Wirksworth Leisure Centre
Information about Wirksworth Leisure Centre
Opening hours
- Monday: 07:00–21:30
- Tuesday: 07:00–21:30
- Wednesday: 07:00–21:30
- Thursday: 07:00–21:30
- Friday: 07:00–20:30
- Saturday: 09:00–17:30
- Sunday: 08:00–15:00
Welcome to Wirksworth Leisure Centre, a vibrant community hub managed by Freedom Leisure in partnership with the Derbyshire Dales District Council. Located on Hannage Way in Wirksworth, our facility is designed to empower individuals of all ages and abilities to lead healthier, happier lives through active participation. As a not-for-profit charitable leisure trust, we are deeply committed to 'health at all ages,' reinvesting profits back into the local community to ensure affordable, high-quality services for everyone.
At Wirksworth Leisure Centre, we offer a comprehensive range of facilities and activities tailored to diverse interests. Fitness enthusiasts can make use of our fully equipped 30-station gym or join a variety of engaging fitness classes. For those looking to challenge themselves, our dedicated climbing wall provides an exciting outlet for both beginners and experienced climbers. Sports lovers will appreciate our spacious sports hall, which features four badminton courts, as well as our four floodlit tennis courts and an astro-turf pitch perfect for evening games. Additional facilities include a smaller hall ideal for martial arts and table tennis, ensuring there is something for every hobby.
Beyond individual workouts, we foster community spirit through family-friendly events. We host birthday parties, holiday activity sessions for children, and special programs under our Healthy Communities initiative. Our team of friendly and professional staff is always on hand to ensure a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere. We believe that leisure should be accessible, which is why we offer flexible pay-as-you-go options for classes and free on-site parking for all visitors.
Joining our community is simpler than ever. We offer a variety of memberships, including a Connected Membership for full gym and class access, and specific Climbing Memberships for wall enthusiasts. New members can take advantage of exciting promotions, such as 7 days of FREE access or joining fee waivers. Stay connected and manage your bookings effortlessly by downloading our dedicated mobile app, which allows you to book classes and activities with just a few taps. Visit us today to experience a safe, fun, and supportive environment dedicated to improving lives through leisure.
Our comment from FitFit UK about Wirksworth Leisure Centre:
Welcome to Wirksworth Leisure Centre, a friendly and welcoming facility in Matlock, United Kingdom. Visitors often praise the centre for its helpful and polite staff, making every experience enjoyable.
Our state-of-the-art facilities cater to a variety of activities, including:
- Climbing and bouldering walls with well-set, challenging routes
- Fitness classes that are highly rated by participants
- Badminton courts that provide great playing conditions
Many users enjoy the variety of fitness options available and find it to be a great value for money. Guests have mentioned that the centre is perfect for kids and families, with engaging activities like roller skating and climbing clubs.
While the centre has received some constructive feedback about parking space during peak times and a few minor issues with facility size, these do not overshadow the numerous positive experiences shared by visitors. In fact, many state it is a great place for a casual visit or physical activity.
Overall, Wirksworth Leisure Centre is highly recommended for its friendly atmosphere, excellent staff, and a wide range of facilities suitable for all ages.
Wirksworth Leisure Centre: Reviews
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Fantastic experience: Decent equipment and nice staff. Grace was very polite and helpful
Thank you for your 5 star review Noah. Hope to see you again soon.
Fantastic experience: Had a great party here for the grandson . Staff were really friendly
Thanks for your review Dave!
Fantastic experience: Nice staff decent facilities
Thanks Dave. We will pass on your review to the Team.
Positive experience: Hockey pitch.
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Fantastic experience: Great fitness class, lovely staff, what’s not to like!
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Fantastic experience: A good little leisure centre. Don't expect glamour, but 'use it or lose it'!
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Negative experience: This used to have a great climbing wall, but most of it is now shut and not many people go any more
Our brand new climbing wall is now open! Pop in and have a look, it is fantastic!
