Information about SportBU Gym

SportBU reception Bournemouth University Talbot Campus Fern Barrow
BH12 5BB, Poole
+441202965012

Opening hours

  • sunday: 8h-20h
  • monday: 7:15-22:30
  • tuesday: 7:15-22:30
  • wednesday: 7:15-22:30
  • thursday: 7:15-22:30
  • friday: 7:15-22:30
  • saturday: 8h-20h
Whether you want to compete in the Olympics, get fitter, play with friends or take up a new sport, SportBU is the place for you. Our fantastic facilities, activities and sports are available to students, university staff and the local community.

Our comment from FitFit UK about SportBU Gym:

SportBU Gym, located in Poole, United Kingdom, is a vibrant fitness center that offers a warm and welcoming atmosphere for all its users. With a dedicated and friendly staff, many members appreciate the helpfulness and professionalism of the team, which creates a supportive community environment.

Key highlights of SportBU Gym include:

  • Excellent Facilities: The gym is equipped with new gym equipment and offers a variety of fitness classes throughout the day and evening.
  • Student-Friendly Pricing: The gym has competitive membership rates, making it accessible for university students. Many have noted the great value for money, especially with special student deals available.
  • Range of Classes: There is a wide selection of group classes, from Body Pump to Zumba, which are well-instructed and cater to different fitness levels.
  • Welcoming Environment: Members frequently compliment the gym for its friendly atmosphere, making it a great place to meet new people and enjoy workouts together.

While the gym is smaller in size and can get busy during peak hours, feedback indicates that it remains a cozy space for workouts. Some users have suggested improvements regarding operating hours and class schedules, particularly for those who prefer evening classes. Despite these challenges, the overall sentiment is overwhelmingly positive.

In summary, SportBU Gym is a cherished fitness hub that blends excellent facilities with a supportive community, ideal for university students seeking to enhance their fitness journey.

Services, Machines and Guided Classes

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SportBU Gym: Opinions

4.4/5 (47 Opinions)
Mohamed Sheik Farith 1 year ago

Positive experience: Gym is very busy and due to the gym being smaller, it can get busy at times.

Gabby 1 year ago

Negative experience: 1 ⭐️. Like everything at Bournemouth University, this gym opens late and closes early. Why can’t we have a 24hr gym like every other university? It seems everything at BU is a reminder of a cash-crabbing university it is. You charge the same gym membership fees as other public gyms which operates 24hrs, yet you don’t operate on full capacity or have swimming pool facilities. This university and its faculty are just wasting students’ money. Gym Staffs are lovely but you could have done better in terms of opening times. And don’t get me started on the lockers

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thank you for your feedback. Hearing positive feedback about our staff is always appreciated. We understand your concerns regarding our operating hours and facilities. Currently, our opening times are set to balance accessibility with safety and maintenance requirements. While we have received suggestions for a 24-hour gym, our feedback surveys to students as a whole have not shown significant demand for this change. However, we are always looking to improve and will continue to evaluate our operating hours. Regarding the membership fees, we strive to provide value through our range of services and quality equipment, which received a £250,000 investment at the start of the year. While the university has not invested in a pool due to the number of facilities already available in the area, we have strong relationships with local swimming clubs to provide swimming coaching and student discounts. We acknowledge your concerns about the lockers and share your frustration. That's why we've recently invested £25,000 to replace them with a more modern solution, which will be installed on site within the month. Therefore, we thank you for bringing these issues to our attention. Your feedback is crucial as we strive to enhance our services for all BU students.

Amanda Perez 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent facilities lots of classes day and evening, new gym equipment very friendly helpful staff

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thank you for your positive review! We're delighted to hear that you're enjoying our facilities, including our wide range of classes available throughout the day and evening. Our commitment to providing top-notch equipment and creating a welcoming environment is at the core of what we do. We greatly appreciate your recognition of our friendly and helpful staff. Your satisfaction is our priority, and we look forward to continuing to provide you with excellent service and facilities. If you have any further feedback or suggestions, please don't hesitate to let us know.

