Billesley Tennis and Fitness Centre

Fantastic experience: Great little gym, nice and quiet when I go, and friendly staff

Fantastic experience: This place is great. Discovered it a couple of days ago as a friend booked some courts here for badminton. The flooring is dated and could use resurfacing and the lights should be redone as it distracts when playing, but overall a good facility with good quality resources. Slightly annoyed that the court next to us was booked for pickleball and kept running over onto our court, but don't let that distract you from attending; plenty of scheduled activities throughout the week - badminton, tennis, pickleball, trampolining etc.

Fantastic experience: As a regular user of the gym, I find it a great place. All the staff are great, especially Jen and Rona, always polite and efficient with a smile.

Fantastic experience: The staff are friendly and helpful. The facilities and timetable of activities at Billsley are good and varied. The changing rooms,toilets and shower area are well maintained and clean.

Fantastic experience: Jen is one of the best customer service staff at billesley Tennis CLUB. I enjoy coming here with my friends

Fantastic experience: I play badminton here on a Monday and Thursday. The facilities are great and the staff are always helpful

Fantastic experience: Just in after having an amazing training session with Sue She really was fantastic very caring and understanding also Reiss was very helpful thank you Billesley gym

Fantastic experience: Just had a PT session with Sue who was absolutely fantastic Very impressed looking forward to our next session

Fantastic experience: I have been working with Sue for Personal Training sessions at Billesley and would highly recommend her to anyone looking for a PT. I was initially looking for a rugby specific coach to help me with pre-season conditioning, but Sue is brilliant at what she does and I do not believe I could have got better programme from a specialist. She listened to what I do in my position, and worked on areas of fitness that are relevant to me. She understood that my goals were about performance not appearance and sessions felt personalised. I have gained the explosive power I was looking for and developed overall strength and stamina too. Sue's workouts are fun, fresh and engaging (I am someone who often gets bored doing the same things over and over) and she pushes you to perform beyond what you can do independently, without ever shouting or bringing negativity. Thank you Sue! I'll be back next year!

Fantastic experience: This is our weekly activity centre as it's local. My son plays tennis here. Professional , friendly team who are dedicated to serving the people. Good, clean facilities.

Negative experience: The facilities are clean however the shower facilities are abit odd. The women’s shower is just a big square with 6 open showers. Who wants to shower naked in front of people they don’t know ? Usually gyms have private cubicles for showers so I find this invasive and abit weird

Fantastic experience: Granddaughter loves the place

Fantastic experience: First thing you notice is how clean the place is, gym changing rooms spotless staff are very good,sue the PT is brilliant very good does everything there personal training general running of the centre really good with the clients can't fault her good overhaul experience there

Positive experience: Easy access, road to the centre is a bit bumpy but the badminton courts are nice although they aren’t high level

Fantastic experience: Great place to go and get sporty. Amazing and super friendly staff!!!

Fantastic experience: I have been going to Billesley Tennis and Fitness Centre for over 2 years now. Recently, I booked a blocked personal training session in the Gym. This has been the best decision and gift, I have given myself concerning improving my fitness level. I simply love how Sue, my trainer, has helped me to push beyond what I am capable of doing. Her experience, encouragement, and kind, positive approach have left me wanting to continue to do this for as long as I possibly can. I know that I would not have been able to motivate myself to stretch and go beyond what my mind was telling me to do, had I not had someone by my side encouraging me and also showing me how to get the best out of each session with the different training equipments - thank you Sue! I would definitely recommend a one-to-one personal training session as a way of pursuing a fitness goal Ruth Taylor

Fantastic experience: Great centre, tennis, badminton, football and various other classes, manager very friendly and helpful, great option for cold evenings! :)

