PureGym Bristol Harbourside

Positive experience: I absolutely love the classes, especially circuits and cycle – they used to be my favourites! However, recent changes have taken away some of the personal touch that made them so enjoyable. Now, the personal trainers are required to follow an app for class structure and music, making the experience feel less tailored and engaging. While I understand that this setup might give some trainers more confidence, it would be fantastic if those who prefer more flexibility could have the choice to design their own classes. This would allow members to choose classes based on the trainer's unique approach and energy. James, for instance, is a breath of fresh air. His humor, professionalism, and music selections always lift my spirits and make his classes a highlight of my day. Lewis classes were always fun, dynamic, and high-intensity. He was equally professional and demanding, and his music choices were always spot-on, helping us power through each session. These unique qualities are what make classes memorable. I would love to see trainers like James and Lewis have the freedom to bring their personalities and playlists into each class.

Negative experience: Middle of the afternoon and clearly has way too many members using vs the capacity available . Can't get to equipment needed.

Fantastic experience: Always A gOod gym And I like the guys there they mind their own business and are happy to help and the staff is good as far as I know. Location wise is perfect but unfortunately a bit far for me. The only drawback is that the toilet is only one in the men's changing section, So if you are on Heavy Supplements and need to relax yourself you gotta think off ! Cheers

Positive experience: man i like this gym or maybe its because of the fond memories of lifting serious weight with my muscular creatine consuming friends.

Positive experience: Good sized gym but some equipment need updating eg, spin bikes. Also could do with better ventilation or AC

Positive experience: I’m actually surprised how much space there is inside once you’re there. Soon to become a regular. It’s boy central inside.

Negative experience: Full of tracksuit bros

Negative experience: It was some time ago when I was using this gym, but I remember how annoying was broken one of two lifts (for the nearly 1 year...) and how long I needed to wait to just start exercises. The equipment is good, so I couldn't complain about it but it can be really increadable busy during rush hour.

Fantastic experience: Super doooper Gym. Very friendly and helpful. Classes excellent, especially Lee's classes, so much effort and preparation in every session

Positive experience: please turn the ac up it gets unbarabley hot inside

Negative experience: Why replace machines with ones without the in-built AC feature?

Fantastic experience: Friendly environment. Went with my friend who is trans and had no problems using the ladies with her. Recommend.

Negative experience: Being used to the excellent facilities at the Pure Gym in Portishead, I moved my membership immediately after moving. However upon my first session I found the gym is oversubscribed, and in the evening is absolute chaos with queues for equipment and weights being left everywhere. It feels like there is much less staff than in Portishead, or at least there is no one enforcing the rules or tidying. The gym has poor ventilation and you really notice the smell on entering. The Yanga water machine doesn’t work most of the time, and the water pressure for the normal taps is inconsistent. There is a good range of equipment and some duplicates, but much of it needs maintenance and I've had to swap exercises due to rust and inconsistent resistance. However, the location is very convenient, changing rooms are clean, and the spin room has a great view. I feel very torn on whether or not to continue.

Fantastic experience: Great gym! Lots of equipments, space for stretching and free weights. Changing rooms and showers are clean and spacious. Classes are fun to challenge yourself. Staff are friendly and supportive. I just love it here and you get a nice view of Bristol

Fantastic experience: I found the best prices at aissports.uk for gym wear and activewear

Fantastic experience: Fairly big gym well equipped and functionally designed. The gym is located on the 4th and 5th floor, you can get a day pass on the PureGym app for less than 8£.

Negative experience: I have been using Filton Abbey Wood gym over one year as a home gym on basic membership. Moved house so change membership amount to use several gyms as I move around alot daily. The home gym became Bristol harbour side and secondary gym Abbey Wood. I had access to both gyms on £29.99 package. I continued this way without issues for 2 months approximately. Suddenly I cannot access Filton Abbey Wood as secondary gym overnight it becomes not included and I am asked to pay £3 more and upgrade without any prior warning. Incredibly unprofessional and unacceptable to change terms over night. Very disruptive to my routine and I will not be using this gym again and willl take public to warn others of this practice. Furthermore no one to talk to to help management are not competent in helping.

Fantastic experience: A very safe place to train! Very clean and fully equipped. Staffs are very professional and friendly.

