Information about Sports Centre

University
SY23 3AR, Aberystwyth
+441970622280

Opening hours

  • sunday: 8h-16:30
  • monday: 6:30-21h
  • tuesday: 6:30-21h
  • wednesday: 6:30-21h
  • thursday: 6:30-21h
  • friday: 6:30-21h
  • saturday: 8h-16:30

As part of our commitment to improving what we offer at the university sports centre we have implemented a new booking system which features an app for you to download and book a class or update your membership details from your mobile.

Our comment from FitFit UK about Sports Centre:

Welcome to Aberystwyth Sports Centre, a well-established facility that has served the community for over 30 years. Our centre boasts excellent amenities, including a well-equipped gym, a lovely swimming pool, and a newly opened sports dome featuring various equipment.

Highlights:

  • Welcoming atmosphere with friendly, professional staff
  • Comprehensive fitness facilities suitable for all users, from students to the general public
  • Access to specialized areas such as a climbing wall and a sauna
  • Value for money with affordable day passes
  • Regular community events, including support for local sports competitions
  • Great variety of fitness classes available

However, some users have noted areas for improvement:

  • Accessing the new sports dome requires walking from an older building, which can be inconvenient, especially during bad weather
  • Feedback on changing room cleanliness has highlighted a need for more regular checks
  • Some staff members have been described as unhelpful at times, impacting user experience

Despite these minor issues, many patrons continue to enjoy their visits and appreciate the range of services provided. We look forward to welcoming you to our vibrant community hub!

Sports Centre: Opinions

4.1/5 (72 Opinions)
Paul Davies 11 months ago

Positive experience: Have used the facilities regularly for the last 30 years.

Ystwyth Reviewer 1 year ago

Positive experience: Nice to have new sports dome with various equipment, however you have to get changed in the old building across the road and walk over. Not great when it's raining. Also most of the men's lockers don't work and no lockers (except open bag storage) in the sports dome. Old building needs a revamp.

Andrew Evans 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Have enjoyed the access to gym and swimming pool. Good facilities and good staff. I'd like to give a special shout out to Jason Spencer who was kind enough to help me with my posture and a couple of alternative techniques. Really helpful and really knowledgeable. Top man.

Gesuine Martin 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent facilities. Very professional staff. Great pool

Mark L 1 year ago

Positive experience: Visited the sports cage, separate building to the main sports centre. Has it's own small car park and easy access to the top and lower floors. Supported the Wales junior national basketball competition which was great fun to watch.

amadio cell 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Good

Brian Ashton 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great facilities.

monica naluwooza 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Good for not just students bit everyone. We'll stocked

Ragna Torgunna 1 year ago

Negative experience: The changing rooms are not checked regularly, on several occasions at different times of the day the womens changing roons have been used and found the floor was filthy and as for the showers you can only describe them as somewhat of a health hazard. The drains absolutely stink of what can only be described as a sewage type smell. Instead of money being spent on a "dome" surely it would have been preferable to clean up and modernise inside the main building before attempting another project...

The Tactician (FruitFly777) 1 year ago

Positive experience: Has a pool area with a sauna which is fantastic. Equipment is all you need. Separate rooms. My only critique is that if you’re looking for a gym that has low attendance during noon this isn’t the one. The only time to come if you want a personal quiet workout with very little people then coming early morning is the best time.

Ewan Evans 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Here for a few days on business, needed a gym with day passes. So helpful on the phone and really good value £4 for gym, pool was even less. Really good selection of cardio, free weights and machines in 4 rooms. Space for stretching or core work. Definitely be back, thanks guys

Dean Pitman 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent kit. Helpful staff. Friendly atmosphere.

Laserduck 42 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Used the climbing wall here. Very reasonably priced and friendly staff. The climbing wall is small but has over 90 separate problems ranging from grade 3 to ~7B, and a fun circuit too. There's lots of climbs for all abilities here.

Adrian Macelaru 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Super

tufan calban 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Everything under one roof.

Robin Litchfield 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great gym. Good variety of equipment, well priced.

Raven 2 years ago

Negative experience: No training facilities

Ben Gummow 2 years ago

Negative experience: Really good facilities, just has an amazing 3G pitch

I'm just doing another review 2 years ago

Negative experience: I love you Jac

Tom 2 years ago

Negative experience: I wish they opened earlier and closed later

philip rees 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant place go there 3 times a week swimming helps me recover from broken leg

Maurice Akpan 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Well equipped friendly staff members ,sure but evening slightly crowded

Richard Layton 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very helpful staff and excellent facilities.

Ciaran Neill 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Clean, lots of equipment, pool and not over priced

Roger B 3 years ago

Negative experience: As of late, it's rarely a good experience. Albeit I do enjoy the exercise part.

