Information about Failsworth Sports Centre

Brierley Ave
M35 9HA, Manchester
+441612077000

Opening hours

  • sunday: 8h-17h
  • monday: 7h-21h
  • tuesday: 7h-21h
  • wednesday: 7h-21h
  • thursday: 7h-21h
  • friday: 7h-21h
  • saturday: 8h-17h

Failsworth Sports Centre provides quality gym, swim, and fitness classes as well as sports hall activities. Exercise classes every day.

Fully refurbished in 2022, members can enjoy over 70 gym stations offering a wide range of cardio and resistance training, all supported by our fully qualified instructors.

The gym also has air conditioning, dedicated work out zones, a four-screen entertainment suite and a large free weights area and functional training zone.

Our modern 25 metre, 4 lane pool swimming pool is sure to make a splash, providing plenty of space and a comfortable environment for all levels of swimmers.

We offer a wide range of classes, activities and sessions for all ages and abilities. We also offer adult and kids swimming lessons, all year round to help build confidence and skills in the water.

We offer over 30 classes to choose from every week, categorised by low, medium and high intensity, making it easier for you to choose the right class for your age and ability.

Brand new for 2022, our dedicated spin studio is the perfect location for our popular blood-pumping spin classes complete with disco lights and sound system so you can ride to the beat under your feet in the most motivating setting with your team.

Our four badminton courts offer players of all levels the chance to have fun whilst getting fit. Members can book courts up to 7 days in advance for free, or non-members can book on a pay-as-you-go basis.

Our spacious studio offers the latest in classes, including a dedicated spin studio, Les Mills, and popular favourites such as Aerobics and Zumba, whilst our sizeable sports hall is perfect for activities such as badminton, 5-a-side football and netball.

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Our comment from FitFit UK about Failsworth Sports Centre:

Failsworth Sports Centre, located in Manchester, offers a welcoming environment with a variety of facilities for both fitness enthusiasts and casual visitors. The center is known for its friendly staff, who are always ready to assist, especially for those with disabilities. Many users have praised the center's:

  • Good Facilities: The center provides a range of amenities including a gym equipped with modern machines, a swimming pool known for its cleanliness, and various sports pitches.
  • Community Feel: Visitors appreciate the warm and social atmosphere, often highlighting the friendly interactions with both staff and fellow users.
  • Convenient Features: Amenities like free parking, a viewing area for spectators, and numerous classes available make it a great local choice for families and individuals alike.

However, some areas require attention:

  • Maintenance Issues: A common theme among reviews is the need for updates, especially in the changing rooms and certain equipment, which some users found to be in disrepair.
  • Inconsistent Policies: Discrepancies regarding discounts and session timings have led to confusion among visitors, indicating a need for clearer communication.
  • Cleaning Concerns: There have been several mentions of cleanliness issues in the changing rooms and toilets, which are areas for improvement.

Overall, Failsworth Sports Centre is a beloved local facility that, with some enhancements, could significantly elevate the user experience for everyone.

Failsworth Sports Centre: Opinions

4.2/5 (94 Opinions)
Peter 1 year ago

Negative experience: Staff are great but faulty equipment takes forever to repair

Campbell Connachan 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Good facilities

PICK&MIX GAMER 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Loved it so many computers on the machines to help keep track

Sharon Taylor 1 year ago

Negative experience: Went 2 days running, day 1 told got a discount with my ocl card, day 2 told no such thing, card is just so they know I've been. Day 1 family swim 9:15 to 10:45 told same following day but all told to leave at 10am. Nightmare to find the swim times online. Really disappointing. Day 1 though nice staff member offering alternative floats, rest of staff both days very serious

julie lydon 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Seemed a busy place. Just dropping someone off

Nikki Halliwell 2 years ago

Positive experience: Local sports centre and swimming pool. Quite dated and could benefit from an upgrade especially in the changing rooms. Having said that, it has everything you need for local sports activities

Mark Squire 2 years ago

Positive experience: Nice local pool swimming instructors need to be consistent not temp

David Hodgin 2 years ago

Positive experience: Good free parking, small public viewing area, chairs tables area with vending machines, good access very warm

Arunas Vaitkevicius 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Ok

Sandra Raue 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Learn to swim in 30 mins

Gill Fisher 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Really great football pitches and coaches very ecure clean and tidy

Kumkum Chatterjee 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Maybe Failsworth Sports Centre is not very big but it has everything that Sports Centre needs. Everything and everyone is very friendly. I enjoy coming to the centre every week .

Gill Holt 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Clean well equipped place.

Andy Ditch 2 years ago

Positive experience: Needs updating and bit of tlc, but the are needs the sports centre

Mike Seddon 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic community facilities.

