Esporta Health Club, Croydon

Advantages: Opens early, closes late. Lots of facilities and services
Disadvantages: Too many noisy children, expensive

...Esporta Croydon, also known as The Surrey Health and Rackets club, is part of a huge UK chain, owned by venture capitalist Simon Halabi. It was primarily a rackets club and has been responsible for helping train some of the up and coming Tennis stars of tomorrow. Esporta is situated in a purpose built warehouse on a large industrial estate not far from Waddon mainline station and houses a spacious gymnasium, also known as the "Fitness Arena", a large family pool and an even larger olympic sized pool. There are numerous Tennis courts and several Squash courts. It is a club which encourages families, so may not suit those in search of halcyon days. Having parked in the spacious car park you will come through the double doors into the reception area, where you will be greeted by the welcoming reception staff, who will actually greet...

Velvetee 22.07.2007 · Read review
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Esporta, North Oxford

Advantages: Luxurious gym, friendly staff, great equipment
Disadvantages: A bit more expensive than other gyms and exercise still hurts

..."Esporta Health and Fitness Club" has been rapidly expanding recently into various new sites around the country and although the Oxford site is not new, it is new to me as only joined recently and so far I cannot recommend it highly enough. In brief, Esporta provides much more pleasant experience than all other gym's I've attended. Location The Oxford Esporta is on Banbury Road, one of the major trunk roads going from the roundabout of the A34 (which links to M40) into the centre of this beautiful historic city. Esporta is 2 miles from the centre of Oxford in the leafy suburbs of the expensive North Oxford area. The entrance is not particularly obviously, as the centre is located behind St Edwards School playing fields, but if you look out to the left when going out of Oxford the blue sign should be obvious enough. If you get...

hert1137 21.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Esporta Club, Oxford

Esporta Number

Advantages: well appointed, nice clean facilities
Disadvantages: lack of free weights, price

...I recently got a mailshot offering a day's free membership of Esporta. Getting the voucher for it was simplicity itself, visit the website, select the day and time you wanted, and print out the voucher. Dead easy. When I arrived I was left kicking my heels at the reception desk for about 5-8 minutes. Luckily I was with a mate, but not being the most patient of people, if I'd have been on my own it would not have been a good start. Having said that the girl that eventually served us was very pleasant, and after we had filled out a few forms signing our lives away we were in. The fitness suite is very impressive, every conceivable weight machine, and method or torture available was there and in very good condition. It was well appointed with extensive use carpet, and effecient air conditioning. Similarly there is a vast range of CV...

gshughes 05.03.2003 · Read review
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Review of Esporta Club, Edinburgh

I'm sorta off Esporta

Advantages: Great equipment, good range of classes
Disadvantages: Expensive, impersonal, membership administration

...I joined Esporta because I wanted a gym that would let me use its clubs all over the country, as I was doing a lot of travelling at the time. So Esportas Freeway membership seemed like a good idea. They have clubs all over the country which you can use at no extra cost and they're in nearly every big city. Gloucester was my 'home' club. The gym is spacious and the equipment is all top-of-the-range. They seem to have just about everything, steppers, runners, x-country, rowers, cyclers and all the weights machines too. There's also cardio theatre so you can workout whilst watching the tv and listening on headphones. They have about 6 different channels such as MTV, Sky One, Sky News, Sky Sports, ITV, BBC1. Very good if you like to watch Eastenders and get a workout. You can also get a programme set up for you by the staff that means...

little_minx26 16.06.2003 · Read review
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Review of Esporta Club, Gloucester

Esporta Bristol

Advantages: friendly staff, plenty of gym equipment
Disadvantages: noisy bar

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razzer246 19.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Esporta Club, Bristol

Esporta Kingston is Very Poor

Advantages: Children friendly including baby pool, creche and other kids pastimes, food in cafe, free towels to use.
Disadvantages: Price, Gym equipment, Changing rooms, cleanliness, pay for parking, membership contract

...I certainly would never have joined Esporta except for the childrens creche and other children facilities enabling our family to be able to use a local health and fitness club with this reasonable facility. As I said in advantages the only way I think that anyone could consider joining this club is if you have children under 16 especially very young ones which you can leave in the creche or a class whilst you work out. Even though they provide facilities for children they charge you for virtually everything in this regard and some things are expensive. This is on top of the highest membership fees in the area. Everything else about the club is very poor. At the present time April 2006 the following are some of our observations:- GYM: The equipment generally old. Not enough variety especially in cardio vascular where you only...

DavidandLouise 08.04.2006 · Read review
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Review of Esporta Club, Kingston-Upon-Thames

Don't touch Esporta

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: dishonest money-grabbing thugs

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Review of Esporta Club, Islington, London

Quick Fit !

Advantages: Welcoming, homely, well-run
Disadvantages: Expensive if you do not use it a lot

...Gyms have a habit of getting folk to join who soon forget that they are paying on monthly direct debit for something they hardly ever use. For me, that was the main reason I would never even think of joining such an establishment. However, two and a half years ago, I changed my tune, thanks to Esporta. - so here is my applause for a club that has helped me lose over 2 stone in weight, and get fit enough to climb the stairs without having to be revived with pure oxygen afterwards.! 1 ~~~~~~My Track Record~~~~~~~ Early years of life saw my involvement in rugby, tennis, cricket, badminton and then squash - the latter for several years and up to three times a week. Then mid-life saw extra work commitments, less opportunity to play, and less by way of fellow competitors where we were living. The weight was rushing towards 19...

trevorbrock 14.04.2005 · Read review
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Review of Esporta Club, Belfast

Fit As A (Posh) Butcher's Dog!

Advantages: Fitness, classes, freindly, bar, etc!!
Disadvantages: VERY expensive, and a bit 'posh'

...OK, everyone takes the mick out of me because I pay almost £60 a month for my gym, and now I'm going to explain why!!! I joined Esporta in April 2005, so I havent really been going very long. I was a member of the Trillogy in Northampton, which cost £4.00 every time I went, and wasnt really very good. When you consider I go up to 5 times per week, this works out at £80 per month. I decided it was about time I found a gym that was a bit better and had a monthly membership fee, to save me a bit of money and make the whole experience a bit more enjoyable! I happened to be listening to the radio one Saturday afternoon, and heard an advertisement that said Esporta was offering gym membership without a joining fee (normally £50) for one day only, and decided I would check it out! I am totally useless at giving directions...

big_dirty_em_n_that 31.01.2006 · Read review
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Review of Esporta Club, Northampton

Pleasant fitness club in manchester

Advantages: Plenty of equipment, classes, and a great view
Disadvantages: Cost, location depending on where you are

...The Esporta at Salford Quays is probably one of the best in the Manchester area in terms of cleanliness, service, appearance, and equipment. It is lacking mainly in size of the pool, and perhaps location, but the location depends on where you live, so it may be very convenient! The fitness area includes two levels of machines for Cardio: stationary cycles, sitting cycles, rowing machines, treadmills, step machines, and a variety of other equipment like elliptical trainers. Weight machines: bench press, leg press, shoulder machines, arm machines, and a variety of specialized equipment for hamstrings and tummy exercises. Free weights: all the necessary weights and bars you could need. Stretching/fitness ball area: a floorspace with area for stretching, using small freeweights, or fitness balls. Spin room: enough room for maybe...

phalangid 08.06.2007 · Read review
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