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National Cycling Centre
BeswickThe National Cycling Centre is the home of bike brilliance with elite competitors zooming round the velodrome. It was the...
Stockroom
Stockport Town CentreStockroom is Stockport's new cultural hub, housed in former retail units in the Merseyway Shopping Centre. It's a light, bright...
Little Scarfs
Stockport Town CentreLittle Scarfs is a 'culinary studio'. In practice that means it's an attractive space which is available to hire for...
Withington Baths and Leisure Centre
WithingtonFancy a dip in an Edwardian era swimming pool complete with stained glass windows, poolside changing cubicles and ornate tiling?...
Alliance Française de Manchester
DeansgateThe Alliance Française de Manchester is the place to return to your schooldays minus the Tricolore textbooks and fixation on...
Carrington Riding Centre
CarringtonCarrington Riding Centre offers lessons to children and adults with a stable of good-natured horses and ponies ready to ride.
Altogether Otherwise
Manchester City CentreAltogether Otherwise is NOMA’s hobby house. Initially, it seems like a forgotten relic, an unloved outbuilding at the back of...
Clay Studio
StretfordClay Studio moved to its new home in Stretford at the end of 2024, offering more space and more activities....
Instituto Cervantes
DeansgateThe Instituto Cervantes is a wonderful place to learn Spanish with enthusiastic native speakers and excellent teaching. Even the building...
The Health Lab
Northern QuarterThe Health Lab is the fitness studio connected to Northern Quarter health food cafe The Green Lab. It focuses mainly...
RYDE Studios Manchester
DeansgateClass-based gym RYDE Studios Manchester opened in Barton Arcade in March 2024, following the success of its original studio in...
MadeForMORE
MontonMadeForMORE gym opened in Monton in autumn 2023 and has fast established itself as one of Greater Manchester’s best gyms...
Barry’s Liverpool
Liverpool City CentreLike all the gyms in this US-born franchise, Barry’s Liverpool is known for challenging classes and workout studios that look...
Crew42
Princes DockThis gym on an industrial estate near Princes Dock doesn’t look like much from the outside but there’s a lot...
Harbour Health and Fitness Club
Princes DockThe Harbour Health and Fitness Club is part of the Crowne Plaza Liverpool hotel but you don't have to be...
ELEV8 Performance Gym
WaterfrontJust down the road from the Titanic Hotel and the Tobacco Warehouse, you’ll find ELEV8 Performance Gym. Established in 2023,...
Cork & Canvas
AncoatsCork & Canvas is a sip and paint events company which puts on sessions at venues in and around Manchester...
Food Sorcery Deansgate Square
DeansgateFood Sorcery Deansgate Square is an award-winning cookery school that runs classes on cuisines from all over the world, from...
Grand Central
Stockport Town CentreGrand Central is a leisure centre in Stockport. It’s best known for its swimming pool which has two slides but...
Salford Watersports Centre
Salford QuaysSituated at Dock 8, Salford Quays, Salford Watersports Centre aims to make its activities accessible to everyone who wants to...
Graystone
SalfordGraystone is Salford’s action-packed home of high-adrenaline sports. Skateboarding is the big deal here. Practise on all sorts of drops,...
Liverpool Watersports Centre
WaterfrontNothing shakes up the senses quite like a winter dip in the docks. Head to Mariners Wharf for all-year-round aquatic...
Blakemere Village
NorthwichBlakemere Village is the Cheshire one-stop for shopping, outdoor activities and family-friendly events.
The Northern
DidsburyOne of the oldest tennis clubs in the world, The Northern is the original home of tennis in Manchester. It...
Manchester Tennis and Football Centre
BeswickThe Aquatics Centre, the Etihad Stadium, the Velodrome . . . anyone who doubts the legacy of the Manchester 2002...
Manchester Aquatics Centre
Oxford RoadManchester Aquatics Centre is open once again, following an 18-month closure for an extensive refurbishment and upgrade. The new centre...
RE:SCULPT Studios
BlackfriarsRE:SCULPT Studios opened on Chapel Street in spring 2023 with the promise of offering a high-intensity, extra hard-working form of...
Sculpt in Haus
Manchester City CentreSculpt in Haus was one of the first reformer pilates studios to open in Manchester. Owner Amy Hughes brought the...
