Information about Oriam

Heriot-Watt Univ Edinburgh Campus
EH14 4AS, Edinburgh
+441314518400

Opening hours

  • sunday: 8h-22h
  • monday: 6:30-22h
  • tuesday: 6:30-22h
  • wednesday: 6:30-22h
  • thursday: 6:30-22h
  • friday: 6:30-22h
  • saturday: 8h-20h
Oriam, Scotland's Sports Performance Centre is located in Heriot-Watt University's Edinburgh Campus near Currie. Home to some of the country's best sports facilities including high quality sports halls, Europe's largest indoor pitch, synthetic and grass pitches, indoor tennis centre, squash courts, fitness suites, gyms, studios, physiotherapy clinic, performance wing, hydrotherapy pool and café, Oriam is a hub for the local community, students and performance athletes in Scotland. Oriam is open for anyone to use and offers a range of services for you to keep fit and active. We have a range of gym memberships available and have a range of Pay As You Play Sports on offer including, badminton, tennis, football, squash and basketball.

Our comment from FitFit UK about Oriam:

Oriam, located in Edinburgh, is an impressive sports center offering a wide range of modern facilities. With top-notch amenities for various sports including indoor football pitches, basketball courts, squash courts, and well-equipped gym spaces, it's a go-to destination for both recreational and competitive athletes. The center's staff are frequently praised for their helpfulness and commitment to providing an excellent experience for visitors.

Key features of Oriam include:

  • Three indoor basketball courts
  • Major AstroTurf hall for football
  • A full-sized indoor football pitch
  • Extensive fitness class options
  • Exceptional physiotherapy services
  • Convenient parking facilities
  • A café for refreshments

Many visitors have noted the welcoming atmosphere and great design of the facility, making it suitable for families and athletes of all ages. However, there are some suggestions for improvement, notably regarding the shower facilities, which some users found inadequate compared to other gyms.

Overall, Oriam is regarded as a fantastic venue for sports enthusiasts, balancing quality facilities with a community-oriented approach, and is well worth a visit for anyone in the area.

Services, Machines and Guided Classes

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Oriam: Opinions

4.6/5 (200 Opinions)
Robert Bald 1 month ago

Fantastic experience: 3 indoor basketball courts in the main indoor sports arena. Desperate hall for hire, as well as major AstroTurf hall for football.

Rizwan Ali Siddique 1 month ago

Fantastic experience: Visited for jumma prayer but the place is huge and have lot of facilities for sports. With equipment and toilets, staff is amazing and considerate. Really helpful and friendly. Like the way it is built. Good work

Joseph Thomson Bruce 1 month ago

Fantastic experience: Been a member here for nearly 10 years. Play Walking Football and attend the gym. Very lucky to have the Oriam on my doorstep.

Dagmara Rybinska 2 months ago

Positive experience: I like the gym. It’s small but quite well equipped. I like that taking pictures and videoing is prohibited. Another reason why I chose this gym is the fact that my 10yrs old daughter could join the gym too. Selection of classes is massive. The only thing that should be upgraded are showers and that’s why I gave 4*. Budget gyms have better shower facilities. The shower curtains are far too small- not wide enough and I believe not very hygienic. I don’t really feel comfortable using showers there and definitely my daughter won’t use them. It’s a shame as I could go to work directly from the gym but instead I must go back home to take a shower.

Aravind Majji 2 months ago

Fantastic experience: I loved it

Weronika 3 months ago

Fantastic experience: I've been seeing a physio at Oriam and can totally recommend it. Alex was very helpful, motivated me to stay active and helped me in dealing with the issue I had. Thanks!

