Information about Harry Mitchell Leisure Centre

Broomfield
B67 7DH, Smethwick
+443000120121

Opening hours

  • sunday: (closed)
  • monday: 17h-21h
  • tuesday: 17h-21h
  • wednesday: 17h-21h
  • thursday: 17h-21h
  • friday: 17h-21h
  • saturday: (closed)

Sandwell Leisure Trust maintains 9 leisure centres across Sandwell, helping local people get active with our amazing facilities and services. Learn more.

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To pre-book a Family Swim/Splashtime session please call the centre of your choice on 0300 012 0121 and a member of the team will be able to help you book your session.

To enable us to manage occupancy and to avoid disappointment on arrival please ensure you pre-book and don’t turn up to the session without booking.

Our comment from FitFit UK about Harry Mitchell Leisure Centre:

Harry Mitchell Leisure Centre, located in Smethwick, UK, offers a range of sporting facilities in a community-oriented environment. With a variety of activities available, including badminton and weightlifting, it provides a welcoming atmosphere for all users.

  • Positive Aspects:
  • Friendly and helpful staff create a warm environment.
  • Ample parking space available for visitors.
  • Great space for badminton, with many courts accessible.
  • A well-loved local venue where many users have made fond memories over the years.
  • Positive feedback on specific instructors and coaching available.
  • Community-focused, providing important services and facilities for local residents.
  • Areas for Improvement:
  • The centre is in need of modernization and repairs, particularly concerning the roof, which has leaked during rainy weather.
  • Some facilities, like the squash courts, require urgent attention as they have become unusable.
  • Opening hours have been reduced, which may not be convenient for all visitors.
  • Equipment availability and pricing comparisons with other local gyms could be enhanced.
  • Visitors have noted that lighting and heating in certain areas could use updates.

Overall, while the Harry Mitchell Leisure Centre has its challenges, it maintains a loyal following and a strong community presence, making it a beloved spot for many local sports enthusiasts.

Harry Mitchell Leisure Centre: Opinions

3.7/5 (77 Opinions)
Dylan Wills Old 10 months ago

Positive experience: Great but bit worn down.

Helbera 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Decent gym. Gutted the ladies gym will be permanently closed after 31.05.24. It's much more spacious than the one at the aquatics centre. Air con is spot on in the summer too. It will be missed.

Jan Paweł 1 year ago

Negative experience: Only car park. Spare for new swiminpool if any events are organised.

twitch__Man__ 1 year ago

Negative experience: Don’t go here expensive and the roof leaks when it’s raining.

Gemma Roberts 1 year ago

Positive experience: OK place in need of modernisation

Sanjay Vydianath 1 year ago

Positive experience: Lighting needs upgrading. Very cold

Kevin Harrison 2 years ago

Positive experience: Place Needs modernisation but great community

madan rathee 2 years ago

Negative experience: Infrastructure is in dilapidated state

Tony B 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: 50 years of using this leisure centre and some great memories made, highlight being playing Badminton on my wedding day against my brother. Great staff over the years - Barry, John, Steve, Tracy and Brent. Always friendly and helpful. Other than the usual problem of the leaking roof, it's a great venue.

gary fox 2 years ago

Positive experience: Dated leisure centre

Nasser Williams 2 years ago

Negative experience: The staff and other services/facilities are fine but the squash courts are an absolute wreck! One court isn't even usable and the balcony to spectate is closed off too and it's been like this for months. Absolute mess compared to Haden Hill and Tipton Sports Academy, with no signs it'll be repaired any time soon.

Ali 2 years ago

Positive experience: It's not too bad of a place, plenty of parking. However, need the roof fixing! Always leaking and it's damaging the floor.

TheCar Guy19 2 years ago

Negative experience: Decent place to play Badminton but the roof leaks and if it leaks to much on your court they will tell you to leave, should really fix the leaking roof.

M Tauseef 2 years ago

Positive experience: If you are looking for state of the art facilities then its not for you because its a bit old

Sam Briggs 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: A Great sports centre in the locality

Nizamudeen Syed 3 years ago

Positive experience: Parking is good. Court flooring is above average. The 1st court is good but less height and the mini court is pretty small and the lights are not upto standard.

Tanim Zaman 3 years ago

Negative experience: Customer service is absolutely terrible. I would highly recommend those who wish to the facilities at harry mitchel to look elsewhere as there are better leisure centres at which the employees respect the customers and make them feel welcomed. Tremendously disappointed as if I where asked a few weeks ago my rating of the establishment, I would have spoken about them in high regard

Pricey J 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great staff, some good equipment. Will clearly be great when the new facilities are open.

Rupert Hayes 3 years ago

Negative experience: Reduced hours Monday - Friday 5.00 pm - 9.00 pm Saturdays and Sundays closed what's the point keeping it opened. I remember years ago when people use to bring their dogs for these dogs competitions use to stink very bad.

Afia Bibi 3 years ago

Negative experience: I've given it 2 star as compared to other gyms it is very expensive. They need to be in line with other gyms and bring in more equipment. Otherwise not a bad gym.

Michael Thomas 3 years ago

Positive experience: Played a bit of badminton with my goddaughter. We had a good time.

Clive Loftman 3 years ago

Positive experience: Good Clean

Awais Sarwar 4 years ago

Positive experience: Badminton court light was not good.