Fantastic experience: Good range of equipment with 6 power racks with platforms, bumper plates , 2 benches. Lots of dumbbell benches and dumbbells up to 50kg. Been here 4 years and they’ve made a good number of improvements (decking out the power racks, new deadlift platforms and new pull up bars etc). Only gripe is the lift keeps on breaking and takes ages to get fixed, at least once where have been without a working lift for a few good weeks so you have to walk up 5 floors. But overall the gym has kept prices cheap , is good quality and going early morning I’ve never had any issues getting on the equipment I need

Positive experience: Use this Pure Gym a lot. Good range of equipment and very clean! Avoid peak times because it does get very busy, like all gyms.

Fantastic experience: Really great after work classes LBT, circuits, bootcamp affordable price.

Positive experience: Ventilation need to be sorted smelled sweaty.

Positive experience: Great location for a gym, great staff, good amount of space and equipment, members are sound. My one gripe is the weights not going back where they belong/left on the floor. Not staffs fault as a popular gym like that is going to attract a few rouge weightlifers with no etiquette.

Positive experience: We came to Bristol for a weekend break and I usually come to the area maybe three or four times a year and always felt guilty about neglecting exercising because i didn't know there was a PureGym in the area. PureGym Bristol Central was a mere three-minute walk from my hotel at Travelodge Central and i liked that i didn't even need to bring much because it was that close to the hotel. We first came here this weekend and we did get a bit lost walking around the building but i think it was the Google Maps placement that made it look like it was opposite Pizza Express but it isn't. We came into the building and it was a standard capsule entry where you have to enter your pin to get access to the gym. You then need to take the lift up to either the 4th floor (the main section) or the 5th floor where the lockers and changing room are. I initially thought it was a bit of a confusing layout because it was a different style of building compared to the other gyms i have been to under the same PureGym franchise. We liked that the lockers here are bigger than the standard sizes so we could fit in a backpack instead of just being given space for a phone and maybe some change. The changing rooms here were bigger and i liked the showers, I didn't have a chance to use them because my hotel was literally around the corner but they looked high quality. The glass door was a little off-putting but it hid the private areas so i guess that's something. We used the treadmill first, this was an older style of treadmill than my local and it even had the connection points for an iPod. However, they were all on standby mode meaning it looked kike it wasn't working but you have to press the green "Go" for up to eight seconds before it reboots. I liked that there were multiple of the same machine meaning i could choose where i wanted to run but some of them were unusable due to some of them facing the bright white building that the sun was reflecting and i wonder if that was more suited for the clouder days perhaps. I had a good run and then i tried some of the weights, this is not down to the company but the customers themselves who would leave huge sports bags and jackets on some of the machines when they were not using them. This seemed to be accepted by the community and it really shouldn't be. Otherwise, it was a great gym and i am glad i visited, it is nice that i could exercise while being away from home and i like how it is open 24 7 meaning i can choose when i can exercise.

Fantastic experience: Decent pure gym, spacious and friendly enough. Lots of kit. Decent changing rooms and showers.

Negative experience: Was like walking into a zoo. Couldn’t find the exit either, massive maze - disappointing, will never go back here

Fantastic experience: Great place. Lots of heavy stuff to lift and put down. Has a water fountain. There are cardio machines, which I tend to avoid.

Fantastic experience: Perfect and open 24 hours

Positive experience: The gym was nice as they have most of the equipments there. However, I do wish those who workout there can re-rack their weights after they finished their sets as it can get a bit messy around the free weight section. In addition, the bench press near the dumbbell section doesn’t line up properly when you lie down on the bench.

Fantastic experience: Equipments are enough and we'll maintain

Fantastic experience: Top location, big, good equipment and cheap

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Fantastic experience: Amazing gym with lots of different equipment always something to use and are able to workout in peace.

Negative experience: Way too busy seems like they are always doing promo codes so the gym has a high number of people here all the time. 10am weekdays can be ok

Fantastic experience: Nice

Positive experience: plenty of equipment but it's too hot in the gym, I don't like how the freeweights are unorganized, and the hygiene is questionable, but you get what you pay for

Positive experience: Very nice looking gym, although has issues with poorly organised dumbells and plates on the freeweight area. Also not a big fan of the translucent shower dividers without locks. Definitely a solid beginner - intermediate gym

Fantastic experience: I have been to few pure gyms around UK and this gym is one of the best.

