Active Medlock

Positive experience: Place is great just the coffee is awful and as a mom waiting the kids to play that was important part for me.

Fantastic experience: Lots of activities for kids.

Fantastic experience: Very nice good play area and great climbing area

Fantastic experience: I visit here a lot for Walking Football. Excellent leisure centre.

Fantastic experience: Clean gym etc excellent facilities just needs spa to make it the full package

Fantastic experience: Kids loved all the wall climbing activities

Fantastic experience: Brilliant facilities for all ages and abilities. We utilise the 6 a side pitches and the clip n climb/kids area. Good times all round.

Fantastic experience: Popped in to register for an OAP membership card, everything was straightforward & the staff were very friendly & helpful, which is always appreciated. Now looking forward to using the membership card.

Fantastic experience: Nice place for kids

Positive experience: The astro pitches are nice it cod be better because people are on your pitch when you try to play and there is rubbish in corners and the goals

Positive experience: This is my local pool, I go at least 3 or 4 times a week, There is an issue with some selfish people leaving clothing in cubicles thus not enabling disabled persons to use the larger cubicles, sometimes there is talc etc on changing room floors, but cleaners can't attend 24 hours a day because of selfish customers who have no thought for others p,us staff. The staff are all lovely and I think personally it is a great place to have a swim, very relaxing and extremely safe

Fantastic experience: Excellent facilities Friendly, helpful staff

Fantastic experience: Great morning at Medlock with our granddaughter.

Positive experience: Very good and nice slide but minus 1 star for the wait

Positive experience: Went for a general swim and been for parties in the play centre. Facilities could do with a bit of an upgrade but overall a good place for the kids and adults

Positive experience: Although the kids have fun and the place is great the staff let this place down, it's hard to get served for any type of drink or food and can take a while to get what you order, the staff can be very rude but if you can look past this then the kids will love it.

Fantastic experience: This place has everything you could ever possibly dream of for the whole entiŕe family. The kids really enjoyed the climbing adventure experience.

Fantastic experience: Great morning at Medlock with our granddaughter. Excellent and great value including a snack for the kids with fruit. Very friendly and efficient staff

Positive experience: Why can't you just keep the pool the same temperature

Negative experience: Soft play party. Given 2 as the food and venue is good, but based on the fact could have paid the same for another play centre and it be less stressful I give it a 2. Staff were confused when we arrived, we had exclusive use of the soft play but kept on having kids from the climbing area next door go come into the soft play bit. Food choice for kids was limited to pizza and chips, nothing else. No real atmosphere or excitement for the birthday boy from staff, just seemed to be minimal effort and run by kids with no desire to be there. I could have paid the same for another venue with exclusive use which we had hired before (but we just wanted a change), there we would have got better atmosphere, passionate staff, more range of food choice, music, party bags, tableware and and table cloths inckudes.. I wouldn't book a party there again personally. It wasn't bad, my kid had a great time, but could have got better elsewhere.

Fantastic experience: Great for a swim Lotsof other activities going on

Fantastic experience: Had Girls 6th Birthday Party recently. Good price for 15 kids including Warm food. Dealt with Very professionally from start to finish. Everything was exactly as described and kids warm food was more than enough for little bellies. Nice and easy to arrange and kids had a great time in the soft play area. Thanks to Joanne, Micheal and Team!

Fantastic experience: Helpful staff , just have to be quick booking classes and quickly booked up

Negative experience: No we're to get changed people hog cubicles

Fantastic experience: Brilliant place for kids of all ages! Have visited quite a few times with our 8 year old grandson who loves the clip and climb in particular. He is always keen to conquer his fears and was determined to try the Leap of Faith, although hesitant at first he finally made it with the encouragement and support of Caitlyn one of the Centre staff. Thank you Caitlyn, you are awesome!

