I've been a member of the Grange Club for years now. It has Cricket, Tennis, Hockey and Squash…read moreclubs for all abilities at very reasonable prices. The clubhouse is a real gem. Just look at the pictures. As well as the great facilities it has a real social focus with regular club events, quiz nights etc. Highly recommended.

The Edinburgh Lions is probably one of the best basketball clubs in Edinburgh…read more Passionate to make a difference in Scotland's basketball scene- the Lions offer an extremely social yet competitive environment to play basketball. Their adult and youth teams are regular contenders within the National/Lothian leagues and they offer extensive development opportunities for players and coaches. If interested in playing/coaching basketball I would recommend getting in touch with Lions!

I had the worst experience with this club and rude customer service trying to cancel my membership…read more The locker rooms were unsanitary and slippery, with no plastic bags for your clothes or any place to put wet towels. Half of the equipment in the gym needed to be fixed and updated. The mats were dirty, and there needed to be more weights for everyone. The steam room was out of service daily, and the swimming pool was filthy. I signed up for a yoga class, and they called to cancel the same day without an explanation. I wasted my time, energy, and money. I recommend joining the One Spa Gym, which has excellent state-of-the-art equipment and a fantastic spa experience. I canceled my membership after three visits, and I paid over £100 in the joining fee, pro-rated costs, and another month on top of that. Beware of scams, and stay away from Bannatyne.

So far seems like a great gym, pool is big, always pretty quiet unless you come at peak time. And…read moreit has two decent size saunas and a steam and relaxation room. Gym is upstairs, really spacious and bright, wide variety of machines and weights etc. Cafe is big too and offers smoothies, protein shakes, and healthy breakfasts and meals if you're in a rush! I'm yet to try a class so will comment on that later. My only gripe is that it's only open until 8pm Saturday's and Sunday's, I work 12 hour shifts at weekends quite often and would love to come for a swim afterwards. I'm sure other Bannatyne's gyms are open later so that's something they could improve!

The main thing that springs to mind when I think about Meadowbank is Sports Days from back in the…read moreday when I was at school, and the Velodrome and athletics track, which seemed to go on forever at the time. Sadly, my athletics skills never won me any trophies, but I did enjoy basking in the sun with an ice cream and watching other sportier class mates sprinting round the track. Chomping ice cream and lazing about, despite being good times all round, isn't exactly beneficial to your fitness, so I would suggest coming here and taking advantage of the extensive facilities. Whatever your fitness method of choice, there's a good chance Meadowbank will meet your needs. There's a gym, two fitness studios with tons of classes on offer, seven days a week, plus three sports halls where you can play badminton, tennis and squash, outdoor pitches, a 400m 8 lane athletics track, and a 250m outdoor Velodrome.

The best thing about Meadowbank Sports Centre is that it feels like playing in a real stadium -…read moreeven when you are just playing on the Astroturf pitches. The proper pitch there is impressive- not only a perfect pitch, but the stands tower over you whilst on this pitch. It is most likely that you will visit here for the Astroturf pitches. Get together enough people and you should be able to get an hour's session for £4. It's not the cheapest, but in winter it can be the best on offer. The pitches themselves are fairly large - much bigger than Power League pitches and 7-a-side would be ideal. The only downside is the low fence at one end which does not stop quite as many balls as you would hope. Given that the gate is off to the side and given that they sometimes practise javelin throwing on the patch behind, this can be annoying - it will, however, teach you to keep your shots down.