Oriam

Hi Weronika! Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review and we're so glad you gave us 5 stars for the service you received from Alex and the Oriam Clinic! We hope to see you again soon! Thanks, Kieran

Iain MacCall 3 months ago

Fantastic experience: Spaces sports centre with up to date facilities

Oriam

Hi Iain, Thanks for taking the time to leave a review! We're glad you enjoyed your visit, we hope to see you again soon! Thanks, Kieran

Ritvik Choudhary 4 months ago

Fantastic experience: A fantastic gym! I discovered it through their website and decided to visit for the parkrun, which was a great experience, along with their excellent café. While exploring the facility, I was genuinely impressed by the full-sized indoor football pitch. They also have a separate area for handball. Between the entrance and the car park, there are unique curved outdoor table-tennis tables. Overall, it's an incredible venue.

Oriam

Hi Ritvik! We're so glad that you enjoyed our facility! We look forward to seeing you again soon! Thanks! Kieran

Megha Lakshmi 5 months ago

Positive experience: The classes were great.

Oriam

Hi Megha! We're glad you enjoyed our classes here at Oriam, we would love to know what we can do to make our service 5 stars, if you have any comments or suggestions please email us at [email protected]. Many thanks, Kieran

Zool Msamh 5 months ago

Fantastic experience: Beautiful area and great building with nice and helpful staff.

Oriam

Hi Zool, Thanks for the great review! We're so glad you enjoy our facility and staff here at Oriam, Can't wait to see you again soon! Thanks, Kieran

Cotidie Game 5 months ago

Negative experience: Great tennis facility, however court bookings Monday through to Thursday mornings/early afternoon have recently been increased from £10 to £22 despite a lack of demand makes zero business sense.

Oriam

Hi There! Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review! We're glad you enjoyed our tennis facility and got to take advantage of our £10 sale which ran throughout July! Unfortunately our sale for tennis has now ended but we will be running promotions on a variety of sports throughout the year so keep an eye out for these! If you have any further comments or questions please feel free to contact us directly via [email protected] Many thanks, Kieran

Kevin McGlynn 5 months ago

Fantastic experience: First time here. Very impressive. Place is huge and a bit of a maze but great venue

N B 5 months ago

Fantastic experience: Huge sports complex. Indoor football pitches, tennis courts, gym halls, squash courts, exercise rooms and a couple of gyms with a good range of machines/weights. Small cafe. Great staff, very helpful and friendly. Car park and set in grounds of university. Well priced for gym membership.

Oriam

Hi there! Thanks for taking the time to leave us a great review! We're glad you rated us so highly! We hope to see you again soon! Many thanks, Kieran

Ivo Manoev 6 months ago

Fantastic experience: Nice place

Bill Brash 6 months ago

Fantastic experience: Superb facilities and so good they promote Walking Football

Oriam

Hi Bill, Thanks for leaving us a great review! Our walking football group really has been such a great success! Long may it continue! Many thanks, Kieran

Graeme Powell 7 months ago

Fantastic experience: Impressive inside and out.

Oriam

Hi Graeme, We're glad you enjoyed our facilities, hope to see you again soon. Thanks, Kieran

Nichola Baxter 7 months ago

Fantastic experience: A footballers paradise

Oriam

Hi Nichola, We're absolutely buzzing with your comment that we're a paradise for footballers and we'd hope that lovers of all sports would say the same for them too! Hope to see you back here soon! Thanks, Kieran

George Trist 7 months ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent complex, lots of pitches all well maintained. Not the greatest for fans but its intended for athletes improvment

Oriam

Hi George, Thanks for you review! Glad to hear you like our facilities. While we do cater for professional athletes, we also cater for community groups and the general public too! Oriam is for everyone and we hope to see you here again soon! Many thanks, Kieran

Daniel Byrne 7 months ago

Fantastic experience: First time there and it looks fantastic so much to do inside and out.ground immaculate plenty parking. Nice cafe

Oriam

Hi Daniel, Thanks for taking the time to leave such a lovely review! We do pride ourselves on our facilities and we're glad you appreciate it! Hope to see you again soon! Thanks, Kieran

Niall Wilson 7 months ago

Fantastic experience: There as spectator to watch my sons handball match

Oriam

Hi Niall, Thanks for your review! Hopefully you enjoyed the handball experience here at Oriam! Hope to see you again soon! Thanks, Kieran

Paul Hamill 8 months ago

Positive experience: An excellent sports centre but lacks seating capacity at the outdoor pitch, at a guess I'd say there's only 130 seats. This would be fine for amateur and youth football, but is lacking for the SWPL. Venue does get an extra star however for fans being so close to the pitch.