Lee J Evans 4 years ago

Positive experience: Opening hours no good since lock down, 5.30 pm to 10.00 pm

M Raza 4 years ago

Positive experience: The badminton courts are not the original size and are slightly smaller than normal.

Halima Farouk 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff and welcoming environment.

Shahid Muneer 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good badminton Court

Valentina Bartali 5 years ago

Positive experience: Good for training in the gym, not much equipment but the basic is there

Big H Nagra 5 years ago

Positive experience: Warley Weightlifting Club is the best, great coaching.

Julian Sava 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice and clean Park

Ginger Bilai 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Iv been coming here since i was in school love the place love the people

Sam 01 5 years ago

Positive experience: Great space to play, however for badminton the ceiling has bars which reach way too low

Carla James 5 years ago

Positive experience: Great sports hall for wheel chair basketball, roller derby and badminton. And room for table tennis. Friendly staff. Ample easy parking ... Not 5* doesn't have basketball hoops, only book things 7 days in advance, no email confirmation of booking and no air con and heating is on all the time

Nilesh Parekh 5 years ago

Positive experience: Nicely run and a good place for courts ...just wish the showers would be cleaner and not as smelly!

Abdul mukith aa 5 years ago

Positive experience: Good

Mardon M 5 years ago

Positive experience: Plenty of badminton courts

DY14N 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very nice gym, with a wide variety of facilities and activities available . The staff here are also exceptionally nice and more than willing to help you with any questions or queries. There are a variety of halls and gyms that allow you to keep fit and enjoy yourself. The parking here is also free and there is plenty of space.

Ruth Tesfay 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: I loved the badminton but could be longer

Shera Punjabi 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant

dcchuffer1987 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, lots of facilities

Jack Davies 6 years ago

Positive experience: Meh

Sam Seex 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Gaspa had a great game

Amarpal Atkar 6 years ago

Fantastic experience:

moon night owl 6 years ago

Positive experience: Nice

Zebul Sayeed 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very good on time

Daphney M. 6 years ago

Negative experience: Ladies gym is not worth the price. I joined due to the fact that it's close by to my house and was convenient. After closing the gym for over two weeks in December (time of my membership that I still had to pay for), I came back to discover they did not repair the heating - the main reason why they shut down in the first place. The entire ladies gym (which consists of 2 small rooms and very basic equipment) is now absolutely freezing. Those are not appropriate conditions for any workout and they now refuse to let me cancel my membership without paying for another 10 months.

Pini Parichat 6 years ago

Negative experience: Not much going on in this place. Need a major refurbished. They have Olympic weightlifting club and they charge £30per month for coaching or £10/session.

R C 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Staff very friendly

masood hussain 6 years ago

Positive experience: It's an old and outdated leisure centre

Matina Sampson 7 years ago

Positive experience: Good

Amritpal Dhani 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: A leisure centre that I have been using for many years. Good community

spencer lee 7 years ago

Positive experience: Can always get a squash court, reasonably priced too

Krishna Navaneetham 7 years ago

Positive experience: Badminton courts are usually always available. Can buy shuttlecocks and squash balls too

Sue King 7 years ago

Positive experience: Very friendly staff

Tracy 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Local, clean and friendly

Amaan Khan 7 years ago

Positive experience: Great indoor facilities for badminton

Brian Phillips 7 years ago

Positive experience: Not the best place due to its age, poor lighting, inconvenient noisey doors leading into the main hall and allowing people to walk through and dated layout. The low metal trusses, old boxing ring lamps, and low ducting make playing badminton difficult. Lack of improvements over the years will lead to it's ultimate closure. Why 3 stars well if you want a good game with people that love badminton the surroundings are something that are overcome.

Knowing Nikki Good life 7 years ago

Positive experience: Great ladies only gym.

Clare Robinson-Cox 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great space for dog shows

Tahir Khan 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very accessible

Richard Ingram 7 years ago

Positive experience: so so

Sara Brayfield 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for the weightlifting competition I went too

J Singh 7 years ago

Negative experience: Very expensive. Don't need heating I'm badminton court.

Bepurple 04 7 years ago

Positive experience: The facility is a bit dated but fully equipped with adequate equipment and pleasant staff.

Mandeep Phull 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fab classes fab staff great equipment

Stacey Shelby 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Women's only gym. Brilliant.

Nicola Turley 8 years ago

Positive experience: Friendly staff. Good facilities. Some parts look a little old and worn

Sidane Johnson 8 years ago

Positive experience: Help keep the youth's out of trouble

Sudhir Sehdeva 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good sports centre

gurnek moore 8 years ago

Negative experience: Good center

Carlos Laherran 8 years ago

Positive experience: Nice centre with different amenities and classes but the building it's showing its age. Friendly staff

Andrei Costea 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Leisure time!!!

Matthew Kenny 8 years ago

Positive experience: Old and worn down

Nick Singh 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: My second home

Steve Donaldson 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Love the place. We skate here twice a week, and it's a clean, friendly venue.

abdullah tahir 8 years ago

Positive experience: leisure centre has to offer alot .. but i only play badminton

Stephen Wicketts 8 years ago

Positive experience: Great for badminton squash of the gym

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