Amanda Listowska 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Highly recommend gym! Staff is very professional, helpful and friendly making this place welcoming for everyone. New gym equipment and lots of interesting classes!

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thank you for your fantastic review! We're thrilled to hear that you highly recommend our gym. Providing a welcoming environment for everyone is a top priority for us, and we're delighted that our staff's professionalism, helpfulness, and friendliness have contributed to your positive experience. It's great to know that you're enjoying our new gym equipment and finding our variety of classes interesting. Your feedback is invaluable to us, and we're committed to maintaining the high standards that you've come to expect. We look forward to welcoming you back for more enjoyable workouts!

Jo 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely people nice place.

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Awe, thanks Jo. Thank you for your kind words! We're glad to hear that you've had a positive experience at our gym. Creating a friendly and welcoming atmosphere for our members is important to us, and we're delighted that you've found our staff and facilities to your liking. If there's anything specific you'd like to see improved or any suggestions you have for us, please feel free to share. We appreciate your feedback and look forward to continuing to provide you with a pleasant experience during your visits to our gym.

FISH4JUNK 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: a lil gem

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thank you immensely for your fantastic 5-star review! We're thrilled to hear that you consider our gym a little gem... We think so too . Your review mean a lot to us, and we're delighted that you had a positive experience with us. If you have any further feedback or suggestions you'd like to share, please don't hesitate to reach out. We're here to ensure your continued satisfaction and look forward to welcoming you back soon!

Ece Şanıvar 2 years ago

Positive experience: We play basketball there. İt is not the best court but not bad

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thank you for your feedback! We're glad to hear you enjoy playing basketball at our facility. We do what we can with the space, but we're always open to suggestions for improvement. If you have any specific ideas, please let us know. We look forward to seeing you on the court again soon!

Toby Muir 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Really great space! I swapped here after university got busy and commuting to other gyms became quite a hassle. There’s a great selection of equipment ranging from cardio machines, free-weights area and even a punching bag. Only issue is that the space is relatively small so it can be difficult to find a consistent workout during peak hours. Also to mention, I’ve had a couple moments where the WIFI will cut out, however this hasn’t ruined my experience. For the most part, SportBU Gym is incredibly welcoming and great for university students. I’ve had everything that I need to improve, and the staff are really friendly and accommodating. It’s a great place to workout and make friends. The lockers are a great addition too, with an easy to setup code system to protect your belongings. Love this gym, wish I was going here a lot sooner during university! ️‍♂️

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

What a great review! Thanks Toby, very informative and thankyou very much for the 5* !

sharon stephens 2 years ago

Positive experience: Went to a zumba class,which was great

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thank you for your review! We're thrilled to hear you enjoyed the Zumba class. What more do you need to say?! I'll pass your review onto the instructors, im sure this will make their day. We look forward to seeing you at more classes soon!

EL Tompkins 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Smallish gym but I love it. I go on Saturday morning. It’s always quiet. Friendly staff, always clean

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thank you for your feedback! We're delighted to hear that you love our gym (we do too) and enjoy your Saturday morning visits. We do what we can with the space and are constantly investing to improve it. We take pride in maintaining a clean facility and having friendly staff, so thank you for mentioning them. If you have any suggestions for improvement, we'd love to hear them. We look forward to seeing you again soon!

Francesca Sacco 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent gym

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

♥️ Thanks Francesca for the 5star review! You are awesome If you have any suggestions for improvement, we'd love to hear them. We look forward to seeing you again soon!

Caroline Burr 2 years ago

Positive experience: Lovely friendly team and great facilities. Such good value too!

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thank you Caroline! We are glad you enjoyed your visit!

James Mills 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: It is always clean, tidy and the staff are helpful and attentive. Plenty of classes to choose from with various times and for a small gym, the opening times suit well from early morning to late night.

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thank you James for this amazing feedback! We are glad you are enjoying your time here at SportBU!

arif sirin 2 years ago

Positive experience: Sports BU has a range of classes at convenient times. The gym itself is a lot smaller than other gyms but it never got too crowded when I went there. Prices are good. If you are a student is best to look out for their student deals, especially beginning of September.

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thanks Arif for this review! We are pleased you enjoy our facilities!