Positive experience: It is great gym for the price you are paying. But at the same time, you will realise what you are paying too. Hard to see management team, but you will constantly hear announcements. Clean enough and tidy enough. Great range of equipments. One thing I don't like about Pure gym is they ask you for a review and but if you give any negative comment, they will not publish it.

Positive experience: A very well equipped gym (no pool or other wet area), with decent changing rooms and showers. This one in the Harbourside is less busy than the one in town too.

Positive experience: Quite small for a big van

Positive experience: Classes are great, staff is super kind but the cleanness is pretty bad. Studio floor is often dirty and I would not shower there.

Negative experience: Terrible. Do not go here. Extremely busy. Unsafe equipment. Hostile atmosphere! Steer clear!

Fantastic experience: This is a lovely gym, lots of new equipment, lots of space and very clean

Fantastic experience: Very convenient, easy access, top, modern, equipment, clean, good value for money

Fantastic experience: Great gym, friendly faces and good atmosphere

Fantastic experience: Has lots of equipment and straight forward to use with instructions on each one. Lots of the same equipment to ensure people can use their desired equipment without it getting crowded. Looks very new and modern

Fantastic experience: Love PureGym. Open 24/7 - ideal for my scattered schedule.

Fantastic experience: Love this place. Love the staff, the equipment and the atmosphere. Highly recommended.

Positive experience: Good gym, however generally very busy.

Positive experience: Needs more squat racks

Fantastic experience: I kove this gym so fsr is the ine with the best wquipment staff is friendly and the facility is very clean and organised

Fantastic experience: Clean, spacious, rarely full

Fantastic experience: Huge gym. Really quiet in the morning. Also very cheap.

Negative experience: There's 3 car parks in the area and non of them have parking discounts for pure jym members, shame one you purejym

Fantastic experience: So far so good, I've only been twice so far as I'm new to the gym but so far there is alot of selection with equipment free most of the time so I'm happy with it.

Fantastic experience: Nice gym for women as a good split of people in the gym. Been going for a year and had zero creepy interactions. Lots of equipment and nobody staring at you.

Negative experience: Good atmosphere, overall good place and equipment. It is such a shame the standards of cleanliness is very low. I have been in the gym over a year and they clean the toilets only once a week, it usually stinks and the state of air conditioning filtering and refreshing the air is rather concerning. Please review this asap as with hundreds of people attending and sharing facilities every day this is just unacceptable.

Positive experience: Showers are my only complaint. The water is too hot, my skin was really red and dry after a fairly quick shower (it’s really difficult to stand underneath the stream of water). I tried it in the winter, then couple of weeks ago and it’s the same. I presume it’s done on purpose so ppl don’t use the showers? Not what I pay for though The gym itself and equipment are very good.

Fantastic experience: Super

Positive experience: Super busy

Negative experience: There's more chance of my nan growing wings and flying that the lifts working at this gym for longer than 3 days

Negative experience: What a waste of time! Completely overcrowded! PureGym you need to cap the amount of members at any one time otherwise you have to wait ridiculous times to get on anything! Avoid!

Negative experience: Inaccessible to people with disabilities and wheelchair. Absolutely zero point in paying for a membership when the lift is broken more often than it is working. Cancellation fees on top so you get financially punished for not being able to access the gym equipment you are paying for. Would give zero stars if possible, never known somewhere to care so little about accessibility and customer experience.

Fantastic experience: Great training at Pure Gym Harbourside. The team is always very welcoming and the club is very clean. Thank you :)

Fantastic experience: Big vibe at PureGym

Negative experience: They cancel your membership at the drop of a hat; I was prepared to pay my membership but they just cancelled it for no reason.

Fantastic experience: Fantastic

Fantastic experience: This gym and location are fantastic! The staff treats everyone like family and maintains everything neat and tidy! If there is ever a problem with the equipment, they are immediately on the scene to assist in resolving the situation! I haven't encountered anyone with a judgemental, arrogant attitude here, but you won't if you don't look for it. You won't be disappointed if you just come to get a decent exercise. Thank you so much to the owner for providing such excellent service.

