Information about Thornes Park Stadium

Horbury Rd
WF2 8TY, Wakefield
+441924302385

Opening hours

  • sunday: (closed)
  • monday: 12h-20:30
  • tuesday: 7:15-20:30
  • wednesday: 7:15-20:30
  • thursday: 7:15-20:30
  • friday: 7:15-20:30
  • saturday: 8:30-13:30
Multi-sports stadium with running and athletics tracks, fitness classes and an on-site creche.

Our comment from FitFit UK about Thornes Park Stadium:

Thornes Park Stadium in Wakefield is a fantastic multi-use sports facility that offers a variety of activities, making it a great place to exercise and have fun for the entire family. Visitors have praised the excellent atmosphere and the friendly, helpful staff, creating a welcoming environment for everyone.

Users have highlighted the quality gym, equipped with a good selection of well-maintained machines, although some equipment may show signs of age. The indoor and outdoor activities available ensure that there is something for everyone, from gym workouts to organized sports classes, including popular offerings like pickleball and athletics.

Additionally, the clean and tidy facilities and the spacious outdoor park area contribute to an enjoyable experience. However, there have been mentions of parking issues on event days and the potential need for upgrades to certain amenities. Despite these concerns, many visitors have expressed their overall satisfaction, emphasizing that it’s a great place to improve your fitness and enjoy time with family and friends.

Overall, Thornes Park Stadium is highly recommended for its great facilities, variety of classes, and the supportive atmosphere fostered by its dedicated staff.

Services, Machines and Guided Classes

Fit
Athletics
Athletics track
Running

Thornes Park Stadium: Opinions

4.5/5 (109 Opinions)
Tina Shaikh 2 months ago

Fantastic experience: Great place

Ian Dimmock 3 months ago

Fantastic experience: Quality gym, great equipment and good atmosphere

Peter Letts 7 months ago

Fantastic experience: Having a great Pickleball experience.

Sarah Langley 8 months ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely gym, no pressure, feel totally comfortable unlike many other gyms where I feel paranoid and very uncomfortable. Good selection of equipment and the staff are brilliant

Simon Hunter 8 months ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent stadium

MrSid12869 8 months ago

Positive experience: Staff are lovely and welcoming. Equipment seems like it's been randomly picked

Claire Lewis 8 months ago

Fantastic experience: Just went to see if they had equipment for a disabled person . All the staff were really helpful.

Fiona Poyner 9 months ago

Fantastic experience: Really good facilities and really good classes. Not only is that good but the place is tidy and well kept and the staff are really nice and helpful.

Matthew Hodgson 11 months ago

Fantastic experience: Great facilities

Andy F B 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great facilities and brilliant blue running track, friendly staff

Jan Rushworth 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: We only used the track under instruction of some wonderful physiotherapists .

roy r 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent place, there are a lot of activities for inside and outside stay.

Kelly Fowler 2 years ago

Positive experience: Good gym, good atmosphere and staff.

Fred Watson 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent social venue ,in our case indoor bowls .

francesca kelly 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good gym and brilliant friendly staff . Equipment needs updating and more equipment. The opening Hours could be better on Monday to crowded on Monday doesn't open till 12 be nice for early opening times like most gyms be nice if the gym open on a Sunday like most gyms.

Karl-Eric Devaux 2 years ago

Positive experience: Good facilities in a public park

Rob Whiteley 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Cycling round the park with grandson

Robert Ingham 2 years ago

Positive experience: Decent gym. A little bigger would be an advantage especially considering the amount of space they could use up.

N M 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice evening walk, refreshing from a hectic day.. kids enjoyed kicking the ball.. feel safe

Anthony McCabe 2 years ago

Positive experience: We only go in to use the Acesable Toilet & get a coffee after our walking group have walked the park.

barker68 hb 2 years ago

Positive experience: Closed for 48hrs at the weekend? It's a gym for goodness sake.

Francis Mwaba 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to exercise

Darren Stevens 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great staff, and that's what matters the most.

simon Blue 3 years ago

Positive experience: It's a good gym with plenty of equipment and the staff are friendly.