Hardeyrohunkeh 2 years ago

Positive experience: Cool..

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thank you for your feedback! We're glad to hear you had a decent experience with us. We are always striving to improve and would love to know what we can do to make your next visit even better. Your insights are valuable to us, so please feel free to share any suggestions. We look forward to welcoming you back soon!

Elizabeth Martin 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Rented for a birthday party and and it was amazing

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

What a great review to kick the week off! Always nice to hear. Will pass this on to the party staff We're happy you guys had a fantastic birthday and thankyou for great review

Liz Hammond-Laing 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Love Rachel’s Body Pump classes. She is such a professional with a great sense of humour. So lucky to have such high quality instructors at SportBU

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Amazing! Thanks Liz for the review and especially the 5*. We agree, we are lucky to have such a great team of instructors

Naden Alkhadar 2 years ago

Positive experience: The stuff and the instructors are great. But the gym have limited classes and most of the classes finish at 6:00 pm or before. They even cancelled the pump class on Monday and Thursday at 7:00pm which used to suits me. I'm not a student and I pay £30 a month for the gym, because it's close to me, so ideal! However, I finish work at 6:00 pm, I always miss the good classes. I don't like working out myself and prefer joining classes and workout as a group with an instructor! I love Zumba class, hope they make it 3 classes a week instead of two. It would be great if you change the timetable for some of the classes or add more classes after 6:15 pm

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Hi Naden, Thankyou for taking the time to leave us some feedback about the Group Fitness Timetable. We're in the process of creating the springs timetable and have done our best to accommodate some of the points you mentioned. We hope you like what you see. Watch this space.

James Roper 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great gym. Decent collection of gear. Friendly, helpful staff.

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thanks James for the awesome 5*! You rock!

Joseph Dorey 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: The sports massage with Matt was nowhere near as painful and made so much more difference than I was expecting, thoroughly recommend

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

That's amazing to hear Joseph. Will pass this onto Matt

Youngmin Miah 3 years ago

Positive experience: I love doing my work out with people, so enjoying my work out through the BU Gym classes, especially hard core instructor like Helen's Body Pump or LBT and great fun Zumba class! For this reason, I was not happy when BU Gym cancelled or reduced the classes over holidays (Summer, Easter and Christmas) thus, I believe members including me made a complain about this. Gladly, BU Gym management team has listened to our complain and bring the classes back on (with condition) which is great and appreciated. However, some of the classes has cancelled without telling the members and changed the instructor which this was not fair to both the members and the instructor! BU Gym is lucky to have great instructors who helps members to enjoy their work out during the classes! Next time, I hope the gym management team listen to the members and instructors before actually they decide to cancel or change the classes.

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thank you for your feedback. We have taken this advise on board and are now offering even more classes throughout the holidays! We are sorry for any inconveniences caused previously. We are striving to prevent any disruption to our timetable. Please let us know if there is anything else we can do.

Barbora Pelcakova 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: I love the fitness classes, pump with Rachel, LBT with Helen R and Zumba with Wen & Jose are amazing! All of the instructors are fantastic and extremely dedicated. They are professional, approachable and friendly. I feel that they give each and every class their all, full on 100% and I have had a great workout every time I do a class. The front desk staff are helpful and friendly. The gym management listen to my concerns and suggestions, which is nice to see. I feel that I am not just a number, a small cog in a big wheel like I did when I went to the larger gyms. Thank you all for brilliant work! Keep it up!

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thanks Barbora for the awesome 5* Review!

Alex Blower 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Full of excersices! You can do leg ones, arm ones, tummy ones. All sorts. Five stars.

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Well you're not wrong Alex. Thankyou so so much for the awesome 5* review

علي فاضل 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Genoa cafe Italian food جنوى كافيه وجبات ايطاليه

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Not sure this review was for our gym... But we'll take it . Thankyou very much for the 5star review. You Rock!

bib_n_ 3 years ago

Positive experience: Good

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Wow! Thanks for the 5*!

