had a kids feast of Costco food but I wanted to support the local inhouse kitchen. But after the quality of the food we got for the money we spent? Naw.

Fantastic experience: Advanced equipment and open space make the Abbey Centre a great environment to exercise. The quality of the fitness centre exceeds the average gym. The swimming pool and "moonwalker" style play area are fun for kids and parents.

Fantastic experience: A bit run down, commonly busy.. a real nice breath of fresh air from the Alberta's sun.

Fantastic experience: If there is thunder the pool is shut down but you can access the other facilities while you wait

Fantastic experience: Love this place its great for the kids! It's $20 per family which is amazing. Not very busy at all. Worth the 1hr drive from Edmonton.

Fantastic experience: Better service than McDonald's

Fantastic experience: Well equipped fitness facility.

Fantastic experience: Love It! Beautiful area and great facilities! Did not have to line up to vote either ❎