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Gym League Table

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Gym League Table

I’ve kept a list of all the gyms I’ve been to in my lifetime and ranked them based on defining characteristics. They’ve lived in my Apple Notes for a couple of years and it’s gained a lot of interest amongst my fellow gym goers, so I’ve publicised it. I’ve done (most) of the hard research, so you don’t have to.

All the ratings are representative of the ‘Luxury level’ that they offer. In layman’s terms, It takes into account “You get what you pay for”.

Showing All Gyms

Gym 👎🏾 4/10

Wetside Facilities 👎🏾 4/10

Spa Retreat Didn’t use

Café & Work Area 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 👍🏾 6/10

Parking Didn’t use

No notes for this visit.

Gym 👍🏾 8/10

Wetside Facilities Didn’t use

Spa Retreat 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Café & Work Area 👍🏾 8/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Parking Didn’t use

Indoor Spa retreat looks tired, but outdoor spa retreat is so much nicer. This is like a photocopy of Sudbury Hill (2023)

Gym 👎🏾 2/10

Wetside Facilities 👎🏾 2/10

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area 👎🏾 3/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 👎🏾 2/10

Parking 👍🏾 8/10

Half of the gym equipment was broken and half the other equipment was visibly worn. Half the westside facilities were out of order and the provisions for changing into/out of wetsuits were lacklustre. Whole place needed cleaning. Wouldn't recommend.

Gym 👍🏾 7/10

Wetside Facilities Didn’t use

Spa Retreat Didn’t use

Café & Work Area Didn’t use

Cleanliness & Maintenance Not Assessed

Parking Didn’t use

No notes for this visit.

Gym 💎 10/10

Wetside Facilities 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Spa Retreat 👍🏾 8/10

Café & Work Area 👍🏾 9/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 💎 10/10

Parking Didn’t use

Amazing throughout

Gym 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Wetside Facilities Unavailable

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area Unavailable

Cleanliness & Maintenance Not Assessed

Parking Didn’t use

No notes for this visit.

Gym 👍🏾 8/10

Wetside Facilities Unavailable

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area Didn’t use

Cleanliness & Maintenance Not Assessed

Parking Didn’t use

It's so wonderfully ghetto, I nickname it "White Refrigerator". The atmosphere looks absolutely atrocious (from a David Lloyds member perspective) but functionally, it's superb - hence the high score. Has a Cafeteria, but didn't try. Would definitely visit again, proper gym equipment for serious, no-nonsense gym rats.

Gym 👍🏾 7/10

Wetside Facilities Unavailable

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area Unavailable

Cleanliness & Maintenance Not Assessed

Parking Didn’t use

No notes for this visit.

Gym 👍🏾 7/10

Wetside Facilities Unavailable

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area Unavailable

Cleanliness & Maintenance Not Assessed

Parking Didn’t use

No notes for this visit.

Gym 👍🏾 8/10

Wetside Facilities Unavailable

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area Unavailable

Cleanliness & Maintenance Not Assessed

Parking Didn’t use

No notes for this visit.

Gym 👍🏾 8/10

Wetside Facilities Unavailable

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area Unavailable

Cleanliness & Maintenance Not Assessed

Parking Didn’t use

Had issues with access, but well equipped and great customer service otherwise.

Gym 👍🏾 7/10

Wetside Facilities Unavailable

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area Unavailable

Cleanliness & Maintenance 👎🏾 4/10

Parking Didn’t use

Well-equpped, but they use shower curtains.

Gym 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Wetside Facilities Unavailable

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area Unavailable

Cleanliness & Maintenance Not Assessed

Parking Didn’t use

My first ever gym visit.

Gym 👍🏾 7/10

Wetside Facilities 👍🏾 8/10

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area 👎🏾 3/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 💎 10/10

Parking 👎🏾 4/10

Obscene membership price, so only came here as a guest. Good "Talent", and had a bad encounter with a rude receptionist. Good steam room & sauna. Very clean throughout.

Gym 👎🏾 4/10

Wetside Facilities Unavailable

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area Unavailable

Cleanliness & Maintenance 🗑️ 0/10

Parking 👎🏾 2/10

Used to be a regular here. Always smelt terrible. Very interesting characters here, some feral as many lockers are broken into. Guaranteed to have at least one person loitering in the changing rooms.

Gym 👎🏾 4/10

Wetside Facilities Didn’t use

Spa Retreat 👍🏾 9/10

Café & Work Area 👍🏾 6/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 👍🏾 8/10

Parking 👍🏾 7/10

The gym was well-equipped, but in dire need of a refurb to match the reception area. Amazing Spa retreat comparable to Enfield and Chigwell.