Positive experience: Jenny and Sue are really lovely. There's also another lady on reception who's really helpful and friendly too (she wears glasses?) - unfortunately don't know her name - I must ask her next time! Sue in particularly is so lovely, friendly, helpful and patient. Had a great PT session with her where she showed me some different strength training workouts a few months ago. She's always a joy to talk to when you bump into her, and my dad who is also a member , agrees that she is really welcoming and friendly. It's a nice, quiet gym but it is quite limited because it's so small. They have a smith and cable machine but they don't have the full range of equipment that commercial gyms have, which is the trade off. It would be great if they did, for example, have a hack squat machine, heavier dumbbells, or a hip thrust machine. They are limited on space though, I realise. The other members of staff, particularly some of the younger members, tend to be less friendly/less helpful. Can be difficult to talk to, there's one young member of staff who is particularly surly. It doesn't discourage me from attending, thankfully Sue/Jenny and the older members of the team make up for that. Some of the younger staff could do with an attitude adjustment though. Overall, decent gym albeit small, with some really lovely members of staff.

Fantastic experience: My happy place :)

Fantastic experience: We play tennis on the indoor courts every week. Indoor Tennis facilities are very good and we usually book a double session.

Fantastic experience: Badminton courts £10 a hour. Great bunch a lads on reception. Decent car park. Whats not to like...

Positive experience: It's OK at best. The lighting alone is a big letdown if you want to play badminton in certain courts. Booking is available through online, which is convenient. Tennis courts and bungee jumping also available.

Fantastic experience: Personal Training Sessions Dec-2023- Sue is undoubtedly an extraordinary personal trainer who has left an indelible mark on my fitness journey. Her meticulous attention to detail ensures that every movement is executed flawlessly, safeguarding against potential injuries. Each session with Sue is a perfect balance of challenge and reward, pushing me to surpass my own limits. With her expert guidance, I've experienced incredible transformations in weight loss, strength, and overall well-being. Sue's mastery with resistance bands and her innate understanding of my individual needs set her apart from the rest. Moreover, her influence extends beyond the gym, instilling a lasting shift in my approach to food and exercise. I wholeheartedly endorse Sue to anyone striving to achieve their fitness goals. Thank you, Sue, for your unwavering dedication and positive impact on my life. Your passion, energy, and holistic approach make you not just a trainer, but a true inspiration. Oct 2023- I've been training with Ross for 5 weeks now, and I'm thrilled with my decision. He's remarkably hands-on, communicative, and caring, exceeding my expectations. His tailored approach during our weekly check-ins reflects his dedication as a personal trainer. Ross is a great guy, and the evident results speak for themselves. The gym, well-equipped and maintained, adds to the positive experience. Additionally, my 5 weeks with Ross have been fantastic. His wealth of knowledge instills confidence, making workouts both effective and enjoyable. Ross strikes a perfect balance, offering motivation and understanding during busy periods. Highly recommend Ross for a transformative fitness journey.

Positive experience: Good facilities. Come here for community badminton. Needs a bit more structure as courtesy is very less with people not considering others who haven't yet played a game.

Fantastic experience: Had an issue with the no strings attached badminton last week. Stuart was extremely helpful, an managed the situation very well. He is an asset to the organisation!

Fantastic experience: my boy loved summer camp here

Positive experience: Great early evening walking rugby. Good fun. Pleasant people.

Fantastic experience: Very nice place to play tennis. Features indoor and outdoor courts. You can book a session online easily by creating an account and selecting the time slot. £16 for an hour.

Fantastic experience: Nice badminton court

Negative experience: This is very unprofessional and careless place I have ever been I would not be there anymore.

Positive experience: Good clean venue with lots to do. Tennis courts need a repaint!

Fantastic experience: We love play badminton there. Always good customer service.

Fantastic experience: We used to live locally and have always tried to keep using the place. Staff are what make it - they are friendly and welcoming. We've had both indoor and outdoor sessions here but my children have also had lessons there. The staff are all so loyal too - Stuart is an all-time kids favourite. He was the leader for my eldest son and is now still there for my young daughter! Lovely place, great facilities. They even have a small gym.

Fantastic experience: I visit this place once a week for No strings badminton and sometimes for the kids tennis and gymnastics. Staff are friendly and remember you and try to serve you as quickly as possible.