Oriam

Hi Paul, Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. While we appreciate your comments, there are no plans currently to expand seating on our outdoor synthetic pitch. We hope you had a great time at the SWPL fixture here at Oriam and hope to see you soon. Thanks, Kieran

Ryan Beattie 8 months ago

Fantastic experience: Great centre for performance sport. Incredibly busy but the standard of pitch, court, gym etc are excellent. Only critique is that the public gym isn't big enough

Oriam

Hi Ryan, Excited to hear that you love our facilities! We're aware at peak time the gym can get quite busy but that's why with our memberships you also get access to our S+C gym, complete with 12 squat racks, additional free weights and equipment for plyo training. Come ask a member of staff next time you're in! Hope to see you soon! Kieran

Paul Rattray 8 months ago

Fantastic experience: Always good

Oriam

Hi Paul, We're glad you think so! Hope this continues and see you soon! Thanks, Kieran

David Gray 8 months ago

Fantastic experience: Outstanding sports facility. I was there for a charity game. Access to the performance dressing rooms and use of the sound system for the compere.

Oriam

Hi David, So happy to hear you comments, it sounds like you really had the full performance sport experience, thanks for your feedback and hope to see you soon! Thanks, Kieran

paul mcculloch 8 months ago

Fantastic experience: What a great setup at the at the top of the range. students are very lucky to have such quality environment

Oriam

Hi Paul, Great pictures of our facility! In this case we hope you enjoyed the first ever indoor game in the UK, what a great day it was and such an honour to host! Hope to have you back soon! Thanks, Kieran

Charles Evans 8 months ago

Fantastic experience: Big roomy sporty venue. Great atmosphere.

Oriam

Hi Charles, We're so glad you enjoyed your visit, hopefully we see you back again soon! Kieran

Adam Wilkie 9 months ago

Positive experience: Good facility but could do with a wee bit of TLC on things like the water fountains, some of which have been broken for months on end

Oriam

Hi Adam, Thanks for leaving a review, it really helps us make Oriam better for everyone! We are working with maintenance teams often to ensure the upkeep of our wonderful facilities. We have noted your comments on water fountains and are having them looked at regularly. Thanks! Kieran

Chris Wilson 9 months ago

Fantastic experience: Great facilities for many sports, football basketball volleyball tennis badminton. Open to public. Download Oriam app Plenty of free parking

Oriam

Hi Chris, Thanks for taking the time to leave us feedback! We're delighted that you enjoy our facilities, can't wait to see you back! Kieran

Uma Iyer 10 months ago

Fantastic experience: Expensive for booking courts even for juniors

Oriam

Hi Uma, Thanks for your review! We have a wide range of facilities priced competitively against other facilities. You can also take advantage of a 20% discount if you book at off-peak times! We hope to see you again soon! Kieran

Brian S 11 months ago

Fantastic experience: Great facility

Oriam

Hi Brian, Thanks for your review! We're glad you enjoy the facilities! Hope to see you again soon!

Alex O 11 months ago

Negative experience: Criminally cold given one pays the same as Craiglockhart round the corner. Poorly signed directions to the courts and lack of parking. I'd recommend going here in warmer months.

Oriam

Hi Alex, Thanks for taking the time to leave a review! We understand that it gets very cold during the winter. We will look to improve our signage very soon! As for parking, although it can get busy at peak times, we have a variety of overflow parking available just a short walk from Oriam. If you have any further feedback or comments please don't hesitate to get in touch via [email protected] Thanks Kieran

E 11 months ago

Fantastic experience: Perfect place for tennis

Oriam

Hi there, Thanks for your review, we're so glad that you enjoy our new Indoor Tennis Centre. We hope to see you again soon!