Fantastic experience: Nice pool Great staff I went to a fun swim

Fantastic experience: Always go to soft play with my baby grand daughter. Nice safe area

Fantastic experience: Great for kids. Clip and climb. Great exercise and fun. Definitely worth a trip@

Fantastic experience: Went to the tots session, staff lovely

Negative experience: This review is for swimming only. The changing area is an absolute disgrace. They have mud, talc, dirt, and blocked drains, and it makes it worse that the classes leave the clothes in the cubicals to make it harder to find one to change in. The toilets (Male) were today blocked and had overflown with toilet waste. This had not been cleaned even after the lesson and after reported to the member of staff in the changing area. The disabled toilet was full of wee, literally everywhere, so much so that i held my daughter over the seat so she wouldn't touch it! We have made the decision to stop going to lessons for various reasons, but this is a main cause today. It's simple cleaning and pool hygine 101! I can't imagine how bad the pool is with kids not showering feet first. We loved active Ashton, but that had to shut. Moving us to here.

Positive experience: Bright cheery pool with anti wave on the sides. Apart from a few lane hogs who didn't show common swimming courtesy is a great place. Changing rooms are old as one would expect, but clean. The place could use some tlc with regards to the changing room stained floors, grouting and lockers. Looks well kept however so I would say it's a good place for ex comp swimmers to consider as an alternative to other local pools. One timing clock is working the other isn't, but hey guess what, there are TWO. As usual most of the swimming pools around Tameside dont put flags out for public lane swimming sessions which is a shame as it limits stroke enjoyment especially for backstrokers. Secondly its a slight safety issue without the flags. So the pool is not being maximised for its true purpose in my view. It's also good to have flags for learners so they can have visual makers for orientation whilst swimming a consideration school's and parents could pressure the swimlearning centres to consider.

Positive experience: Staff were nice enough and food and drinks available including vegetarian and vegan so get to enjoy a nice brew

Negative experience: Absolute disgusting customer service, these guys honestly don’t even know how to just answer a call, you have to call Atleast 16 times to get through to these guys to enquire a simple footbal pitch availability, and then when you call back to book you have to call another 13 times to get through to them, even after leaving voice mails they still don’t call back, and then eventually when they pick Up the pitch is gone and no empathy shown, there’s a reason why powerleague and Goals are way better than this joke of a business.

Fantastic experience: Been going years for Zumba classes etc. Very good

Negative experience: When I attended, I ended up going home at 7.00 at night!!! and there's not a lot of stuff to do there

Fantastic experience: A really nice, clean place to go and work out.

Fantastic experience: Brilliant place can't wait to go back

Fantastic experience: My son had his 7th birthday party here. He had a fantastic time! 5* to all the staff who looked after us whilst we were there, they did a fantastic job! I would definitely rebook another party here. Thank you

Fantastic experience: Very nice, soft play area for kid's

Fantastic experience: Absolutely brilliant love it staff are so very helpful and polite, I would recommend it to everyone ‍♀️️‍♀️

Fantastic experience: Went with family and they enjoyed it a lot. The water was not cold, which is very good if you are not used to cold water.

Fantastic experience: Great place, friendly staff, great for swimming lessons, gym, and birthday parties...

Fantastic experience: Really nice and quiet leasure centre midweek at 3pm. Lots of showers. Female showers and changing rooms are separate. Lovely front of house staff. Very good value for money.

Positive experience: Good for small kids 3-11 place to eat and keep an eye on them all running about.

Fantastic experience: Gym is good but thy close 10pm not good

Fantastic experience: Great place. Not too expensive either. Lots for the kids to do

Fantastic experience: We went to a birthday party at Clip and Climb today. Both my children had a wonderful time. The staff were friendly and helpful and the cafe was clean and tidy. We can’t wait to return.

Negative experience: Pool needs to be much warmer. We were shivering inside pool. Changing rooms were not warm. There were kids hitting each other with waggle in water. They could have hurt each other and rest of us as well.

Fantastic experience: First time experience, loved it just enough for me.

Fantastic experience: Very helpful staff, on the ball dealing with a medical emergency when I was there. A1, nice place and good facilities. Here's a random picture of a mildly rude cactus to help pass the day Cheers

Fantastic experience: The clip'n'climb area was amazing although the ice pick wall rarely has both picks at the bottom which is a big downside if you're up for a challenge Highly recommend it

Positive experience: nice pool, gym seems to be just a cardio/studio area with a few free weights

Positive experience: Really good selection of facilities and not overly expensive to access

Positive experience: We came here for the soft play. Kids loved it, it’s what you expect. I had an issue with the state of the unisex toilets where out of three cubicles one was zip tied shut. And one wouldn’t close due to the door not sitting correctly. There are others around the centre so use those if you can.