Stephanie Nguedia 3 years ago

Positive experience:

Ghofran H 3 years ago

Positive experience: Good place just need a bit more professional staff, as they aren’t always helpful. For example I asked a staff to teach me how to use some of the machines and she was lazy to do so. She suggested I go to the free spaces and do regular exercises without using machines and recommended that it’s more effective than using the machines. But sorry why am I paying a membership if I don’t get to use the machines? I can do exercises at home I don’t need to pay to use their space. I was completely respectful and just continued exercising but I don’t feel confident going there again as I’m not sure if I need any help and advice they would do so. Leisure centre gym staff seems to be more helpful they would come and show you exactly how to use any machine and how to position yourself as well.

Gary Rees 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Ideal

The Badger 3 years ago

Negative experience: There's a lady on reception who is quite rude, abrupt and unhelpful. Such a shame as the centre should be encouraging locals to use it more

Giorgio Suraci 3 years ago

Positive experience: Don't sell so many memberships if you don't have the capacity to allow your members in at any given time, especially when your booking system is broken (at least using Firefox browser). Or at least offer a discount since the access to the rooms is limited.

Ioan Mabbutt 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice pool

Nick Jones 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Sports centre kindly letting public use the pool whilst Aber's leisure centre has been repurposed as a C-19 hospital. Amazing value family session and numbers really restricted so all safe / luxury.

Dewi Au yeung 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good gym facilities

Steve Wales 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Always a pleasure

karen harding 5 years ago

Negative experience: Phoned to enquire about swimming today, and was told no problem, our names taken, and given a time to turn up. On arrival entry refused because we were not members. If this could have been asked over the phone it wouldve saved us a wasted journey and wasted day.

Robin Thompson 5 years ago

Positive experience: Well equipped, got all you need. Huge verity in classes. Wish the pool was open earlier than 0715. Some grumpy staff but as I’ve previously worked in a gym I can hardly blame them.

Ro Roy 5 years ago

Negative experience: Too expensive for little gym space

Joseph Thomas 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent facilities. Friendly staff. Recommended

Wyn Morgan 5 years ago

Negative experience: Don't know, was working near there

mike akehurst 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Gym because pool is closed !!

MrDAWKY 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very nice complex kids had fun

Thelma Jones 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great as always

Ben Freeman 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent rockbox session

Trevor Carr 6 years ago

Positive experience: Average facilities, I did expect better but my guess is that sports is not a priority at this Uni.

Saqib Malik 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great equipment and really friendly staff!

Martyna Gardela 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Never busy which is great, a lot of equipement to exercise

Aeron Dudley 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent fitness machines to test

david allen 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very good

Suzanne Carruthers 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Loved it

Samuel Grinsell 6 years ago

Positive experience: Quite over priced for membership, a number of unfriendly staff. However, modern and good quality machines

Leanne Matthews 6 years ago

Positive experience: Part of the university. Clean changing rooms, friendly and helpful staff, a safe place for LGBT+ people.

William Tweedy 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Pretty large gym

susan Barclay 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good swim

uno mas 6 years ago

Positive experience: Very good but it can be a bit expensive for no-students.

Sheila Berridge 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: my husband loves attending through meeting of new friends and past and top all Cardiac Rehab team also use University Sports Centre and there Team .. thank you..

Alona Edwards 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: it's nice deep swimming pool and good sauna

Xiaoxiao Chen 6 years ago

Positive experience: facilities a little bit old , small gym but has everything you need, loving the pool and the lady only area;)

Davide Marangoni 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Well organized, modern and furnished. Prices for the year really interesting: more or less 70 pounds.

Caroline Ward 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic facilities - roomy gym with lots of machines, great spin bikes and the instructors and knowledgeable and ready to help! Lots of parking too. Only criticism is the pool - it would be great to have separate lanes for lap swimming, as a lot of people seem to just talk and not swim!

Konrad Marcinkowski 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Well, if you want to attend on some group activities, refresh yourself in swimming pool, chill in sauna or go to gym and look like some greek god - Aberystwyth Sports Centre is a perfect place for you

Ben Woolley 7 years ago

Positive experience: Nice Gym. Got everything needed and does classes throughout the day. Avoid busy hours because its not very big

Jordan Stuart Davies Rodgers 7 years ago

Positive experience: Gttr

Oliwia M 7 years ago

Positive experience: Good equipment but could use few benches because I cannot do few of my exercises

James Kolumbus 7 years ago

Positive experience: Good facility but can become very cramped.

Gray Lane 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good facility loads going on including a wide range of fitness classes staff always helpful and friendly.

Abdullah Abuqadoom 7 years ago

Positive experience: Friendly staff and good place

Linda Griffiths 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: First class

Neal Munro Forrester 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic facility just had a new upgrade great place to workout

Eifion Loosley 8 years ago

Negative experience: Lacks adventure pool for kids

lyall griffiths 9 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic sports centre

Josh Abbott 9 years ago

Positive experience: Standard equipment, best gym in aber

Chris Judge 9 years ago

Positive experience: Friendly staff and a well maintained premises. Equipment in the gym could be slightly more up to date for athletes. Reasonable prices.

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