David Gill 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for indoor bowls

Janet Denton 3 years ago

Positive experience: Could do with an upgrade/facelift

Zak Khan 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good facilities.

fern moss 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Loads of equipment and not too busy

Philip Green 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good stadium

Russ Ess 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good n clean

Joseph Omilabu 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice gym and friendly staff

Rob Dover 3 years ago

Positive experience: Nice track, slightly naughty parking on event day. Lack of a stadium seating a mini pain on one of the hottest days of the year, but understand it burned down a few years ago(?), so blessed that the track remains!

Gabriela Nica 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: ❤️

Kezza 3 years ago

Negative experience: Glad to FINALLY have my membership cancelled for good with this gym especially after the off Attitude/Phone Manner of some! Of the reception staff, twice I've froze my membership account due to health issues, the last time i froze my membership account i was told it wouldn't get unfrozen until i contacted them to tell them otherwise yet without my say so they started taking £20 a month out of my account again, then when just trying to have a calm! Convocation about it with reception staff they got off & funny with me, but the good news is the SalesTeam have authorised me getting my money back and thats me back to saving £20 a month

Kris Thompson 3 years ago

Positive experience: Decent gym with a good array of equipment. Some of it showing it’s age but perfectly usable. Only negative is no water fountain in the gym area, only by reception which is a bit of a walk. Found the staff to be friendly. Overall would recommend.

GLYNIS Lee 3 years ago

Positive experience: Good gym, clean, well run. Friendly staff

Stephen Smith 3 years ago

Positive experience: Very good

Wendy Day 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent place yo work put staff very obliging

Natalie Massarella 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely place, I'm unsure of all the amenities they have as I was just there for a back exercise class, but receptionist was lovely and helpful

Emma Russell-liptrott 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to work out! The PT training is something to consider. You get your own work out plan its great to keep to your goals.

Jane 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Brill Pilates teacher, loved seeing the running track again, i was a bit late though, sorry. My shoe lace had snapped, so, that's why i was using my earings to thread the lace through my trainer as i was in a rush. It was a really challenging class, my bones and joints seemed to click back into place in a good way. Its done my hip, groin, back and foot damage the world of good. I'll definately let the Rehabilitation Team know. Thank you very much, I'll definately be back. Felt safe there too, cheers

Nicola Parker 4 years ago

Positive experience: Big carpark, lovely playground with great slides. A really nice place

Joyce Webster 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great fun playing indoor bowls. A great crowd of people all using safety measures to avoid covid infections

Geoff Rhodes 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Well equipped small gym.

Matthew Duncan 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice running track. I visited here because they were holding kids bike riding lessons on the track

Dan Robotham 4 years ago

Positive experience: The track area is showing its age, plenty of people wanting to use it, all seems a bit disorganised

Margret Spence 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent

David Durham 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great training

Michael Thomas 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Live the atmosphere of the place

ray cammack 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Plenty of people today sunny weather nice place to be

Jim Smith 5 years ago

Positive experience: Really needs some tlc

Eddie Bland 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent venue absolutely first class

Andrew Blaikie 6 years ago

Positive experience: Good internal facilities and extensive external park area for various activities.

brian taylor 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Visited for the first time for the Wakefield model Railway show, some great layouts on show, well done.

JEAN Daniels 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to get fit. Staff really good and freindly.

Martin Hardwick 6 years ago

Positive experience: Not bad

Krzysztof Urbanski 6 years ago

Positive experience: Rubbish all over. Empty bottles wrappers etc.

Daniel Brookes 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very nice atmosphere, very sporty and so much better than a tv or a phone. Great.

Reaper 23 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to train

Shane barmby 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Been training at thornes 10 years now and it's the only gym for me!! Great staff and not too busy

Daniel Stubbs 6 years ago

Positive experience: Needs better toilets

K S 6 years ago

Positive experience: Alright, depending on what you are wanting to do. The staff are very friendly and encouraging but I was advised by the trainer who assessed me that the exercise programme that would be the most effective for me was at another of the council's leisure centres, where he organised for me to see one of his colleagues.

Melanie Burgess 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great par core area and the staff where very helpful

Christine Reynolds 6 years ago

Positive experience: The place needs regular checks for repairs and keeping clean.

ann mcniff 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: A brilliant morning very professionally organised

Maggie Hall 6 years ago

Negative experience: Not a good experience at thornes stadium booked my grandson for gym joey took the details over the phone got my start time and time when to go arrived there on the day not got him on the list at all to start but had him on the system the ladies on reception said it was full then said saying that they don't all turn up, so I asked if he cud start today the ladies said we are full you can start in augest or cum another day to which I replied can't cum another day only do Fridays and am not waiting till augest when the lady over the phone said I could start 1st march Friday at 10.45 I left feeling very annoyed

Ann Illingworth (Annie) 6 years ago

Positive experience: Very nice gym.....was there to see Independent Doctor for a Accident Claim. Staff were friendly at the Reception desk when you arrived giving plain clear concise directions where had to be for the Appointment.