Fantastic experience: Kids love the clip and climb Great activity to do especially when the weather is absolutely papping it down.

Fantastic experience: Great time with the kids, keeps them busy and active for a couple of hours, they loved it

Fantastic experience: Gym opening up and getting back to normal....slowly..Just had a complete makeover..but still not a lot of people, which is OK by me.

Fantastic experience: Fantastic place for kids and grown-ups alike. Loads of fun and interesting walls to climb, and admission price is reasonable. Staff here are absolutely fantastic - helpful, friendly and supportive. Wilk be back in the next school holidays! Thank you!

Positive experience: I had my sons 5th birthday party here the soft play was fantastic, staff was really nice the only thing that let it down was the food, it needs improving,

Fantastic experience: Great gym, friendly and knowledgeable staff, with good support facilities.

Fantastic experience: My grandson used the climbing wall for the first time, and loved it. Good supervision and safety measures. Soft play was a bit crazy, but when a child ripped off his glasses (he's severely visually impaired) and he couldn't find them or us, staff and security were amazingly helpful.

Fantastic experience: £2.10 for a pensioner swimming session is great, but this Council owned centre has everything needed to keep you fit at a reasonable price. Swimming, gymnasium, dancing, rick climbing, and free parking

Positive experience: The grandchildren had loads of fun, there is a climbing adventure for the older children (and adults if you feel brave enough) and soft play for the younger ones. Limited menu at the cafe but it was all cooked well and arrived quickly. Will be going again! Wasn't too busy at the 11.30 slot.

Fantastic experience: Went with my grandchildren, too their swimming lesson and it looked great. Also has a climbing side, that I've been too before. Great for kids and easy parking outside. Has a great park outside for the kids. Still as good as ever. No change In jan 2023. Still the same.....

Fantastic experience: Great soft play time at sky high with our nursery children. Used up loads of energy climbing, jumping, running, swinging, sliding down the slides with chuckles and squeals of excitement Staff were helpful and friendly. Well organised event.

Negative experience: Do not use for swimming lessons!!!! Took my 4 Yr old for her first experience. Within 5 minutes the instructors have ruined any and all confidence my daughter had! Changing rooms were dirty and over used with many areas "reserved" by other parents. Instructor had around 5 other new starters and to speed up pool entry a second instructor just picked up kids by their arm bands and dropped them into the pool! All these years building up my daughters trust and confidence around a pool to be ruined within 30 seconds!!! Now my daughter doesn't want to go near the pool again! Should have gone to the village hotel instead!!! No amount of half hearted apologies can fix this complete mess!!! GET BETTER TRAINED STAFF!!!!

Positive experience: Great facilities for the kids with soft play and climbing walls, as well as the pool. Food is reasonably priced too.

Fantastic experience: Great pool and very very clean. Good options for changing rooms - family or communal.

Fantastic experience: Great place for the kids, hours of fun and entertainment where they can let go of their much enormous energy..

Positive experience: Swimming for first time in two years medloc has plenty of parking is clean staff very helpful would recommend used to swim at Copley just as nice thanks for a pleasant visit

Fantastic experience: Great fun for all the family. Good value for money. Great experience

Fantastic experience: Went on the climbing walls with kids aged 8 and 11. I had a great time, it was very busy but we went on all the walls and thankfully there were ones to challenge me and ones easy enough for the kids to tackle. Great fun, I was worn out

Fantastic experience: Thank you so very much such a lovely and professional staff for making my boy birthday very memorable. Highly recommend everyone.

Positive experience: The staff are really friendly, I recently moved to the area so hadn't been before and they made me feel really welcome and put me at ease. I have used the pool and gym, can't complain with the pool, it's clean and wasn't very busy. In terms of the gym it feels abit neglected in comparison to the other Active Centres I've used. Some of the weight plates are missing as there only seems to be one or two of each weight for the barbells and there are a couple of machines they could do with e.g. A Lat Pull Down. I have gone 4* because it meets my requirements so it's only fair, would be a 5 with a slight gym upgrade.

Positive experience: Great local amenity. More shower cubicles would make it a 5* rating.

