Sports Centre and Gym, University of Cambridge

Information about Sports Centre and Gym, University of Cambridge
Opening hours
- sunday: 8h-20h
- monday: 6:30-22h
- tuesday: 6:30-22h
- wednesday: 6:30-22h
- thursday: 6:30-22h
- friday: 6:30-22h
- saturday: 8h-20h
The University of Cambridge Sports Service maintains three sites around the city, each available for hire: University of Cambridge Sports Centre Philippa Fawcett Drive Cambridge CB3 0AS Wilberforce Road Sports Ground Wilberforce Road Cambridge CB3 0EQ Fenner's Cricket & Tennis Ground Mortimer Road Cambridge CB1 2EL
Our comment from FitFit UK about Sports Centre and Gym, University of Cambridge:
Welcome to the Sports Centre and Gym at the University of Cambridge, a premier destination for fitness enthusiasts. Our facilities are renowned for their exceptional quality and variety, making us one of the best gyms in Cambridge. Visitors consistently praise our:
- Superb Facilities: From well-equipped gyms to spacious sports halls, we offer a wide range of amenities, including strength and conditioning rooms, basketball courts, and more.
- Friendly Staff: Our courteous and helpful staff are always ready to assist you, creating a welcoming environment for all visitors.
- Excellent Equipment: Enjoy access to a variety of modern exercise machines, including treadmills, ellipticals, and strength training equipment. Recent renovations have only added to our appeal.
- Value for Money: Members appreciate the flexible membership options without contracts, making it easier to stay fit without commitment.
- Convenient Location: Although slightly distant from the main city, the sports centre is easily accessible with ample parking facilities.
While our centre has received numerous accolades, we recognize areas for improvement, such as:
- Some facilities, like the men's changing rooms, need better maintenance.
- The lack of a swimming pool has been a disappointment for many patrons.
- Parking can be challenging during peak times, particularly for non-members.
Despite minor drawbacks, we are committed to providing a top-notch sports experience for all. Join us at the Sports Centre and Gym and discover your new fitness sanctuary!
Sports Centre and Gym, University of Cambridge: Opinions
Fantastic experience: Superb facilities and good value for money. I also like the fact that you are not tied to a contract like other gyms. The strength and conditioning room and the amount of equipment in there is incredible. If you’re into strength training, I highly recommend this gym.
Fantastic experience: Went to the place for Cambridge dance competition in the court. The entire area was clean and huge
Fantastic experience: Fantastic sports centre
Fantastic experience: I visited a Job fair here, facilities looked very good
Fantastic experience: Wonderful venue with friendly staff and so much fun playing pickle ball
Fantastic experience: The gym is very well equipped, with many treadmills, cycle trainers, weight racks, bench press racks, squat racks and multi-functional trainers. The staff is also very nice.
Fantastic experience: Didn’t stop for long but very well equipped. Large scale of exercise machines, on site coffee places with very reasonable prices.
Negative experience: Play badminton, they didn't chase us away and no one come so we continue play. Then they set a trap by forcing us to pay the extra hour on the way back, feel cheated.
Fantastic experience: Good but quite far from the main city
Fantastic experience: best basketball court in Cambridge
Fantastic experience: Hands down one of the best gyms in Cambridgeshire. The sheer number of strength training equipment is impressive. Equipment is highly advanced and quite literally built to perfection. Sufficient space, lockers, and showering facilities for a quick detour on the way to work. Remains sparsely populated early morning. In-house cafeteria is an added bonus! Receptions and trainers are polite and helpful. A minor drawback is that it stays closed during public holidays.
Positive experience: Been a member since 2015 Pros: Facilities are good and staff always friendly and helpful. Quiet during the day, can get busy around 5 onwards (Small) car park nearby Cons: - Expensive. - Treadmills can't connect to WiFi which makes the Technogym feature useless. One of the most predigious and wealthy unis in the country and they can't sort out their WiFi. - Always having issues with the men's changing rooms stinking of something . - Lots of lockers seem to have been broken for a long while. Refer to the earlier comment about wealthy uni. - No pool. - Even after a recent repair the carpark still looks like a victim of Russian shelling.
