Ongar Leisure Centre

Fantastic experience: Small gym,but with a good range of equipment in good condition. Staff are generally very helpful.

Positive experience: Fantastic staff but gym needs an urgent makeover with many machines breaking down often and taking a long time to be repaired. Otherwise a good place to train

Fantastic experience: Nice place to have an exercising swim :-) great staff. Fresh and clean.

Fantastic experience: Excellent friendly service

Fantastic experience: This is a fantastic facility for the local community. The range of amenities, from the well-maintained swimming pools to the modern gym and fitness classes, is impressive. The staff is not only friendly but also knowledgeable, offering guidance and support for all fitness levels. What sets this leisure centre apart is its commitment to inclusivity, making it accessible for all ages and abilities. It's a place where families, fitness enthusiasts, and those looking for a fun, active day out can all feel at home. The cleanliness and overall organisation of the centre are noteworthy, creating a positive experience for every visit. This is a true asset to the community, promoting health, wellness, and enjoyment for all. I highly recommend it!

Fantastic experience: After a bad injury to my back, Theo Newton the PT has really helped me adapt my training and with Theo’s new work out routine I am not in pain and I am really enjoying my training. Highly recommend Theo if your looking for a Personal Trainer

Negative experience: It's a nice quiet pool and well maintained. However my reason for 2stars is the pool temperature if the water. the minimum pool temperature for babies under 12lbs should be a recommended 32 degrees... Cold swimming pools can cause hyperthermia in babies. The staff assured me the pool was warm enough for babies as they have lessons there, but I got a temperature reading of 28!... After 15mins my baby was shivering. I think it's dangerous to state the pool is warm enough, when all documents online state absolutely no less than 30 degrees. I understand that in this economic environment the temperature will need to be reduced However it shouldn't be at the expense of safety.

Fantastic experience: Good facility and parking

Positive experience: Swimming pool is a good size.. changing facilities not great

Fantastic experience: Great

Fantastic experience: Fantastic leisure centre, with a gym that I actually feel comfortable going into. It feels warm and friendly, as opposed to cold and clinical. No long mirrors to pose in front of!! Love Raquel. So happy to help.

Positive experience: Relaxed

Positive experience: We took our grandson aged 2&6 months for an under 5's play session this Morning. Staff were friendly&helpful. Could do with a bit more equipment eg sit&ride for the little ones&maybe a few more soft footballs. Having said that there was plenty of room for the little ones to run around.

Negative experience: Not sure what happened to this place but it looks like it's being run by a bunch of incompetent and greedy lot The staff are doing what they can and they're always helpful but everything else is pretty bad You just have to go to the changing rooms and you'll throw up, mould, paint coming off the walls, dirt everywhere And why is the water so cold? I take my kids there for the swimming lessons and they're shaking every time they come out of the pool plus they have a cold the next day!! Get it sorted or get rid of the management/directors, they're clearly useless

Fantastic experience: Lovely friendly staff, great place to be

Negative experience: The leisure centre has gone down hill since being taken over by places for people, staff cut backs and now hardly any classes at weekends for people that work during the week. I did circuits for 3.5 years, but it got stopped and has never been put back on the calendar. I no longer see the point in paying for a membership when you are not getting value for money.

Positive experience: Great friendly staff but facilities badly in need of an upgrade.

Fantastic experience: Great facilities and staff, a good variety of classes

Fantastic experience: Friendly.

Fantastic experience: Lovely facility

Negative experience: The staff are lovely and helpful but sadly it's doesn't offer a good range of classes for different times...All the classes are either mornings or evenings..there is nothing in the afternoons .Despite talking to the staff about preferences and what classes were liked nothing ever changes ..members were promised a new timetable last year ...that never happened..Then they got a new manager and still no change ...its jaded and uninspiring.

Fantastic experience: Since being refurbished last year, it feels fresher, cleaner and less cluttered, especially in and around the swimming pool viewing area. There are now seats both inside the swimming pool area, as well as in the viewing area so you can choose where to sit. Haven't been in the gym area yet, but if it's had the same kind of makeover the reception has, I'm sure it'll look great.