Treat their long term members with complete contempt. They are a despicable conglomerate - bought…read moreand sold dozens of times money money money .. but its all about your health and well being isn't it ??? Due to the lack of decent private gyms in Edinburgh they get away with the profiteering and pretty poor experience in relation to the fees. Sycophantic management on a mass scale .. only care about taking your money steer clear give your money to the local authority gyms or other independents ! This club is Very poorly run by incompetent passive aggressive management who turn a blind eye to real problems and hide in offices plonking away on a keyboard writing pathetic nonsense about their members. Staff come and go through a revolving door. However, ok facilities and kept pretty clean although this has deteriorated over the years.. Lounge area is nice to sit in but as others comment is not somewhere you would go to relax or have a quiet coffee as it's always full of children bawling and running around. Unfortunately they have a monopoly on indoor tennis courts which hopefully will change in the future. Tennis wise - you can also never get a court due to coaching and kids tennis unless you can get in during lunchtime. At over £144 for 1 full peak adult per month - Not worth it unless you want to live there. Apparently you can't use the new club in Danderhall as it's an Elite one yet this club is a premier ... they're even inventing new ways to make their crap clubs sound more exclusive. This is in part ruined by their constant 2 week deals throughout the year , you ask yourself why am I paying all this when people can use these deals over and over and not forgetting the 3 months notice period meaning a full racket member will pay £1738 per year and 3 months to cancel - During the school holidays (Easter, summer etc..) they always run promotions so forget relaxing by their outdoor pool as it's Scottish Butlins ! All this is fine I guess but they don't tell you this when you sign up , it's not really an adult environment more for families. Long gone are the days where it was an inspiring environment for youngish professionals/ adults it's a glorified, over priced, underwhelming leisure centre. Gym is just ok- it isn't very big and can feel busy with only a handful of people in it , and certainly is not worth the fee , your also not buying into some sort of better gym etiquette, if anything it's one of the worst I've witnessed people sitting on there phones , lost count of the amount of TikTok videos I'm on without my consent ! Most other local gyms have just as good machines and weights and some have a lot more at a fraction of the price, with same or better etiquette. Changing facilities and toilets are completely inadequate for a place of this size and it's membership. Gym staff pour over you if pay for PT sessions otherwise ignore you and all the people sitting on their phones for ages as well as other behaviour.. Don't do anything to enforce rules and for this reason you'd be as well joining a budget gym as the managers are certainly more in tune with members rather than their ego and being the top performing club ... ie ripping their members off the most. Regional manager is horrendous, bullies the staff hence the reason everyone leaves. Very very bizarre culture. Wish Esporta Virgin active/ Nuffield could take it over. I've was a member for 15 years and left overlapped with new membership at Nuffield and haven't needed to complain once in nearly 2 years.

I have to agree with the other reviews on here - David Lloyd is a fantastic place to keep fit with…read morewhat seemed like million of machines. I actually felt a little like I was in an American Movie when I walked into the gym (clearly I have been going to small gyms for far too long). I am not a member but was given a guest pass which I really enjoyed using, the gym was great, the pool was great (indoor and outdoor), sauna, steam room, Jacuzzi - need I go on. The one thing I did notice was that no one spoke to each other (unless they knew each other) which made it feel a little unfriendly. Despite all this I do think the prices are a little high, but then this kind of gym is aimed at people with money (in my opinion) having said that if I am ever in the position where I can afford £80 a month then I will definitely join too.

Drumsheugh Baths was the venue for my weekly school swimming lessons AKA embarrassments, where I…read morewould flop into the pool like a floundering turtle, rather than diving gracefully into the water using the perfect technique, which a lot of my friends managed to do with very little effort. I've never been massively into swimming, because after a few lengths, I lose patience with having to exert myself too much, which is probably more to do with my rubbish technique than anything else. Despite this, I do think messing about in the pool is fun, and I was keen for the fun section of our swimming lessons, when we got to lark around slightly and swing on the rings that hang over the pool. Drumsheugh is interesting, in that it's the oldest private owned swimming club in Edinburgh and has retained a lot of its original, Victorian features. The club was founded in 1882, and still has rings and trapezes over the water, plus modern gym, sauna, and hot tub facilities. Membership numbers for the baths are limited to keep the pool chilled out and not too crowded, although the website does say there's currently no waiting list, which is obviously helpful if you're keen to join.

I've been coming here with my family since I was able to swim (and before that too) and I've got so…read moremany fond memories of it. It's always been chilled, lovely hot bath, sauna, trapeze and rings. So much fun to come here as a child and even more fun bringing the next generation for a dip in the pool. It's always been a great experience coming here and I WISH there were such nice pools in London.