Whitton Sports & Community Centre

Information about Whitton Sports & Community Centre
Opening hours
- sunday: 8:30-18h
- monday: 8h-22h
- tuesday: 8h-22h
- wednesday: 8h-22h
- thursday: 8h-22h
- friday: 8h-22h
- saturday: 8:30-18h
Whitton Sports Centre offers a great variety of activities and facilities to both local people and people from across the county.
Our comment from FitFit UK about Whitton Sports & Community Centre:
Whitton Sports & Community Centre in Ipswich is a well-loved local facility offering a variety of sports and community activities. Users have expressed their appreciation for the centre’s cleanliness and friendly staff, making it a welcoming place for everyone. From spinning classes to badminton and yoga, there is something for all fitness levels, including specialized classes for those over 50 which have received great reviews.
Visitors have noted the large selection of sports activities, ideal for families and community engagement. It is also a popular venue for children's birthday parties, praised for its value and kid-friendly environment. Many users highlight the excellent service during events and other activities, like the flu jab clinic, which was reported to be well organized and efficient.
However, there are some areas for improvement. While the centre has many great features, users have mentioned that the parking can be tight during busy times, and some facilities, like certain pitches, could use maintenance. Overall, Whitton Sports & Community Centre is a fantastic place to stay active and engage with the community.
Whitton Sports & Community Centre: Opinions
Fantastic experience: Excellent really enjoyed the spinning class will definitely go again and probably try badminton and maybe yoga
Positive experience: Nice
Fantastic experience: Went for my flu jab, well organised & very friendly staff & helpers also nurses. In & Out in no time.
Fantastic experience: Clean and friendly sports centre, lots of activities going on and available
Positive experience: Went to watch a cup final, lovely day and expected a lot of cars, main car park full but overspill o.k on grass, luckily, not wet else would be a bit boggy i would expect. Didn't use main centre as was outside next to football pitch, a lot of comments on long grass in goal mouth, did look quite long along the goal line. My team won so not too worried.
Fantastic experience: I do an over 50's class on a Monday and a breath well class on a Thursday afternoon, and both classes are great if you suffer with copd and to just get out and meet people. Instructors in both classes are A++
Fantastic experience: The best
Positive experience: Standard council sport centre. Hired a badminton court at a reasonable price grabbed my racquet and played badminton.
Fantastic experience: It has everything you need - I have just joined and it suits my needs really well - I use the gym and I have joined the fitness classes - I have also found the reception staff are very helpful
Positive experience: Older sports center so looks a little older but got lots of facilities to use. Lovely staff and good enough squash court.
Fantastic experience: A large selection of sports activities also for older people.
Fantastic experience: Friendly staff and a variety of sports, classes and the gym available throughout the week.
Fantastic experience: Took my daughter to a birthday party there. Really good value for a kids party.
Fantastic experience: Have brought my child here for a few childrens parties, and they've always been a nice experience for them.
Positive experience: Brilliant place, been for children parties, indoors and out, football training on the astro.
Fantastic experience: Indoor football party was a huge success! Member of staff was excellent, planned it all well and great participation.. almost as good as Earp's in goal!!
Positive experience: Convenient
Fantastic experience: We hired the community room for a soft play birthday party and couldn't fault it! The room was set up, clean and we were left to it we had the best party! Amazing value for money, we would highly recommend for a toddler party!
Fantastic experience: Nice gym
Fantastic experience: Good classes for keeping fit
Fantastic experience: My granddaughter enjoyed the roller skating
Fantastic experience: Kids love it. Real family vibe. Staff very helpful.
Positive experience: Good place to have kids birthday party
Negative experience: Terrible to get hold of! Stuck on the same repetitive message when trying to call .No direct phone nunbr available been on the phone 46 mins trying to get through..3 times this week and its only Tuesday! Still no answer so now my son mosses out on his sports
Positive experience: Not the cheapest but convenient
Fantastic experience: Great value fitness with friendly staff
Fantastic experience: My son left his jacket on one of the football pitches during a huge rain storm. I telephoned the Centre & not only did Nicola go & find it she also drove it to our house on her way home that evening. Really very kind of her indeed.
Fantastic experience: Brilliant for my boys football
Negative experience: Absolutely dreadful pitches, dangerous to play on, complaint going to Suffolk FA as games should not be allowed unti the pitches are safe, even the ref has complained!
Positive experience: Went to a rollerskate party, the kids really enjoyed it, rio skates were provided by the sports centre.
Positive experience: First time visit for me, looks a very useful community sports venue.
Fantastic experience: Lovely staff child friendly and helpful and cheap to hold a birthday party with inflatable bouncy castles and soft play toys
Fantastic experience: Great facilities.
Fantastic experience: Nice, reasonably priced, friendly gym, plenty of other activities going on as well
Fantastic experience: Sunday football!! Decent pitches and a great 5g pitch, staff are helpful and quick to respond if needed. car park is a little small and awkward to navigate.
Fantastic experience: Great facilities, parking can be tight as it is busy.
Fantastic experience: Gym and sports centre run by Ipswich council. Staff are always friendly and its very well priced
Fantastic experience: First time I have been there and it was very friendly and the staff were very helpful
Positive experience: Plenty of parking, lots of open space sadly the coffee machine was out of order as we arrived for football match :(
Positive experience: Decent sports centre. Gym could be bigger Lots of things on for kids in holidays usually :)
Positive experience: Popular sports club, not many other things for kids to do in this area.