Positive experience: Review of the pool. Everything is fine and as expected, it's quite dated now but nothing wrong. Except for the accessible toilet in the changing rooms, it must get forgotten about when it comes to cleaning because every single time we have been in it, it's absolutely disgusting. Always poo on or around the seat and it just stinks. I'm not talking about a single occasion.

Fantastic experience: Absolutely fab staff welcoming food good (buffet) had a great 2 hours

Fantastic experience: Kids had a great time on Clip n Climb. Will definitely do again.

Positive experience: I can only comment on the football pitches. The staff are very friendly and accommodating, you can book pitches using the Active Tameside app or in person, block booking contracts are available for 6 months at a time. All of the pitches are well-lit and made of good artificial grass for 6/7 a-side. Pitches 3&4 are have metal fencing and are close to the exit if the ball goes over. Pitches 1&2 only have netting high up, which means the ball gets stuck or goes out easily coupled with the fact that there is no exit close by if the ball goes out, they really need to sort this problem out. Lots of issues with double-booking too, they need to sort their booking system out.

Fantastic experience: My grandchild went to a private birthday party here. It was fantastic. Every child had an amazing experience. The staff were wonderful.

Fantastic experience: Seemed like an exciting place. Kids enjoyed clip and climb and swim afterwards

Fantastic experience: Great place for a swim if you can dowoad the app get on it to book in advance

Negative experience: Absolutely filthy toilets, blocked up stinking and overflowing. Urine on the toilet seats and floor, disgusting

Fantastic experience: Fantastic afternoon adventure play from climbing to soft play. Fun all round and helpful staff.

Positive experience: Great place for kids to burn some energy off. We did the clip and climb as the 10 year old is too big for soft play nowadays

Negative experience: The Clip n Climb there shouldn’t even call itself Clip n Climb! It is set up very differently and is extremely limited compared to any other Clip n Climb centre. The climbing experience is not at all child friendly and the belay mechanism is incredibly complex to manipulate that even an adult would struggle with! It also involves multiple carabiners that all clunk together and look very intimidating especially to kids. Literally opposite experience of a standard Clip n Climb centre! The staff however are lovely here so it’s not their fault the place is grim and not child-inviting.

Fantastic experience: The kids loved it here, really fun attraction, will definitely be back.

Fantastic experience: It was our 1st visit to Active Medlock for an early swim. The staff were friendly and helpful and the pool and changing were well organised and clean. We have booked to again x

Positive experience: Lovely pool.. The changing area is old but clean. No baby pool.

Fantastic experience: My 4 year old was given great guidance by her swim coach. He's really good with the kids

Fantastic experience: Swimming is my main way of keeping fit. So glad you are open again for us elderly swimmers!

Fantastic experience: Recently I reinstated my membership and attended HiiT Step and Yoga on a Sunday with Ruth. I was put through my paces but thoroughly enjoyed the classes and knew wine was well earned! Ruth is a fun and knowledgable instructor, makes everyone feel welcome and I was looking forward to booking again.

Fantastic experience: Went to this clip and climb in Oct 2020 - during manchester tier 2. Covid precautions were v sensible and made us feel safe - assigned cafe table, waiting chair and locker for each family, hand sanitizer and instructions for staying safe on ropes. System for clipping that ensures truly clipped on, and can be operated by child or with help from parent. Friendly kind staff who understand kids and relate well to them.

Negative experience: Was a great place to swim, however the 45min swim can vary between 30mins to 40mins depending how long you are left to queue outside, very rarely are you let in before the session starts.

Fantastic experience: Great place To go and have a kick about on the astro pitches and also there is a swimming baths and sky-high

Fantastic experience: We had so much fun at Tameside cycle track! The man working was amazing with the children, setting them challenges and courses and even rode round with them on his bike! We’ll definitely be back

Negative experience: Swim teachers are all fab but as for the facilities there awful. Showers are always cold or not working. The changing rooms need a good clean. Theres what looks like chewing gum on the locker that's been there since last year. I could go on and on. The teachers are great thi and they get a 5 star from me

Positive experience: Loved this place, kids enjoy. Food inside as well

Positive experience: Very good kids loved it , could do with a few more instructors around for the click and climb to get them in and out of the harnesses

Fantastic experience: Good fun for kids my children thoroughly enjoyed the experience.