The complex, which includes a ballroom, sports halls and swimming pools, is owned by Brighton and Hove City Council and operated by Freedom Leisure.

A therapy room is based in the old entrance hall called purple turtle[7] which offers a wide variety of treatments.

The King Alfred Leisure Centre also has a ballroom which hosts a wide variety of events such as meetings, exams and live music, most notably is a performance by Nick Cave on 2 July 2008.

[8] There is also an indoor bowls club on the east side of the building (in what was once a car park) and 'multiplay' facilities to the west which have netball and tennis courts.

The purpose-built leisure facility Hove Marina was ready to be opened to the public when war was declared on 3 September 1939.

[13] The facility was almost immediately commandeered by the Royal Navy for the training of RNVR officers and was commissioned as HMS King Alfred.

[13] The east side of the building used to house three water slides (flumes) that fed into a plunge pool; ppened in August 1986, the fastest was called The Black Hole, followed by the red Aqua-jet, with the yellow Twister for beginners.