Gym 👍🏾 9/10

Wetside Facilities 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Spa Retreat 👍🏾 8/10

Café & Work Area 👍🏾 7/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 👍🏾 8/10

Parking 👎🏾 2/10

I'm a regular visitor here. Best inner-London branch. They don't serve burritos here and the parking is literally 'stacked', which can pose a real issue if the car park is busy or your car is stranded.

Gym 👍🏾 8/10

Wetside Facilities 👍🏾 8/10

Spa Retreat 👍🏾 9/10

Café & Work Area 👍🏾 8/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 💎 10/10

Parking 👍🏾 8/10

Remarkable branch all round, Amazing "Talent" and similar vibe to Chigwell.

Gym 👍🏾 8/10

Wetside Facilities 👍🏾 8/10

Spa Retreat 💎 10/10

Café & Work Area 👍🏾 8/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 💎 10/10

Parking 👍🏾 7/10

Excellent all round. Superb "Talent". Exterior doesn't do the club justice. My favourite branch.

Gym 👎🏾 4/10

Wetside Facilities Didn’t use

Spa Retreat 🗑️ 0/10

Café & Work Area 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 👍🏾 8/10

Parking 💎 10/10

Classifying this as a Tier 1 branch at the time of visit must've been a joke or a mistake. Hugely disappointing all round and the spa retreat was an insult - the worst one I've ever been to. Only redeeming factors are the spacious changing rooms and the car park. Just go Chigwell and spare yourself the pain.

Gym 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Wetside Facilities 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Spa Retreat 👍🏾 6/10

Café & Work Area 👍🏾 7/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 👍🏾 9/10

Parking 🗑️ 0/10

It's located within a shopping centre which makes access and the layout very awkward. Everywhere except the spa retreat felt cramped and awkward. Only the excellent decor redeems it.

Gym 👍🏾 6/10

Wetside Facilities Didn’t use

Spa Retreat 👎🏾 4/10

Café & Work Area 👍🏾 7/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 👎🏾 3/10

Parking Didn’t use

Gym felt a little crowded with the low(ish) ceiling and the spa retreat stunk of old men. Left the spa after 15 minutes.

Gym Didn’t use

Wetside Facilities 👍🏾 6/10

Spa Retreat Didn’t use

Café & Work Area Didn’t use

Cleanliness & Maintenance Not Assessed

Parking 👍🏾 9/10

Certain members here lacked basic manners. Quick(ish) visit with a friend.

Gym 👍🏾 8/10

Wetside Facilities 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Spa Retreat 👍🏾 7/10

Café & Work Area 👍🏾 7/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 👎🏾 2/10

Parking 👎🏾 2/10

I'm a regular at this gym - customer service is great, but let down to poor maintenance with equipment and facilities and lengthy delays in rectifying them. Car park can be an issue in busy periods.

Gym Didn’t use

Wetside Facilities 👍🏾 6/10

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area 👍🏾 7/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance Not Assessed

Parking Didn’t use

No notes for this visit.

Gym 👍🏾 6/10

Wetside Facilities 👍🏾 7/10

Spa Retreat 👍🏾 9/10

Café & Work Area 👍🏾 7/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 👍🏾 8/10

Parking 👍🏾 9/10

Lockers are stupidly thin, but there's over 800 available. Someone attempted to break into my locker on my October 2025 visit.

Gym 👍🏾 6/10

Wetside Facilities 👍🏾 7/10

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area Didn’t use

Cleanliness & Maintenance Not Assessed

Parking Didn’t use

No notes for this visit.

Gym Unavailable

Wetside Facilities 👍🏾 6/10

Spa Retreat Didn’t use

Café & Work Area Didn’t use

Cleanliness & Maintenance 💎 10/10

Parking 👍🏾 6/10

Very nice decor, buy only the swimming pool is available if you don't have access to the spa retreat. Didn't use the gym.

Gym 👍🏾 6/10

Wetside Facilities 👍🏾 6/10

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area 👍🏾 6/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance Not Assessed

Parking Didn’t use

No notes for this visit.

Gym 👎🏾 4/10

Wetside Facilities 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 👍🏾 8/10

Parking 👍🏾 8/10

Sauna & Steam rooms are painfully tiny, but the outdoor pool facilities redeem it.