Positive experience: Good: -Ample parking in a tucked away location -Have badminton mats with clearly marked lines unlike other sport halls were there are multiple sports lines -Friendly reception staff Bad: -Lighting for badminton is a bit poor. The glare causes you to miss a lot of shots but tolerable -Bit on the higher side in terms of price compared to other sports centres in Birmingham, but not extortionate. -Online booking system membership runs out very quickly, you have to call reception to get them to extend it for a year. Overall a great facility for the local community. Clearly getting busier recently so may need to extend opening hours.

Negative experience: If you want to play badminton, I’d strongly advise against this centre. They use badminton mats on top of an existing tennis court so the floor slips when stopping. Poor lights not made for badminton, apparently they said they would fix this and is yet to happen. During the colder seasons, the playing hall is the same temperature as it would be outside as there’s no proper heating system (if there is it’s very outdated) Ceiling is too low for badminton, often times the shuttle will hit the slopes support beams above. All in all, find somewhere else to play as the management at this place is appalling.

Fantastic experience: Good tennis and badminton courts here. Easy to book online.

Fantastic experience: Excellent parking and great local venue

Positive experience: Had a fabulous time here. Staff were very friendly and helpful.

Positive experience: Great for tennis but getting a little dated inside.

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff and great facilities

Positive experience: Karate session always a good one

Fantastic experience: Lovely community with lovely people at Billesley Leisure Centre. All of them are nice and accommodating,always want to help when they can. I want to share my PT training with Miss Sue Hollis.Have been training with Sue for few months now and she's great . Sue is professional,always help you to work and achieve your fitness goal. Sue has great knowledge of her craft . I always learn something new , interesting and especially the correct range of motion so as to avoid injuries especially to a newbie like myself. I'm so thankful for her patience with me too☺️and she knows it. Long term goal is to stay healthy so I'm continuing my PT sessions!! Thank you to all staff at Billesley Leisure Centre.

Fantastic experience: Easily accessible with most indoor sports available.

Fantastic experience: Live it nice place and so much entertainment it's lovely

Fantastic experience: Good function room

Positive experience: Pricey, but great for a game of tennis.

Fantastic experience: The kids really enjoy their tennis lessons each Sunday morning. The trainer is really good with them

Fantastic experience: Very nice place has facilities for indoor badminton and table tennis as well as indoor/outdoor tennis. Has big parking area. No need for membership to use those facilities. A subscription is required for the gym. Indoor tennis prices as of 31/3/22: 20.75£ 4pm onwards (till 9pm) Half price before that time. Slightly cheaper over the weekend. There’s around 5 tennis courts.

Positive experience: Regular at this place for playing badminton. Lights for badminton are pretty bad but otherwise lovely place

Fantastic experience: Great facility.

Negative experience: Terrible staff at reception. Rude and racist.

Negative experience: Absolutely disgusting behaviour from the receptionist and the manager today. Our kids had an under 11 match today and during the match a torrential downpour ensued requiring the match to be cancelled. Whilst the children waited to be picked up they went to wait in the reception area as it was absolutely freezing. Their hands were numb and they were shivering. The receptionist thought it a good idea to scream at them to go stand back outside on the freezing temperature. Where is their humanity?! I give up!

Negative experience: no point in calling their phone line - impossible to get through to book a court

Fantastic experience: Very good won

Positive experience: I had not played at the centre for some years and so this was the first time I had seen the curtain arrangement on the balcony. This proved to be an excellent solution to the problem of being distracted by the lights on the other side of the balcony. The court surface is hard but it gives a secure footing. In an hour's intense hitting I cannot recall any bad bounces. The changing rooms are perfectly acceptable and there is amble parking. The staff members were friendly and welcoming. Do be aware that the sleeping policemen on the long driveway are of the teeth jarring variety so do drive carefully. My friend and I intend to play there again

Fantastic experience: Good place to play

Fantastic experience: Need to answer the phone, great tennis courts at the right price

Positive experience: Only use the badminton courts ( which are either very heavily used or not cleaned daily staff are nice though

Fantastic experience: Great place to train and get back into form! Very remote and parking available. Easy to get there. Only downside is the light inside while playing badminton its bit too bright and which makes you miss shots but yeah that could be just me!!

