Radcliffe Leisure Centre

Information about Radcliffe Leisure Centre
As a community focused sport, leisure and wellbeing organisation, we exist to enrich the lives of local people. We’re a team dedicated to making a difference and driving the enjoyment of exercise.
Our comment from FitFit UK about Radcliffe Leisure Centre:
Radcliffe Leisure Centre is a well-loved facility located in Manchester, UK, offering a variety of amenities including a gym and swimming pool. Many users appreciate the friendly and accommodating staff who go out of their way to assist visitors. The gym is described as modern and well-equipped, catering to all fitness needs.
Despite some negative experiences related to customer service and cleanliness in certain areas, most reviews highlight the great training classes available and the overall welcoming atmosphere. Here are some key points:
- Positive Aspects:
- Friendly and helpful staff
- Well-run classes including Zumba and aqua aerobics
- Excellent value for money
- Clean and safe swimming pool environment
- Good community feeling
- Great for children with a family-friendly approach
- Areas for Improvement:
- Some concerns about cleanliness in changing rooms
- Issues with customer service handling membership changes
- Occasional overcrowding in the pool
- Poor phone communication
Overall, Radcliffe Leisure Centre is celebrated for its dedication to customer service and quality facilities, making it a good choice for both fitness enthusiasts and families.
Radcliffe Leisure Centre: Opinions
Positive experience: Shame it is closing at Christmas
Negative experience: Worst gym I have ever been to. A guy started shouting at me and “go away” this broke my heart. Big and kind of muscular get him fired
Positive experience: Staff very friendly and helpful , classes tapered tomorrow capabilities
Negative experience: The gym itself here is nice and modern but customer service wise it isn't the best. I asked to change my membership from gym to swim on the 1st. I couldn't I had to close one and start another which is fine but on day 2 of the 30 day notice my log in was blocked so I can't access the gym at all now and email communication stopped so I'm paying for a service I never received. I won't be making the new membership now as I don't trust them to let me in. My log in won't work on the site via PC or phone yet my partners works fine on the same phone/PC.
Fantastic experience: I want to pay the on-line. Swimming pool but i have no idea how can someone help me
Fantastic experience: The council must invest more, the staff is trying hard
Negative experience: What a dump, been once, never again
Fantastic experience: Good
Fantastic experience: Great staff. Well run. Safe place for kids
Fantastic experience: Nice Baths. Quiet at the later times, thanks so much to Ben and Martina helping me out with some technique. Polite, helpful and professional, thank you
Fantastic experience: Big boots. Everything you might expect
Negative experience: They obviously have no money to maintain the place but will spend a fortune on a new computer system
Negative experience: Grimy
Fantastic experience: Well managed free parking for passengers.
Fantastic experience: First time there went swimming staff really friendly will be going back for sure
Fantastic experience: Friendly community
Positive experience: Good gym full of equipment for all your needs.
Negative experience: Don’t Answer the phone
Fantastic experience: Amazing gym
Fantastic experience: Excellent value for money
Fantastic experience: Very accommodating staff.
Positive experience: My wife enjoys aqua aerobic's. Sadly i just went to pick up.
Positive experience: My review is of the pool and service received only - a good leisure centre, very friendly staff and a nice pool. Offers a discount card which automatically applies to your future online bookings for people meeting a certain criteria, the staff member I spoke to on reception was more than happy to help me with buying this. One star lost as the pool family changing room was out of service, hopefully this was an isolated incident rather than ongoing daily and I'm not sure where the disabled toilet is in the pool area (if there is one) - other than that great pool and I will definitely be booking more sessions
Fantastic experience: Good
Fantastic experience: Slippy
Positive experience: Son goes swimming here he loves it
Positive experience: Cheap and cheerful small but clean
Positive experience: Love coming here.. the staff are very helpful and knowledgeable.
Negative experience: Wouldn’t recommend dodgy stuff happens here
Positive experience: Decent leisure centre but poor parking.