Positive experience: Football pitches were in good condition apart from the Grass was a little long
Fantastic experience: Lovely outside 3g pitch
Fantastic experience: Went for my flu jab Very smoothly run operation, Car park staff were fab and the whole thing ran super smooth. Quick in and out job
Positive experience: Good outdoor facilities
Positive experience: Great facilities
Fantastic experience: facility clean gym excellent lots of parking staff helpful polite knowledgeable
Fantastic experience: Went for my annual flu jab. Great staff. Easy parking.
Fantastic experience: All good very happy thanks will use them again
Fantastic experience: Only went for Covid booster.
Fantastic experience: Very good
Positive experience: Only went there for flu jab. It was well organised and parking went well. The place was all that you would expect .
Positive experience: Just went to get my flu jab booster, very efficient
Positive experience: Good community space
Fantastic experience: Great fitness classes and friendly staff
Positive experience: Car parking can be an issue
Fantastic experience: Marvelous
Fantastic experience: Pretty nice pitch!
Positive experience: Good value for money. As a 76 year old it's good in the early mornings as all seem to be older,in the afternoon seem to be a lot of unsupervised youngsters! Very rarely is there supervision and people using the weight area can sometimes monopolies the space. Always well cared for and clean
Positive experience: Go with Active Lives Ipswich for table tennis and about tennis. Very good
Fantastic experience: Attended a children's party which was well organised by the centre
Fantastic experience: Nice pitch, bit of a lower quality and thinner 3g but fun to play on
Negative experience: Height restriction barrier at entrance to the sports centre car park caught me out this evening having not been to the cycle track for a good while. 'IF' there was signage (will double check tomorrow) I was more focused on safely turning left into the entrance & negotiating the cambered entrance whilst also conscious of numerous runners/pedestrians. Ripped my roof rack & bike off my car roof - Damages in excess of £750:00 to roof, tailgate, rear light cluster, bike carrier & bike. Why can't the new? height restriction 'gate' be open during working hours to cater for cyclists who are visiting the sports centre to use the cycling facility??? I am sure I am not the first and will not be the last person to suffer such an expensive mistake. Will dump my car on the grass verge next time rather than cause an obstruction on the junction or approach whilst unloading.
Positive experience: Tried out gym as got a I card and wanted to see what they had different to the gym I use.
Fantastic experience: Currently running a walk in covid vaccine clinic. Staff and team were brilliant all 3 of us in and out really quickly.
Fantastic experience: Friendly staff and clean courts which are in good order.
Fantastic experience: Good gym
Fantastic experience: Nice and friendly service
Positive experience: The changing rooms are good showers work but one of the grass pitches is extremly dangerous but the other two are fine.appart from that all good.just been there this morning very poor had to wait 20 mins to open the changing rooms the showers are cold .waste of time wont b going again
Fantastic experience: Really friendly and helpful. Totally non judgemental. Everyone was kind and supportive.
Positive experience: Only visited for the Ipswich Town football Summer camp
Fantastic experience: Staff are all friendly, today I was at the gym and a young lad who works there was giving an induction to a very elderly gentleman. He was so polite, patient and warm to the man and treated him with dignity and respect. The place is clean, the staff are always smiling. I have never enjoyed attending a gym but I look forward to going here and don't have any anxiety about going alone.
Fantastic experience: Great gym and football pitches
Fantastic experience: At the time of writing this is the only council run sports centre that you can play Badminton at in Ipswich. Three of the four courts are available to book and the centre has good measures in place for covid compliance.
Positive experience: Went to watch football,not sure who should cut the grass on the pitches but the one to the far right was a disgrace,far to long for an important football match esp as it was raining during the game.
Positive experience: Very good sports hall, shame parking is so bad .
Positive experience: Efficient
Fantastic experience: In between lockdown i was attending here to play badminton, the facilities are very nice, but the staff are what makes this place, always friendly helpful and wanting to help.
Positive experience: Needs some money thrown at it
Negative experience: Not very helpful staff.
Positive experience: Quiet at 2.30 Saturday for a good workout
Positive experience: Play badminton there every week before lock down. Staff very good.
Fantastic experience: Good equipment
Positive experience: I play 7-a-side here on a Monday evening. The all-weather pitch is in OK condition, but has a few tears and bumps in places. Good parking and has done well enforcing Covid-safe protocols recently.
Positive experience: Love to play my badminton very friendly staff like Whitson sports center
Positive experience: Calm atmosphere and never too busy
Fantastic experience: Excellent
Fantastic experience: Fab to get back to the gym today, felt completely safe. Well done and thank you.
Fantastic experience: Good sports centre. Plenty of parking. Badminton courts are really good. The staffs are really courteous.
Fantastic experience: My kids love it
Positive experience: Good squash court, slightly expensive compared to other going rates, gym is basic.
Positive experience: Good for sports and community
Fantastic experience: Great staff and calm environment. Alot of activities and contributes to the community.
Fantastic experience: Good small sports centre
Fantastic experience: Thanks to Gemma today for sorting out a pitch for our cup game today at short notice . Excellent can do attitude, thank you.
Positive experience: Nice place to play football...
Positive experience: Very helpful staff in a friendly setting
Positive experience: Nice place
Fantastic experience: Very friendly staff always happy to help you has a large car park and disabled access is excellent in all areas i highly recommend this place
Positive experience: Good place to play badminton!
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