Information about Wincanton Sports Centre

West Hill
BA9 9SP, Wincanton
+441963824400

Opening hours

  • sunday: 8h-18h
  • monday: 7h-22h
  • tuesday: 7h-22h
  • wednesday: 7h-22h
  • thursday: 7h-22h
  • friday: 7h-22h
  • saturday: 8h-18h

At Wincanton Sports Centre we’re passionate about helping you maintain a healthy, active and fun lifestyle. Our friendly and engaging team is here to welcome you, no matter what your ambitions are or where you are on your fitness journey. We work closely in partnership with Somerset Council to realise our vision of improving lives through leisure.

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As a not-for-profit charitable leisure trust, supporting individuals and communities to be more active and healthier is at the heart of everything we do. We believe in ‘health at all ages’; we want the local communities we serve to have fun, feel welcome, included and empowered to live healthy lives.

We have Teen gym sessions available for 11-15yrs and 12yrs + are able to use the gym at any time as long as they are supervised by an adult (18+) and have had a full induction beforehand.

Yes, all our facilities are on the ground floor and we have ramp access to the front door, we have accessible steps for the pool (please ask at reception), a hoist and accessible changing areas.

The leisure services we operate are highly valued and make a real difference to peoples' health and wellbeing on a very local level. Working for Freedom Leisure allows you to play a very positive, local role, improving lives through leisure and making a genuine difference in your community.

Our comment from FitFit UK about Wincanton Sports Centre:

Wincanton Sports Centre is a fantastic facility that caters to a variety of sporting and fitness needs. With excellent gym equipment and a large swimming pool, visitors praise the friendly and helpful staff who create a welcoming atmosphere. The centre offers a wide range of classes suitable for all abilities, including enjoyable swimming lessons for children.

Here are some highlights:

  • Variety of Classes: There are numerous classes available, including Zumba, spin, and swimming lessons for children.
  • Friendly Staff: Many users have noted the knowledgeable and approachable staff who are always willing to assist.
  • Great Facilities: The gym is well-equipped and the swimming pool is generally very clean, with a pleasant temperature for swimming.
  • Family-Friendly Environment: The centre is particularly noted for its child-friendly activities and classes.

However, there are a few areas for improvement:

  • Communication Issues: Some visitors have reported poor communication regarding facility availability, particularly for swimming.
  • Changing Room Conditions: A few users have mentioned that the changing rooms can sometimes be less than clean and in need of attention.
  • Facility Size: The gym can feel crowded at times due to its size, and parking is often limited.

Overall, Wincanton Sports Centre is a well-regarded choice for fitness and sports activities, making it a great option for families and individuals alike.

Wincanton Sports Centre: Opinions

4.5/5 (105 Opinions)
Simon Pysarczuk 10 months ago

Fantastic experience: Not too shabby !

Simon Dennett 1 year ago

Positive experience: Pretty good gym and membership is a good price...but the staff can be a little reserved at times

Rebecca Hall 1 year ago

Positive experience: Nice size pool. No baby pool. Changing rooms not very child friendly. Seats broken. Also got an ear infection from pool.

Lucy Trotman 1 year ago

Negative experience: Not a great first visit. Changing rooms weren’t the cleanest and my partner cut his foot on a broken tile in the pool. I emailed them politely just letting them know what had happened as he had my 8 year old step son with him so could have been him. 5 days later and the email I sent hasn’t even had a response or acknowledgement from them. Poor and I would AVOID!

Juliette Cook 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Went to the sports hall for a non sporting event. Parking was available over two or three car parks , leading to easy, accessible entrance directly into the hall. The hall itself was of a good size, light , airy and clean. Facilities were also easily available

Stephen Pugh 1 year ago

Positive experience: Saturday bouncy castles great if rain .look on line 1st other events may take priority.

Clair Spires 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Just signed up for the Unlimited membership and already loving it.

Raeni Reece 1 year ago

Positive experience: Really clean and very friendly staff. Only problem is the music and adverts blaring in background. Not relaxing

Lorna Singleton 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely staff are very helpful, taking the time to welcome a newbie, pool is a boom pool, so it is adjustable depth to allow aqua aerobic class to take place at the same time as open swimming. Does reduce the length of the pool, but it's better than closing the whole pool to allow classes to take place. It's so impressive.