Positive experience: I go to the gym at the centre. It's a very pleasant gym, not too big or busy. The staff on reception and in the gym itself are friendly and helpful
Positive experience: Lockers could be better!
Fantastic experience: Great Boogie Bounce Class, Fab Instructors
Fantastic experience: Excellent gym and nothing less, everything you need to get a good work out, staff are extremely helpful and kind. they suggested options to keep my bike safer, after the incident 2 weeks ago with someone else's bike.
Fantastic experience: Fantastic
Fantastic experience: Wonderful n friendly atmosphere.
Fantastic experience: Great for my youngest to be back at swimming lessons!
Fantastic experience: Everything you need & more, affordable, friendly & welcoming to all shapes & sizes. Staff are lovely & very informative & extremely happy to help even if you have a "stupid" question haha. As a plus size woman, I feel so comfortable to work out & to get back to my pre spinal operation weight. Easy enough to book & cancel sessions, equipment great quality majority is Matrix Gym Equipment. Also with the whole Covid-19 stuff they are following all guidelines which makes me feel safe as I work out. Although it's not overly big there's always something to work on while you wait for something else. I can't currently do anything weight related due to my surgery, & I don't feel pressured by staff that I should be doing that, everything is in my own pace & they understand that which makes me actually LOVE going. Even when I have to miss a few days or recently a week between sessions due to my back pain, staff don't make any comments (like ive had in the past at another gym I've been to). I just want to say a huge thank you to all staff at Radcliffe.
Fantastic experience: Great for what i need. Its expensive for non discounters tho !
Fantastic experience: Very relaxing and is great fot
Fantastic experience: Friendly and helpful
Fantastic experience: First time at Zumba class really enjoyed .
Positive experience: Good visiting weekly now so as u can assume pleasant experience clean with friendly staff
Positive experience: The staff here so friendly, polite and always helpful
Fantastic experience: Fantastic clinic. Huge range of treatments. I had a course of post surgery lymphatic drainage massages and they were amazing. Natalia was very experienced and knowledgeable. The massages made a huge difference to my body & shape and I will definitely be going back for more treatments.
Fantastic experience: Good gym, great staff
Positive experience: First day back after 14 month covid break. Looks very impressive but will need some"getting used to".
Fantastic experience: Friendly people . Very clean environment. Staff very helpful and friendly.
Fantastic experience: Pool facilities really well organised for Covid.
Fantastic experience: For a family swim during covid restrictions this place was spot on. Very organised, safe and staff were friendly too.
Positive experience: It's fine as a basic no frills gym. I have had a supervised routine for last few times. This was designed for me. At this time hardly any clients due to covid etc. So good gym for most folk.
Negative experience: The receptionists must of been having a bad day - became very abrupt when asking her a question on the phone or perhaps I was having a bad day. The pool was great among with all succeeding intersections with guest ...and staff♂️
Fantastic experience: Well organised, pleasant staff
Fantastic experience: Very organised with all cleaning schedules and feel completely save in this current situation.
Negative experience: I've not been in to use there services.
Positive experience: Nice size pool can get very packed.
Negative experience: Absolute terrible establishment with no common sense for general swimming and health and safety. If you want your children to be swimming in the same pool as fast front crawl swimmers and sprint swimmers with no lane separation then please come to this place. The general swimming sessions are for all swimmers but the inexperienced staff can't seem to grasp there should be at least 1 lane separation for the avid swimmers and the relaxed swimmers.
Fantastic experience: Great family fun x
Fantastic experience: My wife and I go for the swimming pool. It is well priced. With further discounts available by purchasing blocks of 10 swims in a card. The changing rooms are open. One men's, one women's and a family changing room. The men's has two showers and two toilets. There are two hand dryers one at hand height and one higher up for drying hair, both are free. The important thing is the pool is clean, the changing rooms are clean and staff are friendly.
