This is a privately owned health, fitness and squash club of which I've been a member of for years…read more The gym is exceptional and well stocked with all the latest equipment. The fitness instructors are very knowledgeable and helpful and are happy work with you to produce your own personal training programme. They have fitness classes including Spinning, circuit training, aerobics and pilates as well as a lot more. They've got 3 squash courts, sunbed area, ladies sauna and a mixed sauna and a relaxtation area as well as a licensed bar. The membership deals are really reasonable and it stays open pretty late which is great if you work normal office hours.

From the owner: Le Sport is a family run business that's been in operation since 1996. We provide the best gym…read moreequipment from all over the world as well as classes, functional space, a professional spec squash court, showers and separate gender saunas all for an affordable price for people to train consistently in a safe and positive environment. Our membership ratio is 51% men 49% women with an age range of member going from 12 - 94 years!

Good gym on the outskirts of the town. Large, popular with a well-equipped and modern gym and…read moreswimming pool facilities.

I find this place to be quite an odd establishment, as a small independent gym you would think that…read moreit would be friendly and welcoming but this is not what I found. The outside of this place does not exactly look inviting and the inside is filled with people who seem a little disinterested in what you want and more interested in taking your money. My problem is that I compare this place with the uni gym which obviously in terms of size ect is unfair however I just feel that the all round service here is quite poor. They sell supplements ect here and it seems to be that whole mantra of making alot of money fast and I am unconvinced that they actually care about the fitness of their customers. The equipment is good and varied and I cannot say this place isnt well run but for me it just didnt have the right atmosphere to make me a fan or indeed a regular member.

Fitness 3000 is a new gym on Smithdown Road, there aren't many independent gyms in Liverpool as…read morethe council run lifestyles, and big names like David Lloyd and Total Fitness dominate the market. The owners and staff seem very aware of how nervous and wary some people get when joining a gym, there is nothing worse than feeling like you're being judged. However, here the staff invite you and a friend to go along and talk to the staff about any of your concerns, including the monthly fee. The fitness suite, is spacious and airy, creating the perfect atmosphere for working out. They also provide fitness classes which are taken by professional instructors who will motivate you every step of the way.

The three level ark health and fitness club inside the Radisson SAS Hotel Liverpool, has an indoor…read moreswimming pool and Jacuzzi, steam room and sauna located in the relaxation area, fully equipped, hi-tech gymnasium, dance studio including spinning facilities and beauty treatment rooms. 28 classes per week. Great club!

This oasis like spa and "wellness centre" in The Radisson Blu hotel is perfect for those of you…read morelooking for a bit of escapism from the daily stresses of life. If it's pampering you're after its pampering you'll get here. It is a perfect way to treat your lady with spa treatments ranging from body therapies and facials to manicures, pedicures and waxing. There are personalized spa packages which will gain you supper browny points with the Mrs fellas!!! One such package will set you back just under £360 but hold your horses. That gets you romantic dinner for two at theri award winning Filini restaurant, two luxury spa treatments each, a night at the hotel followed by a super buffet breakfast. So pretty much a turbo charged quick get away but with an ultra cool relaxation twist, whirlwind indeed eh!!! Or alternatively you could just get her or him ...or yourself the spa relaxation package at £160. Another great option and a great idea mind you is for the soon to be mums. It can be a testing time for mothers to be during their pregnancy. Ark have a a mother to be package at £90 which is great for relieving tension and alleviating swelling in the hands and feet. It also includes all the rest of the featured stuff like manicures and pedicures et al. This really is a great way to unwind yourself or your partner.

Lifestyles Alsop is the newest leisure facility in the city which opened in 2007. It replaced the…read moredemolished site of the old Queens Drive pool and it is now shared by Alsop High School and the wider community. The facility boasts a state-of-the-art fitness suite offering more to its members and the local community, 25 metre swimming pool, cricket nets and a large sports hall catering for many sporting activities. The centre also offers free access to all Liverpool students up to the age of 17 under the 'Futures' scheme playing a vital role in the community, bring local people together, and improving health and fitness to all ages. Although it is a compact place, I would definitely recommend a swim here, especially if you've got kids as they will love a splash. The centre has a welcoming feel to it and is a breath of fresh air compared to some of the more dated leisure centres within Merseyside.

i was told they don't offer anything free when i went to enquire about taking my 9 yr old son…read morethere, but as for the rest of it i cant say because i have never actually used it yet