David Badham-Thornhill 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great swimming and a good gym

G Wizhard02 1 year ago

Positive experience: Music in pool not necessary otherwise seems excellent poolwise

Martin Damyanov 1 year ago

Positive experience: Good centre, pool little too small and often closed for emergencies

Stephen Wayne Pugh 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great value for rainy days

Wincanton Sports Centre
Wincanton Sports Centre

Thanks for your review Stephen!

Andrew Vaux 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely pool everything nice and clean great staff.

Wincanton Sports Centre
Wincanton Sports Centre

Hi Andrew - thanks for your 5* review!

Kathelena Bromley 2 years ago

Positive experience: Always good service, love the pool, and the new gym arra is always clean

Wincanton Sports Centre
Wincanton Sports Centre

Thank you for your review!

Peter Norman 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: The boxing I enjoyed the evening

Wincanton Sports Centre
Wincanton Sports Centre

Thanks for your 5* review Peter!

Sarah Pitfield 2 years ago

Negative experience: Poor communication from the team. You can never be sure if the facilities are actually open or not. Social media isn't updated or reliable and neither is the website. Seems like they just don't care.

Lisa Pitman 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Children have weekly swimming lessons great service. Changing rooms clean.

Wincanton Sports Centre
Wincanton Sports Centre

Thanks for your great review Lisa!

Anonymous 2 years ago

Positive experience: Quite expensive for what you get. Staff are very friendly which is good, but facilities are not fantastic given the cost. Car park is often very full as it's small relative to the number of members, and I have needed to park on the road and walk up before which isn't ideal. The gym has an ok range of equipment, but not a gigantic amount and the room itself is quite small and not well ventilated (so it does get really quite hot in there with pretty still air - very sweaty!). The music playing in the gym is often so loud as well that there's not much point trying to listen to your own, because even with noise cancelling headphones on it's loud enough to be heard over your own music, especially if there is a spin class on as then it's always played ridiculously loud. Dry change facilities are tiny and not particularly good. Everything is kept very clean and well maintained however.

Kevin Thomas 2 years ago

Positive experience: Nice swimming pool and cafe

Wincanton Sports Centre
Wincanton Sports Centre

Thank you for your review Kevin!

Elizabeth Martin 2 years ago

Positive experience: Everything you need here to train with

Shannon 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great sports centre with lots of Activities.

Peter Leavold 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place new gym area every thing you need and more, plus great coffee and snacks

James Digger 2 years ago

Negative experience: Pool was far too cold for a child. My son and I went swimming today here for the first time. Won’t be coming back. Had to get him out of the pool because his teeth were chattering. Apparently the filters had just been cleaned so Ice cold water was pumped in for the whole time we were there.

Russell Bowden 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant friendly, and helpful staff. Amazing atmosphere and professionally run. Great coffee, amazing facilities would recommend to everyone.

Richard Jones 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Brill

Lorna Caines 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: I take my Granddaughter for her swimming lessons and have to say the swim teacher Nick is so patient with her his so good and is giving her the confidence Thankyou Nick

Wincanton Sports Centre
Wincanton Sports Centre

Thank you for taking the time to leave us such a lovely review. We'll happily pass your kind feedback onto Nick, and we hope your granddaughter continues to have many enjoyable swimming lessons with us.

junglie ex 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent clean pool staff very helpful plus new coffee machine ..the boss made an excellent Americano....sport billys and baristias top marks

Katherine Ward 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: My boys love the swimming lessons. All staff are very helpful. We love wincanton sports centre

judith forward 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent venue for swimming lessons Teachers very responsive to individual needs and encourage children to learn quickly Viewing area and some swimming kit available to purchase Highly recommended for children swimming Excellent gym and facilities for sport

Jan Jeffrey 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Grandson had swimming here. He lives it.

Steve Stacey 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Grandchild loves the activities and Swimming ‍♀️

Mike fox (Tyreman) 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for your daily exercise, and there is some good dog walks around the grounds.

Jack Hudson 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: The best near me

Louisa Wheeler 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: The swimming pool and changing facilities are fantastic, always clean and plenty of room. The pool is a perfect temperature and the chlorine is not too strong either.