Positive experience: Clean facilities, ample parking including for minibuses and small coaches. My only grumble is that it was very dark in the car park on account of the external lights being off.

Negative experience: Decent activities range but they take ages to respond to emails. Sometimes 5-7 days. Extremely poor service given the importance of children's services

Fantastic experience: Well i hadn't picked up the old bat and ball for a while so it didnt go well for me but we couldn't of found a better place to play. Great clean courts, friendly staff excellent facilities and only myself to blame for the terrible performance The new regular

Fantastic experience: Good

Fantastic experience: Lovely place for indoor games

Fantastic experience: Great service, staff, and facilities

Fantastic experience: Amazing people. Good factories

Positive experience: Facilities are great, staff are great, but unfortunately its very cold, hence the 4 stars. Takes quite a long time to warm up.

Fantastic experience: Very lovely place friendly staff

Fantastic experience: Open gym. Since yesterday. Clean, lovely and spacious. Used to go years ago and remembered a dark and cramped gym. That's all changed now. It's very light, has a cardio section with window ventilation and a gym equipment section, which is in one of the tennis court sections. Great for social distancing. You have to book online before you go, which is easy, via the "More" app. Staff friendly and very helpful... no complaints !!

Fantastic experience: Brilliant session

Fantastic experience: It's big, easy to access and great for tennis

Negative experience: Badminton courts are poor in terms of lighting, heating and the floor. I am sure they havent updated the building since it was built in the 70's. It is a 1 hour session which is good for the price you pay

Fantastic experience: Excellent tennis facilities

Positive experience: Too cold

Fantastic experience: Great place. My daughter went gymnastic here. Now tennis.

Fantastic experience: 5 stars for this place - a really winning set-up. Give it a try.

Positive experience: Great place for badminton and tennis booking beforehand is a must as popularity has grown for this location

Fantastic experience: Free gym 1pm -2pm every day

Positive experience: It is in need of maintenance in every part of the centre

Fantastic experience: Big space, lots of parking, nice staff

Positive experience: My child went for half term club, he enjoyed the activities but was complaining about age of the children. They had kids from year 6 (11 years old) at the same time with little ones, as young as 4 years older. That's not a good idea to put older kids with youner to play together. 4yo was too young and could not focus on activities which was a problem when they played team games, he was distractive and making other children upset. I understand that children should try to adjust to every environment and learn to play together as a team but why would it have to be that older must compromise here?

Fantastic experience: Local

Positive experience: It needs more weight training equipment? It's OK for its size

Positive experience: Nice staff

Positive experience: It's large; I play badminton, the lighting can be really problematic but the facilities are good for various other sports there too!!

Fantastic experience: Great facilities

Negative experience: Good indoor courts, but £26 for 2 hours of early morning indoor tennis is just ridiculous.

Fantastic experience: Good indoor place...

Fantastic experience: Great everything what you want & need all in one place fresh air, good for a family day out

Fantastic experience: A great facility to have on your doorstep,stacks of groups and activities for every age.

Positive experience: Bruh about the dodgiest changing rooms

Fantastic experience: Fantastic facilities for budding tennis players.

Positive experience: Excellent for disabled players

Negative experience: Not very good at keeping you up to date, when lessons are cancelled

Fantastic experience: Great way of active day for anyone. Staff absolutely fabulous and very helpful!! Highly recommend

Negative experience: Absolutely terrible do not go here

Positive experience: Great place for tennis and even accustomed o badminton players too, staff were nice, lighting a little bit strong.

Fantastic experience: Dear Management and Staff at Starbucks, Maypole Donation for our Winter Fayre I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your kind donation towards the above event. The Fayre was very successful and we managed to raise over £600.00. Once again, thank you for your support. Kind Regards Rev Debbie Collins Vicar

Fantastic experience: Good badminton courts, recently got new nets and always clean surroundings. The only downside is the bright lights which definitely affects certain high shots but for tennis it's fine.