Yves Lemarchand 11 months ago

Fantastic experience: Best value for money indoor tennis courts in Edinburgh...maybe Scotland....and brandnew!

Oriam

Hi Yves, Thanks for your great review! We're so happy that you enjoyed our courts and the value we offer. Hope to see you back soon! Kieran

Heather Mc 1 year ago

Positive experience: Only used the toilets as I was doing the 5k park run. Nice and clean. It has a cafe too.

MUHAMMAD ARIF GHAZNAVEE 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: A great club for playing SQUASH

Oriam

Hi Muhammad! Thanks for leaving us such a great review and we're happy that you have enjoyed our squash facilities! We hope to see you back soon!

Toufik Lkherba 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Very good

Muhammad Murtaza Khan 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Love playing futsal here. Amazing experience and nice price. Amazing experience there. Visited multiple times for the futsal facilities. Even has an amazing gym for everyone to use and other sports features. Definitely recommend everyone who is close by to come visit and play/train in any sports they like. Good experience and will come again.

Steve Philip 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great facility. Lots of parking. Indoor rugby is a thing!

Oriam

Hi Steve! We're glad you enjoyed your visit! Yes, here at Oriam you can play full size rugby, indoors! We hope to see you back soon.

Gookster 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Liked it

Michael Bell 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Basketball Facilities are great.

Oriam

Hi Michael! We're happy to hear you enjoy our basketball facilities, Thanks for the feedback!

Ryan Stewart 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: State of the art sports facility. Impressive in both scale and standard.

Oriam

Hi Ryan! We're so glad you were impressed with the facilities, Hope to see you back soon!

Lou Forbes-Blackwood 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing set up and very helpful team working there.

Oriam

Thank you so much for your fantastic review! We're delighted that you found our facility amazing and our team helpful. We take pride in providing a top-notch experience, and your kind words are truly appreciated. We look forward to having you back soon!

David Crossan 1 year ago

Positive experience: If your going to watch football then take a jacket as it's freezing.

Oriam

Hi David, Some great advice there! We appreciate that our indoor pitch can get pretty cold, but a reminder that you can warm up with a hot drink from the Oriam Cafe located beside reception! Thanks, Kieran

A.J. Fakoya 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Unluckily, I do not have any photos to provide. However, the Oriam at Heriot Watt is unreal! Name a sport and you've got it. It's got GYMS(emphasis on plural), courts, pitches, pools, and whatnot. It's well equipped as well, not needing personal equipment being brought! Crazy frfr

Solomon Bawa 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Sport zone with lots of games and sports

Stuart Taylor 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: It's a fantastic sporting facility and it's always a pleasure to play our football academy games there and my son plays basketball there also

Hussain Mohamed 1 year ago

Positive experience: A place for sport and joy! Just misses a nice café somewhere.

Oriam

Hi Hussain! We're so glad you enjoyed our facility! We now have the Oriam Cafe based next to reception. There are some tables in the reception area but also some additional seating upstairs in the Oriam Lounge. Hope to see you back soon!

Andy Neilson 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent facilities

Kwabena Anom Agyapong 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: One of the best indoor pitches in Edinburgh

Sly Swiggs 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: An amazing gym. Check the website - I went for the parkrun and used the cafe both excellent. Had a look around and was very impressed there’s a full size indoor football pitch. They do handball too in another room. Curved outdoor table-tennis tables feature between the entrance and the car park. What a fantastic venue.

Flash P 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Visiting the area and did a walk-through of the performance centre. It’s very clean and had indoor activities. The hotel guests can use the facility with there room card. They had a huge indoor pitch. There were several other basketball courts. And a small café near the entrance. The weight room looked very nice.

Matt Healy 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for football, had boys team tournament here.

Tom Ullathorne 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: First time we had visited the Oriam .. Impressive venue .. Great Volleyball when we visited!

Aleksander Jasinski 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great sport facilities accommodating almost all sports. You can buy snacks and drinks at reception. Sports halls are bit cheaper than most of school in Edinburgh. Great staff.

