The actual gym experience is really good - clean, tidy, nice gear well looked after. Staff on site are great, shout out to Josh and Jordan in particular, and also Rashid who is always helpful. The... See more
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We're not like other gyms... We won’t tie you into a contract or charge you a fortune every month. That’s because we believe that fitness should be accessible to everybody, regardless of shape, size, fitness level, background or attitude. We’re for everyone who’s had enough of the unbelievably-expensive-monthly-contract gym, or the make-me-feel-judged-the-moment-I-walk-through-the-door gym. Affordable, high-spec, nationwide gyms, that make absolutely everybody feel welcome. Whatever your starting point, and wherever you want to go, we can help.
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5th Floor, OneCroydon, 12 - 16 Addiscombe Road, Croydon, CR0 0XT, CR0 0XT, Croydon, United Kingdom
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Wood Green (lordship lane)
I go to Wood Green (lordship lane) and my pin has always been fine on previous uses. I got up at 6am for the gym this morning and my pin didn’t work, no one was around to let me in so I had to go home. I know this is a budget gym but better support should be provided for customers wanting to access the service they’re paying for. Customer service is also terrible as they auto close any support requests by linking you to unhelpful FAQs
Absolutely horrible experience and no…
Absolutely horrible experience and no staff available to help as it was 9:30 and they will leave at 10pm and wpuldnt be arpund to let me out. Also a waste of a guest pass as it didnt work even with staff help.
The best gym in east London Plastow…
The best gym in east London Plastow with full of facilities and needy clean with good staff and fully equipped with excellent equipment ❤️💪🏻
I have been charged for three months…
I have been charged for three months despite freezing and subsequently cancelling my membership. I have made every reasonable effort to contact The Gym Group to resolve this issue, but unfortunately all communication channels have been ineffective.
Firstly, none of the customer service telephone numbers provide access to a member of staff, only automated responses. Secondly, whenever I contact customer services by email, I receive an immediate automated response stating that the case has been closed. Other contact email addresses either bounce back or generate a ticket number without any meaningful response.
Thirdly, the complaints process through the Gym Group app is equally ineffective. The same automated responses are repeated, and it is not even possible to attach supporting evidence to complaint forms. The only available option is to communicate with an AI chatbot, which has been unable to address my concerns.
In addition, I have attempted to contact The Gym Group through Instagram, but I have received no response there either. When I visit the gym in person, staff are unable to assist and simply direct me back to the app, which does not provide an effective means of resolving complaints.
As a result, I have been wrongly charged for three months after freezing and cancelling my membership, and despite numerous attempts to contact the company through every available channel, I have been unable to obtain a refund or even receive a proper response.
I find this level of customer service unacceptable and would like a full refund of the incorrect charges together with a prompt resolution to this matter.
I am really impressed by the…
I am really impressed by the cleanliness and tidiness by the staff.
Sunderland South Gym highly recommended
I go to the gym at South Sunderland.
The staff are always friendly and helpful. Andy the manager is so friendly and always smiling.
It is a great environment to work out in as other users help each other out. Sharing equipment and helping less able to change equipment settings, etc.
The equipment is clean and in good working condition.
The toilets and changing rooms are always clean and well stocked.
The membership prices for the gym are very reasonable as well.
I can highly recommend this gym to anyone thinking of joining.
Zero support from customer service, confusing automated emails
Zero support from customer service, things have really changed in the past 2 years (I suspect AI is to blame). 2 weeks ago I received an email reminder saying that my anual gym membership was due to expire on 10/11/26. On 13/10/26 I suddenly found I could not access my gym, and the app showed my membership was disabled - so perhaps the email meant 11/10/26 and American AI is the culprit, however all other emails with dates have UK/European format (after all its a London registered company and I'm in the UK). There was also an offer of 25% discount to renew, but this does not work. Wanting to understand what happened to my remaining month, and get the 25% offer, I wanted to contact them, however thr telephone number no longer works, the online "support" is simply standard Q&As, so I tried contacting customer services on the different emails I used in the past, no bounces, but zero response. This is important as I also need them to provide an invoice for my case manager (I am using them to supplement my physio after a serious accident) -they've done without issue in the past, but no email replies mean this is unlikely now. My local gym has also been closed for approx 2 1/2 weeks in total for different "refurbishments" (first time was a couple of walls painted, second time more equipment, but machines are now spread out in a ridiculous way), the offer of an alternative gym is not helpful if the closes one is 20 miles away. This is a shame as the staff at the gym themselves are great and helpful, and there is a great bunch of people I've made friends with, but I'm not sure I can continue using this given the complete lack of back-office support.