Malcolm Lumb 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great park

Jacqueline Ratcliffe 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: My granddaughter does athletics here.

Joe G 7 years ago

Positive experience: Not enough bins, food is excellent though.

Craig Orr 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for the whole family to get active.

Moira G 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Went in to rejoin membership. Service was great. Very informative. And a hive of activity.

Christopher Metcalfe 7 years ago

Positive experience: Large park. Miniature railway is good value. BMX/skate park. Large childrens play area. Dog friendly (take bags and pick it up)

Richard Smith 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: nice stadium, good facilities

Andy Colledge 7 years ago

Positive experience: Visited for exhibition there, hall was ok but a walk to carpark

Sam PC 7 years ago

Positive experience: Tidy gym. Equipment is all high end touch screen stuff. Went with the Mrs to do some cardio and everything you need is there. It has two gyms, one downstairs near the entrance which has a couple of chest and shoulders machines, along with a few treadmills, rowing machines and cross trainers. Another up the stairs where all the free weights, dumbells and curling bars are. Would have liked to see some boxing bags, battle ropes, sleighs etc. Although this isn't a "boxing" gym it seems to have everything else. 4 stars, not because of the boxing bags, but because the staff were pretty rude. My first time at this gym and I asked where everything was and the guy at the counter was pretty rude and acted like I should already know. Didn't offer to show me about, just took my money and left me too it, which if I was new to gyms in general could have been a bit daunting. I could have understood if it was exceptionally busy, but it was dead. I would probably go back with the Mrs as the gym itself is pretty tidy, but I will certainly be sticking with the gym that's closer to my work. Staff are alot more friendly and show all new comers how to safely use the machines, which as I said above could be a bit daunting for anyone who is new.

mr Bones mc gee 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Always a nice venue. It is a multi use facility so I am unable to comment on how good it's sports facilities are, combined with the park which caters for children and teens it has plenty to offer either keep fit types or family's with children, easy parking give them a try.

Richard Vaughan 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent gym great track

Martin Haywood 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great facility for track and field, with a wonderful gym club too

Emma Jennings 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great gym facilities

Michael Evans 7 years ago

Positive experience: Great place to exercise staff are friendly and helpful.

J T 7 years ago

Positive experience: Met here to start a cycle ride with the breeze ladies,used the toilets which were very clean

Gordon Wilson 7 years ago

Positive experience: Friendly welcoming atmosphere accompanied by generally helpful and well motivated staff.

steven F 7 years ago

Negative experience: Parking terrible

Angela Pang 7 years ago

Negative experience: I have been coming here for 3 years now. Facilities are poor. Nothing ever seems to get repaired. The council should be ashamed of themselves. Staff are lovely and friendly however.

Ann White 7 years ago

Positive experience: Very good

Tim Britton 7 years ago

Positive experience: Nice facilities

Mick Bradbury 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: A great set up.

Matty Beck 7 years ago

Positive experience: Great facilities and friendly staff

David Brown 7 years ago

Positive experience: Could do with a cafe for teas coffee

Sophie Mei Lan (Sophie Mei Lan) 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing staff.

diane pullan 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lots to do for all ages always enjoy a day or an hour in Thorne park

Michael Brennan 7 years ago

Positive experience: Great 8 Lane, 10 Lane home straight athletics track. Inside you have choice of 2 gym's to use. They also have an indoor track but if you want to use this contact first to see if it's free. Good team who will offer help and advice if needed. The home of Wakefield District Harriers athletic club.

Julie Pennington 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good place, needs a tidy up

Jamie Brukwicki 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Ran a 100m pb so well chuffed

Dean Roberts 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to take family

Dave Grayson 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Little one does gymnastics there she loves it

Paul Firth 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Ideal everyday sports facilities.

Martin Hancox 7 years ago

Positive experience: Could do with more parking spaces

Chris Horner 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant place

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