Impington Sports Centre

Information about Impington Sports Centre
Opening hours
- sunday: 9h-17h
- monday: 6:30-22h
- tuesday: 6:30-22h
- wednesday: 6:30-22h
- thursday: 6:30-22h
- friday: 6:30-21h
- saturday: 8:30-17h
Our comment from FitFit UK about Impington Sports Centre:
Impington Sports Centre, located in Cambridge, is a well-regarded facility known for its friendly and helpful staff, making it a welcoming place for both new and returning visitors. The centre boasts a well-equipped gym with a variety of machines and weights, having undergone recent upgrades to enhance the experience. Many users appreciate the excellent swimming pool, alongside a thermal spa, providing a superb option for relaxation.
Visitors have highlighted the cleanliness of the changing rooms and bathrooms, as well as the convenient pay-as-you-go option for access at just £5, which is considered a fantastic value. The availability of free hairdryers and easy parking adds to the overall positive experience.
However, some users have pointed out that the facilities can become busy, particularly in the free weights area and during swimming sessions, which may require pre-booking for badminton courts or classes. A few reviews noted issues with the cleanliness of some changing areas and the need for staff training in certain booking processes.
Overall, Impington Sports Centre is described as a good place for fitness with great facilities and a variety of activities, making it a popular choice for community members of all ages.
Impington Sports Centre: Opinions
Positive experience: Very friendly and helpful staff. The gym is well equipped but can feel busy very quickly especially in the free weights area
Fantastic experience: First visit to this pool First impressions are good - timetable was accurately followed. Friendly staff both on the desk and poolside. Changing rooms and bathrooms clean. Free hairdryers. Easy parking. Pay as you go (£5) is an excellent price and I will visit again.
Positive experience: The gym of the sports center has been re-done not too long ago and it is very good quality with plenty of machines and weights. There are a few lockers outside it but if you need to get changed you have to use the swimming pool changing rooms which can get very hot and stuffy even in the winter which can get quite unpleasant.
Fantastic experience: So I am at TCS (The Cavendish School) and I used to go here for swimming. I don't go anymore and I'm sad about it
Fantastic experience: A really good sports centre. I come here to swim and the pool is good but the additional thermal spa is great considering its just a school sporta centre and not a bannatyne level location.
Negative experience: I've been swimming at IVC for over 10 years & go 3 times a week for swim & Sauna! & Last month I have never felt so Humiliated... Told now I cannot use the nice clean changing rooms because it's Members only now so had to use the disgusting school ones with communal showers & Filthy toilets & thought okay it is what it is, then I went in the Sauna as I have always done to then after 5 mins some kid staff member opened the sauna door Infront of everyone & told me it's Members only now you need to get out... I told him I wish to at least use the clean toilets before I go so He followed me in there watched Me & made me feel like some sort of criminal. I am never going again after this sadly, since gone to the Hive Ely & it's like a different world beautiful clean facilities.
Negative experience: Trying for 3 weeks to get a response for their referral scheme, provided with 3 different emails, still waiting someone to contact me. Their staff has no clue either. A simple process with any other gym seem impossible with them.
Fantastic experience: Excellent gym, friendly staff and members!
Fantastic experience: Really good space! Clean and tidy
Positive experience: Not much space for floor work and not much space
Fantastic experience: Used a hall perfect size
Positive experience: Love over 50s swimming sessions. They can get very busy. Changing rooms toilets etc are tired and could do with updating and a really good ckean
Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, nice sports centre
Fantastic experience: Good gym got every thing you need
Fantastic experience: Was waiting for my son to do his gym service, coffee was good.
Negative experience: Good all round and good staff. But not enough classes or booking time needs to be changed. It's always booked up to early have to get up at 6:30am to book a class. Not ideal when you work evenings!!!
Positive experience: My kid goes here for learning cricket. The staff and coaches are really friendly and good. My kid loves going here.
Positive experience: Super pleace
Positive experience: Get fit, great facilities
Fantastic experience: I had to use this Sports Cetre because of temporary reasons. But I was really impressed by the staff that were really friendly and helpful, the changing rooms are clean and I definitely going there again.
Negative experience: Never answer phone. Booking system absolute nightmare
Fantastic experience: Great gym at a great price
Fantastic experience: Have been going there for a little while now. The instructors are very good and friendly. They had a refit 18 month ago, all new equipment. Equipment is regularly serviced. Wetwipes dispenser/stations all around the gym floor for easy access. The place is kept really clean, well looked after. Check it out. Well, worthwhile. Ps Spin classes awesome
Positive experience: Decent gym with a good amount of space, £35/month for gym only + classes. Would have preferred a cheaper membership option without the classes. I found the weekend closing times a little restrictive so have switched to a 24hr gym.
Positive experience: Quiet great place to train or swim in the pool. Out of the city traffic. You come out reborn.
Positive experience: I have been a member for a number of years and really enjoy visiting. Recently, all of the equipment was upgraded and has made a great difference. Wi Fi is hopeless with no sign of any improvement .
Positive experience: Oh dear: Female Toilet Facilties in the Sports Changing Room near to where indoor games are played, abysmal and extremely poor! Wonder what the mens toilets are like! Went here for an activity which was promoted by the college in the evening. The instruction and course are excellent. Not what you expect in a college that has an excellent reputation for high class teaching etc.
Positive experience: Nice clean gym, classes are a good addition to the membership and so far they've been both great and make you work hard. Changing rooms are nice too.
Positive experience: With regards to badminton: The hall is antiquated, as are the nets, and there are lights in need of maintenence, but the floor is fantastic and the badminton club very well organised.