Positive experience: Nice friendly atmosphere not too big and good parking facilities
Positive experience: Enjoy going to aqua aerobics
Fantastic experience: This centre is the best in my local area,always clean and friendly
Positive experience: I take the kids swimming here. Cheap and convenient. That's about it. Pool isn't the best and for some reason always has sand on the bottom. Not sure it it gets clean as often as should. Also highly chlorinated.
Fantastic experience: Staff always great, there every week, fab pool
Positive experience: Good value for money.
Positive experience: Miss the old set up with the pool having a separate building on the old site by Dunhelm. But the gym and sports hall facilities are very good.
Positive experience: Great gym
Fantastic experience: I love walking home along the canal its peaceful
Positive experience: The pool is ok but I doubt it will be for much longer without any investment and too many inconsiderate visitors really let this place down. The changing rooms and toilets are pretty disgusting - obviously this is due in part to the unacceptable behaviours of many visitors, however they're also not well cleaned and have become rundown without regular maintenance. My understanding was that this was supposed to be a 'temporary' pool, however it's been there for years now without any investment or regular maintenance and I may be wrong but I don't think there's any sign of the 'permanent' pool returning any time soon. The spectator area is often a bit of a joke, thanks to visitors who think it's acceptable to move chairs and block the way without any consideration for anyone else trying to get in and out. It's also a joy to have the occasional parent or group of parents in the spectators area who think it's acceptable to shout and swear their heads off surrounded by young children (with them, waiting and in lessons) at a children's swimming lesson. It's also outrageous that people feel that it's acceptable to reserve changing cubicles, hooks and bench space, especially in such tiny changing rooms with only two cubicles - and all the more outrageous that some people do this across multiple half hour swimming lessons. It's often impossible to change at all in there due to the lack of space thanks to these people who clearly have no consideration for anyone else. There are adequate lockers provided if people don't want to hold on to their children's bags during a lesson. The staff are always really lovely, helpful and friendly, so I feel bad for them that the deteriorating venue and inconsiderate visitors let them down and I don't feel able to give a higher rating.
Fantastic experience: Great gym with excelent facilities
Fantastic experience: What lessons do you have?
Positive experience: Gym is good haven't used other facilities
Positive experience: A nice leisure centre with all the amenities - gym, swim and classes. The staff are really pleasant and helpful too
Fantastic experience: Brilliant gym and swimming pool and very reasonably priced aswell.
Positive experience: Pool was good but very limited changing cubicles and the floor in changing room not very clean.
Positive experience: Great for a local swim. Other side houses the gym.
Positive experience: Pool is small and can get crowdwd
Positive experience: Small with no deep end but pleasant enough.
Positive experience: Pool not big enough for those wiv young kids
Positive experience: Use the swimming baths here. Nice little pool but it's really too small for the amount of people who would like to use it
Positive experience: Cheap and chearfull gym but the old receptionist is nasty
Positive experience: Clean and friendly place
Fantastic experience: Ideal for kids swimming lessons. Good gym for adults too.
Positive experience: Decent pool but can get crowded, could do with lanes to encourage a bit of discipline! Not enough showers in the changing rooms but not too much of a problem if you live locally. Well priced though!
Fantastic experience: great
Positive experience: Went to the adult swim session. Lovely pool. 1.2 metres deep end to end.
Positive experience: Average service...not bad at all
Fantastic experience: Home of Radcliffe Athletic Club!
Positive experience: Zumba on a Thursday is always fun and the gym has air conditioning with feels beautiful afterwards
Negative experience: Never answer the phone to take bookings
Positive experience: Warm pool
Positive experience: Only use the gym could have more equipment. Needs a cheaper gym only membership
Negative experience: Im still waiting from 3 weeks
Fantastic experience: Love the pool soon to start at gym
Fantastic experience: Clean premises friendly staff
Fantastic experience: Good place no complaints
Positive experience: Good size temporary pool. Has a gym. Good alternative whilst the main Leisure centre is built (if it gets built!)
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