Linda Owen 2 years ago

Positive experience: Its pointless having this centre not open on the days the football matches are on as there are no toilet facilities

Elliott 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Only just started but the staff are really friendly and the people using the equipment keep to themselves

Nicolas Costello 2 years ago

Negative experience: Not the easiest or funnest swim venue for families with babies/toddlers/little one

Keith Adams 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good pitches and associated facilities. Parking a little limited when lots of teams playing

Katalin Antal 3 years ago

Positive experience: Would give it a 4* however they have integrated the kids gym with the adults & the lads do nothing but mess about & the girls are too busy taking selfies. Also cleaning issues in the ladies changing room and toilet. Staff friendly, especially Stu 5 stars!

Pauline Ratcliffe 3 years ago

Negative experience: The female toilets are disgusting! I’ve complained verbally but it has made no difference. They are a health hazard with dried on pee on the underside of the toilet seats. GROSS!

Shah Alom 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place and stuff

Farida Miah 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Helpful staffs always ready to help you, what ever problems you have specially when you have a disability you need help

Dappa Manc 3 years ago

Positive experience: not sure why you can't pay cash for 1 month membership but can pay cash for the period before the month starts

Linda Beverley 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: We went swimming wad brill

Michelle Mcknight 3 years ago

Negative experience: Would give it a 4* however they have integrated the kids gym with the adults & the lads do nothing but mess about & the girls are too busy taking selfies which is fine if they were not taking up machines while doing so.

Agnieszka Mościcka 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Big variety of classes, unlimited access to gym and swimming pool and very Reasonably priced. Very friendly staff always willing to help. Overall very recommended

Michele McCarthy 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Joined as a member to get body toned doing pilates with Ben. Love it & you feel good in yourself afterwards

Bradley Smith 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Failsworth Sports Centre offers a well-rounded experience for fitness enthusiasts and casual visitors alike. The highlight of the facility is undoubtedly its five-star gym. Equipped with state-of-the-art machines and free weights, the gym is rarely crowded, providing an almost exclusive feel. This allows for uninterrupted workouts and easy access to equipment at any time of the day. The swimming pool, which boasts I would say the the cleanest water you'll find across all sports centres well maintained, offering a refreshing and hygienic environment for swimmers. Everyone is very social and it makes a change from the other sites. The staff at Failsworth Sports Centre deserve special mention for their friendliness and professionalism. Their positive attitude and helpful nature contribute significantly to the inviting atmosphere of the centre. However, The sports centre is beginning to show its age, and certain parts of the facility, particularly the changing rooms and could do with some tender loving care. Updating areas would go a long way in enhancing the overall user experience.

marco rea 3 years ago

Positive experience: Improved a lot in the last year or so football pitches are great

Kirk Salter 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Every Sunday for 2 hours a bit like church for the blood pressure ,1 down side is the carpark is sometimes overflowing due to football on neighbouring fields ,perhaps a barrier entry system for paying guests

Nowsherowa Khan 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very Very good

Mark Marsh 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good pitches for training

Byron 4 years ago

Positive experience: Good local leisure centre, gets the job done but it was a little bigger and spacious like the Oldham one

Neil 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent and friendly staff.

Leslie Harvey 4 years ago

Negative experience: Issues with cleaning issues due to minimum wage staff and no proper cleaners. Poolside changing rooms are filthy. Overpriced. This is the second time I've had to post a 1 star review because the last one was removed. Centre should be put back in full council ownership when it was run properly.

Martin Fowler 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great little pool for us as within 5 mins walking distance.

Natalie Ward 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Helpful staff and very good facilities

stacey cowlay 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place

Paul Walsh 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice people to deal with excellent service clean gym

Scott Grimshaw 4 years ago

Positive experience: Great place and facilities for kids football

Maria Kuzmycz 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very good

B R 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant

Barry Corfield 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant post covid physio team

Darren Hall 4 years ago

Positive experience: Showering it's age a bit. But OK facilities. Enjoyed our time.

Diane Burgess 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very well organised one way

Susan Artingstall 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very well organised, 1st time in a gym since last February, really enjoyed it

Michelle H 4 years ago

Negative experience: Absolute joke ! Couldn't use your facilities because of covid. Cancelled membership and you still took another month! Now you want more payments saying it's a live account

Matthew hall 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: great swimming pool!

steve glover 4 years ago

Positive experience: Good 4G football facilities.

Bob Murray 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great staff very helpful especially Stuart and aĺl a credit to you all. Cheers.

mark fanning 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely staff and lovely members all covid safety measures covered. Lots of good classes

J V 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Really clean. All equipment wiped down. Given sanitizer to clean again if wanted. Felt very safe

Steve McClure 5 years ago

Positive experience: Covid19 test site

Paul Wright 5 years ago

Positive experience: Play football there, pitch is decent, the outside toilet tho... disgusting.

