Clubs where a child can join a weekly class and keep at it: climbing walls with kids' groups, pools with graded swimming lessons, tennis and padel courts, riding schools and football academies. Most group children by age and level, so a beginner and a keen returner both have somewhere to start.
A sports park run by the Comunidad de Madrid on Avenida de Filipinas, on the site of a club that Canal de Isabel II water workers started in 1930. In summer it opens a recreational pool and a separate kids' pool. All year there is a skating rink, a sports hall, clay and artificial-grass tennis courts, padel and football pitches.
A city-run sports center at the Puerta del Ángel edge of Casa de Campo, rebuilt in 2021. Indoors there is a 25-meter pool plus a shallow teaching pool for small children. In summer three outdoor pools open: a kids' pool and two recreational pools of 33 by 16 and 36 by 25 meters. Swim classes run for every age.
A bouldering and roped-climbing gym on an industrial estate between Leganés and Alcorcón, with a separate kids' center, The Climb Kids, built for ages 3 to 12. The kids' side has more than 600 m² of climbable walls plus a zip line. The climbing school sorts kids into play, sport and advanced groups by age and level, and a food truck serves home-style food after the session.
A 1,970 m² climbing center inside the X-Madrid mall, with bouldering and roped walls for every level. Kids from 4 can try Clip 'n Climb, a circuit of colorful challenge walls run by an instructor. The climbing school groups kids from 4 to 13 by age and level, a teen group takes 14 to 18, and parents can watch from the café or climb in their own group.
A riding school founded in 1982 as Pony Club La Moraleja, one of Spain's first schools to teach on ponies. Kids aged 4 to 9 ride Shetland ponies in the Mini Pony Club, in the arena, out in the countryside or doing vaulting. From about 9 or 10, riders move on to horses, with arena lessons and planned trail rides. It also runs therapeutic riding and birthday parties.
A big racket club in Montecarmelo with 30 padel courts and 17 tennis courts, indoor and outdoor, plus a pool, a lawn and a restaurant. Its academy runs year-long tennis and padel school groups for kids, with the same coach, classmates and time slot from September to June, and a summer campus that mixes padel, tennis, multisport and pool games.
The youth academy of Rayo Vallecano, based at the club foundation's sports complex in Ensanche de Vallecas. Boys' and girls' teams run from the youngest group, Debutantes, up to under-19, and every team plays in the official Madrid federation leagues. New players are placed in groups by level and coached in the club's own training method.
The pool complex built for the 1986 World Swimming Championships. It has two 50-meter Olympic pools (one indoor, one outdoor under a winter bubble), a diving pool with 4 platforms and 8 springboards, a teaching pool, and a warm-water pool used for baby classes. Summer adds a semicircular paddling pool with a waterfall and a kids' pool. Swim classes start at 15 months.
A climbing gym with boulder, roped and auto-belay walls, plus Indoorkids, a separate zone for children with colorful, kid-shaped walls and play spaces. Kids can drop in with a parent, join the weekly climbing school from age 4, or come for Ludokids, three hours of supervised play. A café and restaurant on site lets parents watch from a table.
A bouldering gym with more than 180 problems over 2,500 m², with new problems set every week, plus 16 auto-belays on 40 short 6-meter routes. Small kids have their own separate family area, where every boulder is set for them. There is also a gym, changing rooms with family bathrooms, and a 350 m² cantina for a meal before or after climbing.
A large climbing gym with about 100 boulder problems reset every week, a 12-meter wall with 22 auto-belays and around 75 routes, and more than 120 roped routes up to 18 meters, including official speed routes. Kids can start at 4 with a guided intro session, join the weekly climbing school (ages 4 to 17), or climb alongside a parent. A bar serves pizza afterward.
Clubs where a child can join a weekly class and keep at it: climbing walls with kids' groups, pools with graded swimming lessons, tennis and padel courts, riding schools and football academies. Most group children by age and level, so a beginner and a keen returner both have somewhere to start.
A sports park run by the Comunidad de Madrid on Avenida de Filipinas, on the site of a club that Canal de Isabel II water workers started in 1930. In summer it opens a recreational pool and a separate kids' pool. All year there is a skating rink, a sports hall, clay and artificial-grass tennis courts, padel and football pitches.
A city-run sports center at the Puerta del Ángel edge of Casa de Campo, rebuilt in 2021. Indoors there is a 25-meter pool plus a shallow teaching pool for small children. In summer three outdoor pools open: a kids' pool and two recreational pools of 33 by 16 and 36 by 25 meters. Swim classes run for every age.
A bouldering and roped-climbing gym on an industrial estate between Leganés and Alcorcón, with a separate kids' center, The Climb Kids, built for ages 3 to 12. The kids' side has more than 600 m² of climbable walls plus a zip line. The climbing school sorts kids into play, sport and advanced groups by age and level, and a food truck serves home-style food after the session.
A 1,970 m² climbing center inside the X-Madrid mall, with bouldering and roped walls for every level. Kids from 4 can try Clip 'n Climb, a circuit of colorful challenge walls run by an instructor. The climbing school groups kids from 4 to 13 by age and level, a teen group takes 14 to 18, and parents can watch from the café or climb in their own group.
A riding school founded in 1982 as Pony Club La Moraleja, one of Spain's first schools to teach on ponies. Kids aged 4 to 9 ride Shetland ponies in the Mini Pony Club, in the arena, out in the countryside or doing vaulting. From about 9 or 10, riders move on to horses, with arena lessons and planned trail rides. It also runs therapeutic riding and birthday parties.
A big racket club in Montecarmelo with 30 padel courts and 17 tennis courts, indoor and outdoor, plus a pool, a lawn and a restaurant. Its academy runs year-long tennis and padel school groups for kids, with the same coach, classmates and time slot from September to June, and a summer campus that mixes padel, tennis, multisport and pool games.
The youth academy of Rayo Vallecano, based at the club foundation's sports complex in Ensanche de Vallecas. Boys' and girls' teams run from the youngest group, Debutantes, up to under-19, and every team plays in the official Madrid federation leagues. New players are placed in groups by level and coached in the club's own training method.
The pool complex built for the 1986 World Swimming Championships. It has two 50-meter Olympic pools (one indoor, one outdoor under a winter bubble), a diving pool with 4 platforms and 8 springboards, a teaching pool, and a warm-water pool used for baby classes. Summer adds a semicircular paddling pool with a waterfall and a kids' pool. Swim classes start at 15 months.
A climbing gym with boulder, roped and auto-belay walls, plus Indoorkids, a separate zone for children with colorful, kid-shaped walls and play spaces. Kids can drop in with a parent, join the weekly climbing school from age 4, or come for Ludokids, three hours of supervised play. A café and restaurant on site lets parents watch from a table.
A bouldering gym with more than 180 problems over 2,500 m², with new problems set every week, plus 16 auto-belays on 40 short 6-meter routes. Small kids have their own separate family area, where every boulder is set for them. There is also a gym, changing rooms with family bathrooms, and a 350 m² cantina for a meal before or after climbing.
A large climbing gym with about 100 boulder problems reset every week, a 12-meter wall with 22 auto-belays and around 75 routes, and more than 120 roped routes up to 18 meters, including official speed routes. Kids can start at 4 with a guided intro session, join the weekly climbing school (ages 4 to 17), or climb alongside a parent. A bar serves pizza afterward.