Elissa Clark 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Warm and welcoming gym, all staff are very accommodating and approachable. They deal with things quickly and efficiently. Would recommend

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

You are too kind . Thanks for leaving such an amazing review

Jennifer Okolie 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good gym.

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thanks Jennifer for the 5*

Demerit Nation 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: It's nice

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thanks for the awesome review. It means a lot!

Linus Kent 3 years ago

Positive experience: Their gym is lacking in amount of equipment, space and new machines. But there's definitely enough to get a good workout in no matter what you seek. Multiple courses and coached workouts to attend. They also offered services like massage. Their price is amazing for the students and you won't find a better price in Bournemouth if you're a student there.

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Appreciate the constructive feedback. We do what we can and one of our main goals is to keep the prices as low as possible, so we are happy to hear it's appreciated . We are in the process of adding some new equipment over the summer too, hope you enjoy. ️ Thankyou for such a great review!

Jon & Lelly Elcock 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Have PT here, fantastic training, geared for me

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

This is Awesome! Thanks Guys for the 5star review. I'll pass on the rating to the PT's . We look forward to seeing you soon.

Jessica Grimson 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great equipment

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thanks Jessica! If you like what we have now, keep an eye out in the coming months as we have all new Cardio equipment on the way

W M 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good covid setup, very friendly and competent staff. Highly recommend.

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thanks William!

Yehya Mneimne 5 years ago

Positive experience: Not bad. Still could be better.

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thanks for your feedback. We are planning on upgrading our facilities this June, including a full refurbishment of our gym. We hope this will improve our customers overall satisfaction in SportBU as well as your next visit.

Kaitlin Goss 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great price for students, wide variety of group classes that are well instructed and the staff are so lovely and kind. Thank you :)

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Cheers Kaitlin, thanks for the 5*'s. Glad you had a good time!

Olushola Adedoyin 5 years ago

Positive experience: Great student membership plan and all the basic gym needs met.

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thanks Olushola, glad you're happy with the membership packages, we do try and cram in as much as we possibly can. Let us know if there's anything that we could add that might add to your SportBU experience though ;)

Amorette Frances 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: My little ones joined in the Super Saturdays Multisports group and loved it. The 3 in charge knew how to talk to the group and there was no pressure. Great way for little ones to burn off energy and get a fun bit of exercise at the weekend.

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thanks Amorette, you Rock! Glad the little ones enjoyed the Saturday morning activities, i'll pass this onto the team. I'm sure they'll be glad to get the feedback ;) . Merry Christmas!

Marlene Figueira 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Muy bueno el gym

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thanks Marlene!

Kristina Pollitt 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great, friendly staff.

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Kristina Pollitt, you are awesome! Thanks so much for the review... oh and congratulations on your photo making it into the paper ;) . Merry Christmas!

Albert Vasquez 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thanks for the 5* review Albert!

Stephen Lord 6 years ago

Positive experience: Walked past. I don't do gyms

Angelika 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great gym and variety of fitness classes

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thanks Angelika, You Rock!

Benjamin Thomas 6 years ago

Positive experience: Staff are friendly and normally know what I turn up for every Thursday which is nice to see.

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thanks Benjamin, glad we could be of assistance. See you Thursday ;)

Kevin Needham 7 years ago

Positive experience: My 10year old daughter has just done a sports week at Bournemouth uni and really enjoyed it. They did many sports incuding football, basketball and dodgeball.

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thanks Kevin, glad your little one had a good time. Please let us know if we can do anything to improve ;)

Barry Halsey 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great cheap gym

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Amazing to hear Barry. We try and keep the prices competitive and affordable all year round, so it's great to hear positive feedback reflecting this. ;)

JeyEL 7 years ago

Positive experience: I liek

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Thanks JeyEL for the Review!

Rajibul Islam Khan 7 years ago

Positive experience: Great indoor sports facility

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Cheers Rajibul, anything we can do better?

David Kenward 9 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great value for money. The dumbbells go up to 60 kg which is brilliant for anyone who likes weight training. Loads of cardio equipment as well as a good variety of fitness classes and sports. 5 stars

SportBU Gym
SportBU Gym

Quality Review! Thanks David, hope to see you back in the gym soon ;)

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