Shelley Coulter 5 years ago

Negative experience: Due to covid no showers available or dryers. Staff not that helpful, too busy gathering round reception desk chatting

Effen Deecy 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: The staff are really friendly and the place is always clean.

Andy Mills 5 years ago

Positive experience: No complaints with staff or other visitors but adding salt to the chlorine in your pool would make a huge difference... my eyes where streaming for hours afterwards

Harpal Babbar 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff

Neil Bowers 5 years ago

Negative experience: Needs a good clean. So do most of the people who visited

Antonia Gorman 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Easy to get to, a good range of facilities for a small centre and lots of parking most days, does get busy on a Saturday morning because of the football pitches

Dbag 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Plenty of parking right beside the 3G pitch. The facilities are quite good here, including snack bars and toilets. Having the raised terrace provides a better view over the game.

Christopher Jeffries-brindley 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent gym well serviced by staffs fitness

kousene dolly o 6 years ago

Positive experience: Nice

Mike Scanlon 6 years ago

Positive experience: Disabled toilet was filthy

Margaret Edwards 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great pilates class with friends

Hazel West 6 years ago

Positive experience: Friendly staff and good parking

David Wright 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good facilities

Matthew Jones 6 years ago

Positive experience: Pool and changing rooms are a bit small and it can get busy which makes it seem even smaller. It is kept clean however. I haven't been anywhere here other than the pool so the other facilities do not factor into my review.

Chris Dehan 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very clean and modern place. Friendly staff. Cant believe the swimming pool was virtually empty. I wish my local swimming pool was that empty.

Anne Jones 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely friendly staff and pleasant atmosphere everyone very helpfull

zara Najfi 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️

Chris Clayton 6 years ago

Positive experience: Great place for training only downside there is no facilities for changing or toilets

david elliott 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Boom

Rebecca Cope 6 years ago

Negative experience: Couldnt sign up on the website. Worst website i have ever been on in my life.

Leyton Heyworth 7 years ago

Positive experience: Small community sports centre but dont let this put you off. Its a well equiped place sporting a gym/fitness suite and a 25m pool.

Hayley Dalton 7 years ago

Positive experience: Just attended a birthday party

Alexsander Capewell 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Facilities are fantastic, they have everything you need and the staff are very helpful

David Goodwin 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Love it. Staff are very helpful

William Connolly 7 years ago

Negative experience: Nice and local centre however arrived at 20:25 for a half hour swim knowing the session ended at 21:00. From arrival staff were clearly frustrated at the fact I arrived so late and the mens changing room has NO privacy what so ever with fully open changing, showers and a single toilet and urinal. Pool however was at a warm temperature and nice and empty which was nice as it meant I did not need to dodge people. Leaving, I was shocked to see Creamy Hot Chocolate from the vending machine to be £1.50 so I ended up with a strong tea with little milk costing £1.00. ALL HOT DRINKS ARE 65P AT BROADWAY. At this point there was 3 members of staff which were obviously waiting for me to leave so they could go home. I just found them impolite and just overall rude.

Aldo Sims 7 years ago

Positive experience: Friendly staff, the gym recently renovated gym is well equipped and classes are great fun and usually run on time. However, the pool changing facilities have needed updating for years and are in a VERY poor state of disrepair with mould, flaking paint and broken lockers etc.

Alan Storer 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice staff and a good gym

Teddy Witczak 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: 3G pitches brilliant for the kids to play football

Lisa Robinson Boland 7 years ago

Positive experience: A relaxed place to work out. Great zumba classes and a swimming pool. Never too busy. Teen gym also for teenagers

Nick Greaves 7 years ago

Positive experience: Plenty of parking unless there is something on at the school or the football pitches then it's be carefully were u park people will DUMP there cars were ever they can u could be there longer than u think staff friendly an helpfully

Garry Crowther 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice small sports centre in the heart of failsworth greater Manchester

Bryan Farragher 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Always helpful staff

Shazad Hussain 7 years ago

Positive experience: Facilities a little bit aged now but has decent parking and staff are helpful.

Ibrahim 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Rugulary use of the swimming pool on weekends. Helpful and friendly staff, really clean facilities including changing rooms, swimming pool and the gym. Prices could be a little better. It cost around £5 for 1 adult and 1 child swimming if your not a member. Few vending machines for snacks and drinks that accept cards. Free parking.

Brian Maloney 8 years ago

Positive experience: Good but pricey

Poppy Walker 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: I love going swimming and teen gym staff are also very nice

jill edwards 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lots to do

Lisa Schofield 8 years ago

Positive experience: Changing rooms need updating otherwise excellent gym

Tobias Wardleworth 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Gym, sports hall where you can play a large variety of sports

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