Rachel Hutchison 3 years ago

Positive experience: Good clean premises. Friendly helpful staff. A pleasure to go here.

Sarah Sarah 3 years ago

Positive experience: Great resource but new management somewhat chaotic. Useless website, just phone them.

Geoff Chapman 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great pool, with friendly staff.

Mike Audley 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic for my health rebuild and for my family. Big thanks to Paula, Nick and the team there.

Debbie 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: I took my 2 grandsons swimming. You need to book and arrive wearing you swimming clobber under your clothes. You take a shopping basket into the poolside and put your clothes in it leaving it on the side. We had a great time in the pool for about an hour and there weren't too many others in there so everyone felt safe. At the end of your swimming slot you pick up your basket, put it in a cubicle, have a shower, then leave the basket in the cubicle so they know which ones have been used and clean accordingly. It was also a really reasonable price. We can't wait to all go again.

Bea Wienand 4 years ago

Negative experience: Pleasant front office staff, good gym equipment, but the gym doesn't seem to be checked before I arrive at 07.00. I nearly always have to ask for the news channel to be switched on, and the mats and floor are usually grubby.

Andrew Smith 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: An outstanding sports centre at very reasonable charges.

Toby Wilson 4 years ago

Positive experience: Great classes catering for all.

Orchid Carpet Cleaning RP 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Really great facility brilliant staff

kevin adams 5 years ago

Positive experience: Helpful friendly staff. Use the place for badminton on a Wednesday night.

Karen Joy 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: My nearly 5yr old grandson has started swimming lessons here and he loves it. They have a pool with a movable floor that they can raise or lower dependant on requirements.

Andrew Houghton 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place, we take the kids and they love it and we will be going more and more.

Lindie Andria ! 5 years ago

Positive experience: Very clean and well thought out

Not Me 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Kids party was good and they loved the bouncy castle.

Ernest coleby 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent facilities and very friendly atmosphere ,

Terry Holly 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff very helpful

Wincanton Sports Centre
Wincanton Sports Centre

Hi Terry, Thank-you so much for your positive review! We are so pleased to hear that you enjoy the service we provide, Kind Regards, The Wincanton Team.

Alicja Antczak 6 years ago

Positive experience: Fajne miejsce na czynne spedzanie czasu z rodzina polaczone z wysilkiem fizyczny Plywalnia,klub fitnes itd,itp!! Polecam!!!

Wincanton Sports Centre
Wincanton Sports Centre

Hello Alicja, Thank-you so much for your kind words! It is brilliant to hear that our customers are happy with our facilities, Kind Regards, The Wincanton Team

ian cooper 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: A very busy centre They must be doing something right

Mark Rickwood 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: What a fantastic sports centre, lovely friendly staff, clean, pool is great.can't fault it!

Samuel Hughes 6 years ago

Positive experience: Good facilities, could have slightly better sports facilities however a wide variety of sports are available at a low price.

Catherine Ross 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: After moving away from Wincanton last year and missing the exercise, today I returned and am already feeling the benefit of being in a group .... 55+ Thanks Nick.

Roy C 6 years ago

Positive experience: No frills sport centre that has a big variety of classes and a good gym and pool. Particularly love the spin classes and an added bonus is the badminton club on Wednesday's

Bethany Kew 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Always loved the atmosphere of this fitness centre. Love how you can swim music. Staff are friendly enough & make you time there feel welcomed. The facilities are to a good standard.

Rachel Clark 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great classes and great staff. Always friendly and helpful. I just wish the fitness suite was bigger so there was more space for free weights.

leanne brock 6 years ago

Negative experience: Stood at reception while the lady was busy on her phone. I asked about public swim and paid for it. 10 minutes after getting in the pool half of it was then closed off for infant lessons. Very poor customer service that she failed to mention they were taking place when I specifically asked about public swim.

Stephen Bill 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Really nice crowd on the early morning swim

Sara Ellen 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent facilities.

Avril Lancaster 6 years ago

Positive experience: Nice pool to swim in. Good changing facilities and multiple use options.

Steve Bowes 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent

Kassandra Woods 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Clean and very friendly and helpful staff.

Kimberley Wood 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fair price

marcin duda 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very good sport centre

Bill Johnson 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fatastic facility. Clean, modern, great pool, friendly staff - and free parking!