Negative experience: No WiFi and continually penny pinching (they charge you to use the scale/bmi machine in the change room )

Fantastic experience: Nice atmosphere to gym

Positive experience: You guys deserve 3 stars because you DON'T CARE AND YOU DON'T WANT TO REPARE YOUR OWN 2 ELEVATORS AND OBLIGATE ME WHEN I HAVE LEGS TRAINING DAY THERE TO USE THE STARES. Please do something with the elevators. Is been one years since doesn't work and half of years when everybody start to go to work. For god sake.

Fantastic experience: This my 2nd year as a member at this gym. A very clean spacious 24/7 gym. Staff and the manager are super friendly and very helpful. Brilliant free classes for members. Classes delivered by Fraser Jamieson, Elisa Martelli, Steve Ogungboro, James Godley, and Wai Cheung are amazing.

Fantastic experience: Always Clean. Always friendly staff. Always feel welcome and safe. The best views you could hope for from a cross trainer.

Fantastic experience: Great facility, good staff

Negative experience: personal trainers gossip about each other and then blame customers

Positive experience: Large well equipped. It needs to be said that this gyms landlord, the building management have shown themselves to be spectacularly useless. Over a year ago the lifts were closed for maintenance, they still are closed and the gym is on the 5th floor. If PureGym were any other kind of business they would have been forced to relocate. If your legs are not 100% please take note.

Fantastic experience: I love this gym, it has everything you need

Fantastic experience: Gym init

Fantastic experience: Good gym, it's quite busy during the day but overall a good experience

Fantastic experience: It was ao quite tonight

Negative experience: This gym has overcharged me, and whenever you try to email them it is only ever an automated response. In their email it stated to ring their helpline if you had any problems, and their helpline, when phoned, was just an automated message saying they are an online gym and so they don't answer the phone, only email. It's impossible to speak to a real person, I'm really disappointed with the company.

Fantastic experience: Lovely gym right next to the river dock

Positive experience: Staff are always there to clean and there's always plenty of room.

Positive experience: Great but not quite as good and open spaced as union gate in the center of town. Very good nonetheless.

Fantastic experience: Awesome atmosphere, friendly and polite staff and great equipment. Plenty of room for social distancing as well as cleaning stations.

Fantastic experience: Best. Gym. Ever.

Positive experience: Everything you need, lifts need fixing urgently

Positive experience: It would be a 5 star review, but unfortunately those elevators stop working every few months and as well the vending machines

Fantastic experience: I can tell the best fitness center in Bristol city. Very clean & very friendly staff . especially Kristian . Thank you for everything.

Fantastic experience: Clean and pleasant, only complaint is lack of matt space when it's busier, but this is probably due to distancing so I understand. Perhaps there could be a few extra matts to use for when people from the same household want to use the space.

Fantastic experience: Great gym, highly affordable however I think the 50kg dumbells are a little bit light as I find I can rep them an unlimited amount. I also think the plates say 20kg, However weigh 10kg because I can bench 5 plates. And not only that I can squat 9 plates which in my opinion is amazing!!

Positive experience: In need of a refresh. Few old rowing machines which was disappointing.

Fantastic experience: Really friendly, really easy to use, and the Covid procedures feel really safe!

Positive experience: This gym is spacious and have enough cardiovascular machines and free weights. Only problem is it’s too busy on rush hours and members have to pay for the parking.

Positive experience: Nice gym

Positive experience: Biggest workout was on the bog

Negative experience: Today's pump class at 18:15... What an overcrowded dangerous and disappointing class!!!!! Way too many people in a studio that can barely hold 20 people at a time with weights and bars. No weights available for everyone and at least 30 people inside. You might not realise but this is a health and safety issue. Constantly having to look not to poke someone. On top of this when the class finished a whole lot of other people started to get in preparing for the next class. Now imagine trying to put the bar, weights, mat away while a crowd of people rushes in to take spot. No organisation whatsoever. I mean don't get me wrong it is a very cheap gym and is close to home but my god I wouldn't recommend it. Way too small and overcrowded at all times. You have to wait at least 5 minutes to get out of the building. Very very disappointing.

Positive experience: Lovely gym, shame about the lifts ALWAYS being broken! 1 star off because of that little annoyance. Also people always leave locks on the lockers, so there's about half of them available in the changing rooms as people are selfish.

Negative experience: To small,