Sports Centre and Gym, University of Cambridge

Great gym. Had membership here on-and-off between 2018 and 2025. Reasonable prices, spacious, and great facilities. You won't find better in Cambridge unless paying 2-3x the price, and it is much better than the offerings here in London. Relatively uncrowded, large amounts of room, new equipment. Some reviewers complain about the changing rooms but I found them to be good - much better than I'm used to elsewhere. As others have said, a swimming pool (or, IMHO, a sauna) would make this absolutely top-class, up there with David Lloyd and others. Beyond that, it wins in all areas. To top it off, it's a pleasant cycle ride to reach.

It's OK. If you time it right you can use the gym. If you want to go at 5pm you will struggle to use a machine or find a spot to work out on a mat, also the classes are fully booked almost immediately and there are not enough across the week. It's easier to get booked in last minute when people start to drop out.

I’ve been a member on and off here for around eight years. It’s generally a great place. Showers not been upgraded once in the time I’ve been coming. It’s actually quite grotty. But the facilities are amazing in a lot of ways. My big gripe tho is the quite populous customer service team. Whenever I contact them for anything, usually around gym class bookings, but more recently I was asking about block booking the hall. They are amazingly rude! Like, in that institutional way. And pass agg about just about everything. Today I attended a class. Their check in service didn’t work on the door so I emailed after to say it didn’t work. I swiftly got a telling off saying I MUST make sure to make contact with a member of staff at the time. I have a job. I dont have time to chase someone down for their system not working. Also moving exercise classes out of studio for during exam times totally sucks. If I lived the other side of town, I’d go back to Nuffield in a moment! They just know how to speak to ppl and take care of basics like changing rooms/showers etc.