Nicky Plowman 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant

Tracy 7 years ago

Positive experience: Nice and clean. Would have liked a better viewing area to watch my Grand daughters swimming lesson

Christopher Stephens 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: The best gym I've used. The staff are knowledgeable and patient. Great gym and swim. But the classes are superb. Circuits on Monday with Mel are brilliant. I can feel my abs already

ADAM JABLONSKI 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice place to go swim,but timetable is so tight.

Barbara Murray 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice, clean, friendly and not too busy

Velizar Dernev 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: I was surprised! Good one

maria Coates 7 years ago

Positive experience: Swimming pool was a bit chilly l.

Anthony, Jennie Graham 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant facilities, lovely members of staff very helpful.

J L 7 years ago

Negative experience: Heart FM in the gym??? We need more PUMP IT UP!!!

Jeannette Bowyer 7 years ago

Positive experience: Very nice centre but I had a problem today. I went swimming during the over 50s and disabled session. There were a group of 5 men chatting in a circle in the middle of the pool. I asked them to take their conversation to the side of the pool or the cafe but all I got was a tirade of verbal abuse. A manager was called but she could not do anything. The men continued to shout at me while talking to her! One of the men said to me that the session was for the elderly and the disabled, I am not disabled but I am 66 son I think I qualify! I think that the manager did not handle the situation very well although she did promise she would talk to her seniors about the incidence. She knew them as regulars, so I hope something is done cause I intend to go next week. They have not put me off. Think partly the problem was as I am a woman they did not like being challenged as men! Though that description does not bear any resemblance to the bullish attitude I experienced today.

Iris Dauner 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to take 4 year old daughter for a swim

Jack Ellis 7 years ago

Positive experience: Very family friendly sports centre and plenty of options to fit people of all abilities! Staff are excellent very friendly and helpful. Very good range of classes with excellent instructors. Personal Training is also offered at very good prices.

Rachel Garrett 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: A good place to go swimming.

Ben Gordon 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great friendly gym, the staff are knowledgeable and very friendly. They are always there to help and happy to answer questions. The price is slightly expensive but when factoring in what you get for it it is a great deal. A very nice well laid out sports centre. It has a lot of good gym equipment so you can work almost all the types of muscles in your body. Swimming pool is a good size and great for the odd swim. They have a lot of classes available for every skill range.

Colleen Clothier 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice swimming pool

Sue Shelbournbarrow 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great staff and classes.

Chris Bailward 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great sports centre with friendly staff

John Were 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Clean swimming pool with friendly staff

Amanda Ford 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Really nice pool, really helpful staff. Really good disabled access. Lots of parking spaces, then 2 disabled changing rooms with showers. Hoist into the pool or the floor of the pool raises up to the floor level, so you can walk in and they lower you into the water.

Gill Crowther 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Swimming this morning with livvy great time

Felicity Mason 7 years ago

Positive experience: Great roller skate disco! Staff helpful and enthusiastic. Reasonably priced honestly fun and welcoming to all ages

Archie Stockman 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: I think this is a fantastic sports centre with a variety of things to do and great facilities

Mark Rymer 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff

Paul Barter 7 years ago

Positive experience: Good facility with an excellent pool. The pool often gets overcrowded due to the few periods for free swimming, and lanes being isolated for the "serious" swimmers. Staff are very friendly and helpful and the gym equipment is very good, and well maintained. My wife and I really enjoy our sessions at the centre.

Richard Gray 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good facilities and classes, highly recommend

Nicky Whitmore 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice sports centre, staff always happy and helpful

Sharon Stannells 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Plenty of choice. Lots of exercise classes to choose from. 25mtr pool and well equipped gym. Friendly and helpful staff.

Chris “MARHIE-MARHIE” Larder ツ 8 years ago

Positive experience: Expensive, but for the size of the town it a very good facility. Allways very clean and the staff are polite and helpful.

Johanna Pender Cudlip 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lots on offer

Denise Mullins 8 years ago

Positive experience: A fantastic Zumba experience with Michaela

Ed Case 8 years ago

Positive experience: Well run local authoritie leasure centre with helpful staff

Paul Dyer 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for all your sporting needs

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