Gym 👍🏾 6/10

Wetside Facilities 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area Didn’t use

Cleanliness & Maintenance Not Assessed

Parking 💎 10/10

People are very friendly here. Would recommend for wholesome vibes (or I was just lucky)

Gym 👍🏾 7/10

Wetside Facilities 👍🏾 8/10

Spa Retreat 💎 10/10

Café & Work Area 👍🏾 7/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 💎 10/10

Parking 👍🏾 8/10

An exemplary, solid 10/10 Spa Retreat and excellent "Talent", would absolutely recommend if you're in the Manchester area.

Gym 👍🏾 6/10

Wetside Facilities 👍🏾 6/10

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area Didn’t use

Cleanliness & Maintenance Not Assessed

Parking Didn’t use

No notes for this visit.

Gym 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Wetside Facilities 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area 👎🏾 4/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance Not Assessed

Parking 👎🏾 4/10

Work area is basically the corridor

Gym 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Wetside Facilities 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 👍🏾 8/10

Parking 👍🏾 8/10

Average, but the "Talent" makes up for it.

Gym 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Wetside Facilities 👎🏾 4/10

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area Didn’t use

Cleanliness & Maintenance Not Assessed

Parking Didn’t use

No notes for this visit.

Gym 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Wetside Facilities 👎🏾 2/10

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area Didn’t use

Cleanliness & Maintenance Not Assessed

Parking Didn’t use

No Steam Room hence the low swim score.

Gym 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Wetside Facilities 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance Not Assessed

Parking Didn’t use

Average all round.

Gym 👍🏾 8/10

Wetside Facilities Unavailable

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area 👍🏾 8/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 👍🏾 8/10

Parking 👍🏾 8/10

Currently undergoing refurbishment. Gym has vastly improved with new equipment, but westside facilities were still under construction. 4/10 from my original October 2023 visit.

Gym 🗑️ 0/10

Wetside Facilities 👎🏾 2/10

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area 🗑️ 0/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance Not Assessed

Parking 👍🏾 7/10

Diabolical all-round, the worst David Lloyds bench I've ever visited. Throw the whole thing away and start again.

Gym 👍🏾 6/10

Wetside Facilities 👍🏾 6/10

Spa Retreat 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Café & Work Area 👍🏾 8/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 👎🏾 4/10

Parking 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Great place to bring a guest as the Spa Retreat is accessible to all.

Gym 👎🏾 4/10

Wetside Facilities 👍🏾 8/10

Spa Retreat 👍🏾 8/10

Café & Work Area 👍🏾 7/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 👎🏾 1/10

Parking 👍🏾 7/10

A branch that's sadly going downhill through the lack of maintenance, diabolical plumbing (resulting in a foul-smelling changing room) and at least one facility or gym machine out of use.

Gym 👍🏾 7/10

Wetside Facilities 👍🏾 9/10

Spa Retreat 👍🏾 6/10

Café & Work Area 👍🏾 6/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 🗑️ 0/10

Parking 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Super spacious gym, but is let down by the lack of cleanliness. Outdoor pool water was filthy and the changing rooms are consistently stuffy.

Gym 👎🏾 4/10

Wetside Facilities 👍🏾 8/10

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area 💎 10/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 👍🏾 9/10

Parking 👍🏾 7/10

Superb beachfront views from the gym & cafeteria and God-Tier steam room. Gym does appear knackered.

Gym 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Wetside Facilities 🤷🏾‍♂️ 5/10

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area 👍🏾 6/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 👎🏾 2/10

Parking 🗑️ 0/10

Layout is very awkward, no on-site parking. Caught Cryptosporidium from the jacuzzi from last visit.

Gym 👍🏾 6/10

Wetside Facilities 👍🏾 7/10

Spa Retreat Unavailable

Café & Work Area 👍🏾 6/10

Cleanliness & Maintenance 👎🏾 3/10

Parking 👍🏾 8/10

Last visited in November 2025 when it was undergoing refurbishment. Works expected to complete in late spring 2026 where it will be complete with new Padel Courts and a Spa Retreat.

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David Llloyds

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PureGym

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Fitness First

The Story

Gym or Gym Tour?

I’ve been a casual gym guy for a while. I used to sporadically train during the late 2010’s as I advanced out of my teenage years and into proper adulthood.

As of September 2023, I’ve been a proud David Lloyds Member, where I’ve become much more serious with my fitness. I train 5-6 times a week and I intend to train at as many branches as I can access with my membership.

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Personal Record Review.

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120KG

Decline Bench Press

250KG

Leg Press

42KG

Shoulder Press Dumbbells

125KG

Shoulder Shrugs

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