Negative experience: Sport hall is not good lighting and flooring for badminton, slippery and spot lights blinding for some shots. Impossible to get a child’s place in beginners gymnastic been waiting 2 years, staff not greatly helpful with this, told me to ring back in august. Just put on extra sessions for popular classes it’s not difficult to figure out. Find it limited in classes in day and popular classes like yoga or aqua fully booked before you’ve had a chance to look! Gym is pretty good. Had an update and have lights and good equipment. Swimming pool - family swim has changed, family of 2 have to pay same price as family of 4 now which is £15 last time I looked, that’s if it not fully booked…again, a shame it doesn’t really cater for our town and surrounding villages, it used to but no one seems to care, so we don’t visit as much as I would like as it’s fully booked or class/session not available not really value for money for the membership, so they’ve lost my membership but It seems they’re not that bothered…

Fantastic experience: Excellent very well organised for swimming, but staff on reception were very slow with checking in.

Fantastic experience: Very well set up for keeping distance and able to sanitise with every effort to keep a feel of safety

Negative experience: Wanted to know how much it was to go swimming and it didn't let me find out

Positive experience: Lovely centre

Fantastic experience: Clean, friendly

Positive experience: Went to the gym there whilst my daughter swam. Gym is well kitted out for a small village. Clean and tidy. Swimming pool is old but good enough. Plenty of parking. Machines for drinks and bites.

Positive experience: Only interested in the Cardio gym the member of staff was helpful in answering any questions.

Fantastic experience: Debbie is fantastic can she do more classes

Positive experience: It has gone down hill since being taken over by the new contract. In spite of a quarter million pound refit, equipment takes months to be sorted out when it breaks down. Part of the gym floor was out of commission for months due to floor lifting due to damp.

Positive experience: Plenty of parking spaces. Small but well equipped gym.

Positive experience: Great gym & facilities but why is it closed at 5pm 30/12/19? Not a bank holiday, not New Year’s Eve. Not good.

Fantastic experience: The place to go after eating more than your fill to work off some guilt.

Positive experience: Just wish it would be upgraded a bit. And would really appreciate some steps down into the main pool that were disabled friendly! I have banged/bruised my knees and found it very difficult to pull myself up vertically out of the pool (yes they do have a lift contraption to put you in/out of the pool, but I wouldn't be seen dead in that, very embarrassing, plus I'm not that disabled). Also adding a steam/sauna would be fantastic!

Fantastic experience: Nice local gym

Positive experience: Pool temperature is VERY hot. Gym needs expanding. Shower facilities aren't the best.

Positive experience: Try out only. Back pain stopped me enjoying it

Fantastic experience: Nice lesiure centre with a well equipped gym , sports hall & pool .

Positive experience: Quite old facilities but they fulfil the purpose

Positive experience: Don't close it. It serves our community. Not an iron man gym. Thank goodness.

Fantastic experience: Great gym and staff is very helpful

Negative experience: Need better management, generally their customer services are ok, but when you come to problem they just blaming each others, who said that, who tell u that, abit childish management there, blaming each others rather than finding solution.

Fantastic experience: I only use the pool at the center, and the water quality and general cleanliness of the changing rooms have improved since the change of ownership

Fantastic experience: considering local private gyms are probably £30+ more expensive- you get a quieter gym (no queing for machines) yoga, pilates, spin studio, lesmills classes. Great Swimming pool. Use of the other centres which are extremely local and offer a wide variety of alternate activites e.g squash at epping and a sauna in loughton. You are not going to find anything of this quality or this price anywhere else in this area. Free parking. Great trainers.

Positive experience: Gym has been recently refurbished and is usually quiet.

Positive experience: It.s a shame only 20 people with full membership can book aqua gym 2 weeks in advance. The other ones cannot as it.s always fully booked. There's still plenty of space to keep distances.

Fantastic experience: Well equipped sports centre. Very friendly.

Fantastic experience: The long overdue update of the gym is awesome, was thinking of leaving, but for the price it's really great value now.

Negative experience: Facilities are severely lacking, and the cost is too much for what you get.

Negative experience: Expensive

Positive experience: I love swimming and this place does it for me. It is not crowded.

Positive experience: Modest low key gym️⛹️ It isn't a stomping ground for 'hey-look-at-me' gym performers You don't even need to have Beats by Dre headphones to register and they have online booking options!

Fantastic experience: Nice swim with the family

Positive experience: Nice swimming pool and sports hall. Really friendly staff. Gym is up to date with different gym classes as well. Free car park on site. Open early till late.

Positive experience: Kids party, OK venue

Negative experience: Good parking nice swimming pool however everything is getting a little dated. Gym and classes require membership.

Positive experience: Good pool, great teachers but viewing area a bit cramped.

Positive experience: Nice range of facilities

Fantastic experience: The personal trainers at Ongar Leisure Centre gym have helped progress my re-hab significantly from my wheelchair, continue to see strong improvements.

Fantastic experience: Local gym. Bit small but all the equipment is spot on