Kalil Sy 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Super cup british handball 20-21 May

John McAllister 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Have been a few times excellent facility was watching my grandson along with lots of other vety good teams play in a little tournament organised by Hearts

Ken Berry 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic facilities

Kareem Adepoju 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: World class sport facilities

MrJimmcadams 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Had a great day with the grandsons football team

David Fraser 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Nice upthere in General

Davy Oneil 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant set up

Sandesh Chowdary 1 year ago

Positive experience: One of the best places for all indoor games starting with badminton till squash. Prices are slight high compared to the other leisure centres

Loraine Henderson 1 year ago

Positive experience: No members only parking, very poor as you can't always find a space and have to park in another car park. No incentive for members to introduce someone to join.

Andrew Hamilton 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Unbelievable place. Just to spend time and have a look around is worth the time spent.

k lynass 1 year ago

Positive experience: Play football here weekly in the evening. Pitches and centre are the best I've ever played in. Car park just been upgraded thankfully as it was pretty bad previously.

Joe Mcallister 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Outstanding facilities

Kyrsta Macdonald-Scott 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: The center is very well designed, with great internal resources, or playing space, changing toilets and viewing. Parking is good, with the exception of the road stretch at entrance /disabled parking which is degrading and causes issue for disabled drivers.

B D 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent quality sports centre that makes one proud to be Scottish!

xiaoming 2 years ago

Fantastic experience:

Ioana Chelaru 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Wow is the perfect place.

akhadelor isaac 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: One of the best sports facilities in Edinburgh

Brian John 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent facilities

Doreen Milne 2 years ago

Positive experience: No snack bar for the football and the 'coffee cart ' closed 30 mins after kick off.

claire fleming 2 years ago

Negative experience: Can't get through to speak to anyone and when emailed for help told to download app which can't log in to. Shouldn't be this hard to make a booking.

Huester ! 2 years ago

Positive experience: Facilities are good but the gym is very disappointing

George Nisbet 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great sports centre, Only thing that let's it down is lack of cafés or coffee machines.

jules rizza 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent sports centre

Katy Henson 2 years ago

Positive experience: Great stadium, watch Scotland v England u18 handball. Clean stadium with friendly staff.

John Leaver 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing facilities and a fantastic group of staff to look after you. Highly recommend the gym and speaking to the fitness team for help.

Mike Brand 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Large & well designed indoor sporting and event space.

Robert White 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: pity about the cafe though

Barbara Noble 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Attended daughter's graduation. Lovely campus grounds at Herriot Watt University

Mohamed Mohamed 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: The best place to play football

William Sutherland 2 years ago

Positive experience: Great location and amenities

Patrick Ngabia 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely experienced member of staffs who are always willing to go an extra mile to serve you.

joanne middlemass 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: I was picking up tickets and the staff were very helpful. The entrance and reception was very clean

AHMAD AK1 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great stadium I invite everyone to go there Very fun You will have a great time there

Mike Veitch 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Only used the squash facilities which are fab but the rest of the place looks phenomenal.

james meikle 2 years ago

Positive experience: Very well kept grounds

Andy Muir 2 years ago

Positive experience: Great facilities and great staff. Was in it for a 3 day event and everyday place was spotless and staff were friendly and approachable.

Billy Brown 2 years ago

Positive experience: A well used sports area pity it's a bit for out of town but there is a good bus service

glasgowlocks 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Outstanding facility

John Mcdonald 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great experience.

Laura Miller 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great sports venue

Marco Barton 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very cool. Great space and environment

Peter Kinsley 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nicest staff ever.

Saif Ali Khokhar 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place. The staff is very friendly and helpful, it's is very cost efficient for Heriot-Watt University students.

Joseph Ola 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Loved it

Alistair Stewart 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great day out with the kids football team pitch was awesome

David Campbell 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant surrounding area and beautiful modern, futuristic building

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