Not at all impressed by our visit to Knowsley Leisure and Culture Park today. We took our 5 month…read moreold baby but will not be returning. When we paid we were asked if we had brought a padlock - puzzled, I replied no, why? Apparently now you need to bring a padlock if you want to be able to use a locker in the changing rooms. If not, you have to come out of the changing rooms in your sopping wet swimming stuff, juggling baby, to retrieve your things from the lockers in the main foyer. In addition, the keys for the lockers in the foyer do not have any wristbands on, so what you're meant to do with them is beyond us; we were told we could hand them to the lifeguard but seeing as we couldn't find the same lifeguard twice we thought that adding searching for them to get our key when we left wasn't really something we wanted to be doing, so we opted to tie the key onto my partners swim shorts. I asked if there was a safe place we could leave the pram and was told we could leave it in the cleaning cupboard. Grateful that the young lady was trying to be helpful but surely a new facility such as this should have something better than a cleaning cupboard for people to leave prams? In the end we couldn't find the young lady again to ask her to put the pram in the cupboard so we had to leave it in our view in the changing rooms at the side of the pool. Normally we wouldn't be bothered about it being in our view but seeing as they already seem to have had some sort of security issue with the lockers (the only reason we can think of for them asking people to bring their own padlocks), we didn't want to leave it to chance. Prams are expensive. Scallies are the reason we can't have nice things folks! In the changing rooms it took us a little while to figure out where the baby change facilities were. They are inside some changing cubicles but not very obvious (especially if all are being currently used and you can't see inside). It's quite a squeeze inside, especially with pram and two adults. The changing table itself was disgusting, it looked like it hadn't had a good clean since the place opened. The pool itself was good, much improved on the disgusting old Huyton Leisure, but we didn't get much time in there - we got in at 12:10 and at 12:30 we were told it was closing and we had to get out! Nobody at the front desk had informed us of this when we arrived, so all the effort we had gone to to get out with the baby, get all three of us changed and into the pool felt like a massive waste of time. Really not impressed. We were given a refund, but only once we could find the receipt; so make sure you keep your receipt people, you may not be impressed, and at £4 a swim that's not what you would expect!

An excellent compact gym attached to the large Holiday Inn Hotel next door. However you don't have…read moreto be in the hotel to enjoy it's facilities you can 'join' like any normal gym for a nominal fee each month. However even as a 'add on gym' to a hotel it is not the run of the mill. Built on it's own separate 'island' its very unique. Most of the modern machinery you find in all gyms is here and it does have a tv in the exercise room to watch while you're jogging those miles. It also has a small swimming pool about 1/4 of the size of the average gym pool. Includes it's own mixed sauna.

Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre is a fantastic new development near Crosby beach. It has replaced…read morethe pretty mediocre sports centre previously situated at Crosby Marina. Lakeside has retained the marine lake to perform numerous wet sports activities such as canoeing and yachting, kayaking, wind surfing and raft building. There are now lots of dry activities also available: cycling climbing and orienteering and a well appointed fitness suite. Lakeside welcome disabled and special needs visitors and people of all abilities. The facilities here are undeniably good and quite unique to the area; an invitaion for tourists and a great boost for the local economy. There is on site accommodation at "Lakeside Lodge", 14 en suite bedrooms with all guest requirements; even more incentive to visti from further afield. The dining facilities at "Lakeside Bistro" make for perfect after sports sustenance or an evening out. enjoy apertifs with sea views from the roof top terrace, or have breakfast overlooking the yachts sailing on the marina.

Nestled between the impressive houses overlooking Crosby's waterfront and the beach itself, the…read moreLakeside Activity Centre is a stones throw away from the cranes and industry of the Port of Liverpool. It looks a fairly new addition to Crosby beach, perhaps cashing in on the success of Antony Gormley's 'Another Place'. On a hot Tuesday we decided to head for the Lakeside Bistro (within the activity centre) for a cold drink and a bite to eat. The décor is modern and clean and the food is extremely well priced, we got two meals and two drinks for less than £7! I had no complaints about the bistro or its service, some of the other diners may have been less content. At one point the kitchen was temporarily closed so it could deal with a back log of orders and the large queue of hungry beach goers looked decidedly put out. The bistro looks out onto its stunning surroundings and also onto the fantastic children's play area, from which my fiancée had to hold me back.