Positive experience: Loud unpleasant music, untidy changing rooms, perfume overuse by students, but good location
Fantastic experience: Great gym not to far from city centre good resourceful Indoor sports hall plus large fitness gym and weights gym added bonus of a boxing training arena though is no swim pool or latest hi tech phisio aperatus such as a hydo pool ecetra
Fantastic experience: The best sports centre I have ever been. I have been a member of this gym for more than 2 years now. What separate this gym from others is their staff and the facilities you get to use. Would love to see them have a swimming pool as a part of the centre in the future
Fantastic experience: Excellent facilities
Positive experience: Attended a trampoline competition with my granddaughter. First class facilities, plenty of seating available for spectators. Poor cafeteria with limited selection of food available, considering the number of people who attended today.
Fantastic experience: Great gym with a good variety of equipment.
Fantastic experience: Easy to find, plenty of car parking. Lovely facilities.
Fantastic experience: Amazing indoor courts. Need to book as early as possible.
Fantastic experience: Lovely facilities and a good working environment.
Positive experience: Been to the centre a few times so far. Nice and clean facility
Fantastic experience: You can book and use easily
Positive experience: Personally find the gym membership overpriced for the space and amount of equipment but this is the only major gym in the area. Recently there has been a renovation with new kit added, more benches and cable machines. Mens changing rooms stinks the times I've been over the last few months. And many lockers in the changing rooms do not work.
Positive experience: Friendly and helpful staff. Superb facilities including gym, sports hall and fives courts. Parking facilities need to be increased and updated though.
Fantastic experience: Really good facilities
Fantastic experience: Everything is well maintained. Great facilities with a lot of space and machines for all types of exercises and routines. Friendly and helpful staff .
Fantastic experience: Good sports venue
Fantastic experience: Nice place and good service
Fantastic experience: My grandson came for a coaching session. It was excellent!
Fantastic experience: Great facility, friendly staff
Fantastic experience: I need get back to it it’s great gym
Fantastic experience: Great facilities for squash, badminton, basketball and fives. I play squash here often and it’s about the best in Cambridge. 5 well taken care of courts with glass back wall and seating and tables. Parking is available on site or otherwise cycling is very convenient too. I recommend using the mobile app, though cumbersome, it’s functional for booking.
Positive experience: There are excellent facilities here. Changing rooms are spacious and always clean. There is a brilliant physio on site. Parking is good It would definitely get 5 stars if there were tennis courts...
Positive experience: Good gym and sports facilities
Fantastic experience: I go here to play squash regularly. There are 5 squash quarts that you can play on, each costing £10 for 45 minutes for a member. The gym inside looks small but features a wide variety of equipment. The staff are friendly and you can borrow racquets from the centre.
Fantastic experience: It was large enough to gost the tae kwon do competition Oxford vs Cambridge. Good hall and gym area.
Positive experience: Fui assistir a um jogo de vôlei e não pude entrar porquê estava com o meu cachorro :(
Fantastic experience: Nice gym. Easy access and parking. But only if they could probably make the gym a little nicer and put a few new machines etc.
Fantastic experience: Amazing facilities, friendly staff! Can book courts and group classes through app. Convenient systems.
Positive experience: This is a great facility and the Futsal on display was to a high standard
Positive experience: Top sports facility, but no swimming pool.
Fantastic experience: Awesome Badminton and jim facility
Fantastic experience: Very good facility.
Fantastic experience: Great place and very clean
Fantastic experience: Excellent gym with a strength and conditioning area as well as a cardio/machines room. S&C room has 6 power racks, 8 new blackbox racks with safety arms and access to a 'team training room' upstairs with 3 more racks when not in use by teams in term-time. Dumbell weights go up to 60kg. Most users will come here for the cardio and machines room which you walk right up to as you enter the facility with plenty of ellipticals, Wattbikes, treadmills etc. This has recently been refurbished in April 2023. Negatives are the showers which have mould on the tiled walls and grout. Despite mentioning this to staff for several months, this has not been removed nor regularly cleaned off. Many of the lockers have been out of use for years. Other maintenance issues could also be more speedily resolved. Only thing that's really missing is a sauna to relax. Commend the gym for taking hygiene seriously with hygiene stations around the premises with paper towels to clean all equipment before/after use.
Fantastic experience: Probably one of the best university gyms I've been to. And definitely the best gym in Cambridge.
Fantastic experience: One of the best places to play sports. Totally loved it.