Paws Yoga
CastlefieldTwo things that are guaranteed to release endorphins: puppies and yoga. Paws Yoga combines the two, and was the first...
Zap Graffiti
RopewalksZap Graffiti is one of Liverpool's most unique art venues, focused on showcasing graffiti designs and even giving you the...
UBX Media City
Media CityUBX Media City is a new boxing fitness gym at Salford Quays offering small group sessions that pack a punch....
Runway Pilates Manchester
Northern QuarterOnce a niche, LA-based fitness trend, reformer pilates looks set to become mainstream. There are at least three studios dedicated...
The Farm Club
PickmereThe Farm Club started life as a triathlon training centre before it expanded into offering a wider wellness experience. Situated...
Manchester Academy of Gymnastics
SalfordManchester Academy of Gymnastics offers gymnastics to adults and children, boxing for anyone over ten, and parkour.
Bodywise Natural Health Centre
Northern QuarterHead upstairs from the Manchester Buddhist Centre and you'll find an equally calm and harmonious space; the Bodywise Natural Health...
Space at the Mill
CastlefieldThere's something very soothing about once industrious, busy-busy spaces that have been turned into exactly the opposite. Space at the...
Bells Gym
AltrinchamBells Gym opened in Altrincham in 2013, bringing a busy timetable of boutique boxing and fitness classes to the town.
Eccles Boxing School
EcclesThe top floor of Bridgewater Mill was a derelict shell when Eccles Boxing School founder Brian Gardner first laid eyes...
Fighting Fit
Green QuarterThe first thing you see when you step into this under-the-arches gym near Victoria Station is the long line of...
Kadampa Meditation Centre Manchester
ChorltonKadampa Meditation Centre Manchester, or KMC, is part of a network of centres which promote The New Kadampa Tradition; a...
The Olympus Projects
Green QuarterThe Olympus Projects takes its inspiration from the original musclebound warriors, the Greek Gods. The motivational quote as you enter...
The Resonance Centre
ClaytonIf you're interested in exploring holistic therapies and alternative ways of treating stress, The Resonance Centre in Clayton is well...
Manchester Buddhist Centre
Northern QuarterMeditation, mindfulness, dhyana, non sleep deep rest, whatever you want to call it, the Buddhists have been practising it for...
Nuffield Health Manchester Printworks
Manchester City CentreThis gym on top of The Printworks is probably best known for its pool with views over Corporation Street. There's...
Waterside Leisure Club
DidsburyIf you like your gym to be the kind of place where you can spend an entire day, hopping from...
Corner HQ
ArdwickThis boxing gym next to Mayfield Park doubles as the headquarters of boxing tech company Corner, hence the name Corner...
F45 Training Manchester NQ
PiccadillyThe F45 franchise has gyms all over the world but we doubt there are any quite like F45 Training Manchester...
Reset by Form
Manchester City CentreThis is hidden-away studio in the Bloc building (not to be confused with the BLOK studio) is worth seeking out...
TRIB3 Manchester Deansgate
SpinningfieldsThis boutique, class-based gym next to the hip Yotel hotel is part of a small but growing franchise of TRIB3...
Urban Reform
PiccadillyThis Hyrox-affiliated gym is five minutes' walk from Piccadilly Station, in the direction of Mayfield Park.
Yoga Soul
Northern QuarterYoga Soul has quite a reputation considering it’s just one studio in a basement in the Northern Quarter. To get this...
V1BE by Lifestyle Fitness Ancoats
AncoatsWith its marble changing rooms, split level design, and hip class brand, V1BE by Lifestyle Fitness Ancoats is a ‘flagship’...
V1BE by Lifestyle Fitness Mosley Street
Manchester City CentreV1BE by Lifestyle Fitness Mosley Street is an edgier, and dare we say cooler, gym than what you might expect...
Barry’s Manchester
St John'sLike all the gyms in this US-born franchise, Barry's Manchester is known for challenging classes and workout studios that look...
The Y Club
CastlefieldIf you want a gym with a pool in the city centre, The Y Club is one of just a...
The Life Centre North
Manchester City CentreFrom its two good-sized, daylight-filled rooms above Deansgate, The Life Centre North covers the spectrum of yoga styles, with a...
The Green Lab
Northern QuarterFounded in May 2019 by Manchester sisters Nikita and Kanika, The Green Lab is described as a health and well-being...