Cancelled Membership
I noticed that my membership had been cancelled and wasn’t sure why, so I contacted customer service via live chat and spoke to Jamie. I was advised that the payment couldn’t be collected, despite no apparent attempt being made to take it. Understandably, I was quite frustrated, but Jamie was incredibly patient and understanding throughout.
Jamie kindly offered to stay online while I reinstated my membership and assured me that any discount I had would be applied. When I encountered difficulties reinstating it, Jamie went the extra mile by offering to email me personally so I could reply to the email chain once everything was completed.
I managed to reinstate my membership, and Jamie confirmed today that everything had been sorted, even extending my membership until January 2027!
Fantastic customer service from Jamie, who took ownership of the issue, showed genuine patience and made sure everything was resolved. Thank you, Jamie, for turning a frustrating experience into such a positive one!
Decent gym but predatory cancellation policies
The gym itself was decent, no major complaints with the facilities. However, it is nearly impossible to cancel the membership! When you go to manage my membership and click through all the buttons telling them to cancel your membership, there are only directions that tell you to cancel through your bank if you use direct debit (no options are shown for if you use credit or debit card). You have to chat with the AI bot and then with a customer service member to even start the cancellation process through credit/debit. The subscription model makes it difficult to even find your billing date, and you do not get a reminder of when you will be charged.
Genuinely the worst company I have ever…
Genuinely the worst company I have ever tried to deal with. No customer service whatsoever. No phome numbers. You wait for hours on the live chat just to speak to someome who doesnt have a clue. You can email complaints and a couple of weels later they might reply but they wont have actually read the enail you sent them. Local staff say 'come and find me in the gym' when the problem means we cant get in the gym. Basically scammers, do not waste your time.
Rude employee
One of the personal trainer working their kicked me and my friend out because apparently”I slapped my friend on the lap” when I was just tapping him to get him hyped for a pr, and when my friend failed it and the weights fell apparently I was “failing to spot him and laughing after” so I’m not allowed to laugh with my friend after he made a mistake? Absolutely horrible gym, terrible equipment, rusty bars, most of the employees are nice except 1.
He is relatively tall, brown hair and beard and he has earrings
My pin has stopped working have now…
My pin has stopped working have now been without gym access since Friday 9th, staff on duty have no idea why, no manager on duty, I don't know why my access has been restricted, absolutely no communication from the Gym Group, payments to them are up to date, zero communication, no tel number to talk to anyone, after waiting for 1 hr on line, live chat finally responded and want me to take time out of my day job and go to the gym and see the manager, who on my last visit was not working, emailed the complaint team 3 times this week, complaints team are awol. VERY VERY VERY POOR OVERALL.
Faceless and unhelpful organisation
Faceless and unhelpful organisation. No one to speak to and just respond to emails by saying look at FAQs. I would not be contacting them if I’d found an answer to my query there. Very frustrating and I’m likely to cancel my membership.
Had no problems really enjoyed the…
Had no problems really enjoyed the workout
Poor service
Very poor service. I have been a member for years, yet I was suddenly denied entry to the gym; there is no manager available to speak with, even though my payments are being processed correctly.
I arrived at this gym at 2pm today…
I arrived at Tottenham High Road gym at 2pm today, Monday 12th of October to find it was closed. Other people arrived and didn't know it was closed today also. I usually receive an email informing me that the gym will be closed but didn't receive one about it being closed today. Hopefully they will start to inform their customers about future closures by email again. My time has been wasted today.
Shit customer service and gym
The gym groups facilities in wolverhampton are broken constantly and old and disgusting. customer service is worse than talking to a brick wall. I had to fill a form in detailing why id like to cancel my membership first of all their branding is you can cancel and come back whenever, i fill in the form and a month later money is still taken from my account. These leeches don't have an active customer service number or Email i can find so now im raising a dispute with my bank. I will not stop until i get my money back you have stopped me purchasing my beanie.
The gym is all good everything was fine…
The gym is all good everything was fine but what about your assistants if someone need help they are not even coming for help they behave like i dont pay her bills my brother got a pin issue am calling him last 30 minute ago and they are chill in staff room like nothing happened what if someone need a emergency call just make sure u have a good staff in your gym otherwise current assistant in the gym group hounslow is bullshit
Not sure why my gym membership wasn't…
Not sure why my gym membership wasn't cancelled when I requested through the app - when I realised I was still getting charged they couldn't provide a refund. Despite the fault of the app (which I assume is purposely faulty to retain money from clients).
Terrible customer service - tried to raise it with them but they wouldn't refund.
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