Fantastic experience: Great facilities at good prices, especially if you're a student
Positive experience: Great gym, just wish it had a sauna / steam room
Fantastic experience: Clean, well organised sports centre.
Fantastic experience: Excellent modern facilities.
Positive experience: Good facilities
Positive experience: just passed by ...
Fantastic experience: Good covid precautions and one way system
Fantastic experience: Great gym
Fantastic experience: Nice
Fantastic experience: They've been doing such an amazing job of operating the gym under Covid guidelines
Fantastic experience: Way to small for an university of that size otherwise nice.
Fantastic experience: Well run gym, feels very safe covid-wise
Positive experience: They can do better.
Positive experience: Really nice clean and quiet gym (at least when I went). Staff are friendly and helpful and it has a good range of equipment and facilities. Just lacks swimming/Spa facilities to make it 5*
Fantastic experience: Wheelpower put on a grand event for little rockers and not so little rockers
Fantastic experience: Fantastically helpful and kind staff, excellent range of equipment, decent price
Fantastic experience: Great facilities
Fantastic experience: Super friendly staff, great classes and plenty of room and equipment!:))
Fantastic experience: Great equipment and people. Hours are sensible
Positive experience: High quality gym equipment and sports facilities. I would not complain on the student pricing forthe gym for the quality of service it provides. Specifically can recommend the badminton courts and indoor courts in general. Probably one of the best sporting facility of a University.
Fantastic experience: Excellent facility
Positive experience: Very expensive gym, especially as they keep some of the equipment rooms closed so you cannot use their full range. Not bad though, and it is convenient for those living in Eddington.
Positive experience: Great!
Negative experience: Catering facilities within the sports hall have been shut down. I was directed to Sainsbury's (a mile away) when I asked.
Positive experience: Just the place to get back to fitness
Fantastic experience: Very helpful and kind.
Fantastic experience: Eldest daughter accesses this superb sports centre attending the CADMuS ... Cambridge adult disability multi sport club ... a few disabled parking spaces, as well as some parking space facilities. Ease of access for those on foot ... Sign posting can be a bit confusing before the actual turning of Phillipa Fawcett Drive. Level access on main square and into the centre itself.
Positive experience: Lovely facilities. Only issue is the air conditioning isn't perfect and also the prices for membership and booking are quite high
Fantastic experience: Aš ten lankausi pas fizioterapeuta,esu patenkinta
Positive experience: Good gym, but can be full of students just talking for hours.
Fantastic experience: Really lovely facility! Friendly employees and it was very clean.
Fantastic experience: The best gym in Cambridge, with fantastic staff.
Fantastic experience: Great place !
Fantastic experience: Well-equipped gym, kind staff. Members could have the training schedule from the experts
Positive experience: Lovely place to work out and play badminton, squash etc. Bit disappointed that they dont have swimming pool. They should also change to better lock and barrier system
Positive experience: Good. But pricey for students..
Positive experience: University competition. Great venue. Nice staff.
Fantastic experience: Excellent sports facilities, friendly and welcoming staff, a great centre open to all Cambridge residents.
Fantastic experience: Best facilities ever seen in any sports arena.
Positive experience: Good facilities, but parking is a nightmare for non-members.
Positive experience: Excellent centre with plenty of space. Gym is well equipped as is the weight room. A large variety of sports are run here which are mostly open to all not just students (just check the clubs web/fb pages for details). Only occasional problem is the parking which is a bit lacking and you'll need a card to access it.
Fantastic experience: Best gym I've been to! 6 power racks in the strength room, plenty of weights and space for all sorts of exercises.
Positive experience: Went here for a fencing event. The car park was a very long walk from the sports centre. Thankfully it was not raining. Could be a problem if you have difficulties walking.
Positive experience: Pretty good generally.
Fantastic experience: Great facilities, staff friendly
Negative experience: Still no swimming pool. How disappointing for 25 years the promise has been "in the next ten years".... well of course the next ten years has never come.
Fantastic experience: Great facilities with changing rooms, toilets and water fountains
Negative experience: Would be an alright gym if they enforced the rule of no mobile phones in the gym. Instead you get zombies sat staring at their phone screen, taking up equipment that could be used by someone else.
Fantastic experience: Very well equipped facility
Fantastic experience: World class facilities
Fantastic experience: Superb. Great staff, Great Centre
Fantastic experience: Friendly staff ! Great facility !
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