Fantastic experience: My daughter goes to climbing club here and loves it. We also go roller skating, which is great fun.
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Fantastic experience: Nice wall to climb on with some good routes of various grades
Thanks for your review, have you seen our new wall!? WOW!!
Fantastic experience: Very good
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Positive experience: Great little facility
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Fantastic experience: Fantastic place staff amazing
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Positive experience: Used grass football pitch only, the slope on the pitch makes it hard for some players, did not use changing facilities due to Covid, the leisure centre is set in a valley next to train line for steam engines.
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Fantastic experience: Great staff great climbing wall
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Fantastic experience: Great climbing/bouldering wall. Friendly staff, routes well set and changed at good intervals, good value for money .
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Positive experience: Er
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Fantastic experience: Excellent gym well serviced by staffs fitness
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Fantastic experience: Great climbing services had good time climbing
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Positive experience: Went to give blood, so no comments about the leisure centre itself. It's a good venue for donation although the parking isn't great.
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Fantastic experience: It is very friendly, efficient and excellent value for money.
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Fantastic experience: Great facilities and lovely staff, well worth a visit
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Positive experience: Very friendly and helpful staff - good little climbing wall
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Fantastic experience: Always the best service and fantastic staff
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Fantastic experience: Kids enjoy it.
Fantastic experience: Always fun & friendly
Positive experience: The showers are very very hot
Fantastic experience: Perfect venue for a quick run about. #fridays4theboys
Positive experience: Good place shame it's next to the school
Positive experience: Friendly staff and always helpful
Negative experience: Forgot my membership card. Had to enroll and sign disclaimer all over again. Last time they fined me 50p too. Had to pay to keep a 2 year old with me to watch his brother climb. Another person I was with was not allowed to watch his son climb because he wasn't a climber, he was sent to the viewing gallery where you can't see the wall from. The walls VERY limited, but I knew this, the staff/process/policies/nonsense compounds the problem. Will avoid returning at all costs and drive the 45 minutes to Sheffield instead.
Positive experience: Climbing wall has good route setters but not changed often enough for my likeing
Fantastic experience: Badminton courts are great
Fantastic experience: Good value
Fantastic experience: Brilliant staff
Positive experience: It wasn't bad. A nice place and helpful staff. My only complaints is that it's a bit small and whenever I go they seem to have had a system change and I have to join the centre all over again.
Positive experience: Hard to park at peak times
Fantastic experience: My son love's this place
Positive experience: Nice staff and fercilitys. Free water too.
Positive experience: It was ok not good swimming pool
Fantastic experience: Excellent little climbing wall. What it lacks in size it makes up for with some interesing ang challenging pitches.
Positive experience: Does what it says on the tin
Positive experience: It's great, fab climbing wall, great staff, a decent sized pool is all it lacks
Positive experience: Excellent climbing and bouldering walls
Fantastic experience: Small nice climbing wall. A part from the classic holes it has cool features built-in the wall!
Fantastic experience: Great Metafit classes and friendly team.
Fantastic experience: Lovely friendly staff.
Positive experience: Used as my nearest indoor climbing wall. It is often quiet when I go along but even on busier days there are still plenty of routes to climb. The wall is called The Face and is very good value for money. I do however questions some of the route setting as some of the grades feel easier than many of climbing gyms with comparable grades. For example 6b feels more like 6a at other gyms, they often seem to be just a grade a higher than counterparts.
Positive experience: Good range of facilities
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Positive experience: Great little climbing wall. Routes are always well set.
Fantastic experience: Lovely little gym. very helpful staff and such an asset to the local school. Highly recommend.
Positive experience: Always helpful & all sorts of info available
Fantastic experience: Great staff who can't do enough for you and really care for their visitors and facilities.
Thank you Jim. We really appreciate your lovely feedback. The Team will be pleased to hear this review.
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