Positive experience: Clean, tidy and friendly place. Pool is nice, as a viewer there is plenty of space and viewing of the pool. Conference type room is large and spacious, is used for some exercise events but also birthday parties and club agm's. Toilets do need sorting for the viewing area. They are tiny and only 2 of them which are often out of service. The disabled toilet is clean. The toilets for the gym you have to use are well away from the viewing area and are clean and tidy. Free WiFi is a bonus. Staff are still friendly and helpful
Fantastic experience: Excellent classes and gym services!!
Fantastic experience: Very good customer experience. Good social distancing.
Fantastic experience: Fantastic staff and well equipped gym. Thoroughly enjoy going here.
Fantastic experience: Good sized sports centre with wide range of facilities; gym, room for different types of classes, thermal spa and a 25m pool.
Fantastic experience: Good place, easy to park.
Fantastic experience: Great choice of classes here.
Fantastic experience: Excellent
Fantastic experience: Nice sport's center very helpful members of staff
Positive experience: Pretty decent range of equipment. Not too over crowded
Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, great facilities
Fantastic experience: Very friendly place
Fantastic experience: Great variety of activities
Fantastic experience: Really good gym, has most things I imagine you'd need. Prices are reasonable. Staff are really helpful and approachable. My only real criticism is that classes aren't the most newbie friendly but you get over it quickly.
Fantastic experience: Good atmosphere
Positive experience: friendly staff and good equipment
Positive experience: A bit dated but a great place
Positive experience: Good venue, we booked the sports hall for some indoor training. Reasonably priced, helpful staff, lots if parking and good facilities. We'll definitely go back.
Fantastic experience: Great place for swimming lessons
Fantastic experience: Great, loads of equipment
Positive experience: Adult lane swim needs the middle lane split in two.
Fantastic experience: Great little centre. Polite staff. Always take my grandson in the holidays to the fun swim. Water was cool. Which is fine for older children but a bit chilly for tots.
Fantastic experience: Great place, the ppl who work there are polite and kind.
Fantastic experience: Best gym in Histon&Impington. Bigger pool, more gym equipment, less snooty and cheaper than that ‘other place’ near the A14.
Positive experience: I went for a birthday party which was very well organised.
Positive experience: The inside temperature is far from comfort..
Positive experience: Helpful staff and a great facility to have on your doorstep. Minus one star for promoting junk food drinks to kids. They can’t make rational decisions which why we now have strict rules on advertising for children. I buy my kids treats but I want it to be my choice and I hate the inevitable pestering whenever I visit with them.
Positive experience: Easy reach, good 25m pool.
Positive experience: Good facilities, pool always seems a bit on the dark side and changing rooms a bit basic.
Positive experience: Good facilities and helpful staff. One turnstile has never worked for me though
Fantastic experience: Good gym in a beautiful village
Positive experience: Very helpful and professional staff :). However, the facilities are a bit too stretched for me to have a relaxed swim and spa, so reluctantly (this is my closest pool) I tend to go elsewhere.
Fantastic experience: Great
Fantastic experience: Good 'out of town' pool. Pool relaxing, warm and nice to be in. Relaxing to swim with not too many other swimmers. Cafe good. Changing rooms good.
Positive experience: Good facilities!
Positive experience: Gym equipment is good. Can be a bit busy. Nice and helpful staff.
Positive experience: The Gym is cluttered. The weights section is too busy. On the other hand there are 30+ running/cycling/steppung machines which are not too busy. It could be much better if half the running machines were gone to free up space for more wrights and stretching. Othetwise good member dressing rooms, decent swimming pool and sauna/steam room.
Fantastic experience: New equipment and knowledgeable staff.
Fantastic experience: Very good, I think if you want to learn swimiming quietly maybe with your mum and dad this is a good place to go or even if you want to train
Positive experience: Ok
Positive experience: Great gym and pools. Equipment is very good and staff very friendly.
Positive experience: Often go swimming and use the badminton courts here, both can be rather busy so pre-booking badminton courts is kind of required. General swims can be rather busy to depending on when you go but I rather ha e had issues even then. Stuff are friendly and helpful.
Fantastic experience: Helpful person great facilities and very big choice of fitness classes
Positive experience: We have been playing badminton here every week for years, yet the courts are never set up on time, and we end up breaking the nets down ourselves most weeks!
Positive experience: Pay as you go entrance is quite different from monthly direct debit. Not very nice changing area for pay as you go, but I heard the other one is much nicer if u pay monthly. The pool itself is nice and warm. People there are friendly.
Fantastic experience: great facilities! friendly and helpful staff too
Fantastic experience: Very good facilities for old folk like me: have a swim, quick sauna or steam, join in the aquafit session (aerobics in the shallow end) and shower off. Get membership and it all works out REALLY cheap! Don't be shy, tell 'em your age and get a reduction. And the members' changing room is pretty good.
Positive experience: 2015 I hate and love this place. The shower room is full of body hair and the swimming pool is almost always closed for the public. Fitness side is very good however and it has many facilities. Could be cheaper and open earlier and the spa area could be a bit warmer as it's too cold to relax. 2016 Update: recently rejoined (June 2016) and I see a lot of improvements. A bit more public swimming, cleaner changing room, warmer relaxation room by the sauna. Thanks for listening to the reviews.
Negative experience: Enthusiastic instructors and mostly good exercise classes - if you can get into them. Regulars book everything a week in advance so you have to be organised and quick to stand a chance. Most classes held in small, cramped room in the gym, which isn't great when there are barbells involved. The nice, airy downstairs room seems to be woefully underused considering how many members go on 'Reserved' for classes. Overall, an okay gym. You get what you pay for. If you're signing up for monthly payments make sure you do cancel a month in advance in writing - don't just cancel your dd. Made that mistake when we moved away from the area and was hounded by their account lady.
Positive experience: Good value swimming pool. Changing facilities (for the pool) a little basic, but functional.
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