I would say considering it's Oxford and not many gyms around, Pure Gym offers great value for money…read moreratio. Yes, occasionally toilets will lack toilet paper and soap dispenser will be empty, but considering monthly payments on other gyms such as David Lloyd and Nuffield, I think it's quite competitive. Definitely no frills: gym is crowded, classes are booked out quickly, and always a lot of people at the machines. However, to most classes you still can come even if they have been booked out, and always some machines are free. There is an option of upgrading to premium-ish membership ( something like +3 pounds), where you will be given an opportunity for early booking. Also, there is a limit on how many classes you can have booked. At the same time, the gym has quite a busy schedule of classes (probably the busiest out of all the gyms I had a look at at that moment! Also from time to time they organise some paid courses with limited spaces but I have never signed up for those.

Just wanted to say what a fantastic Personal Training team you have at Feel Fit Gym. You guys…read morehelped me get into my wedding dress! Lol , I dropped 2 sizes in 5 weeks!

Really excellent gym. Great facilities, incredibly good value, really friendly and genuine staff, 2…read morefloors of matts, free and machine weights, running, cross training, cycling machines, boxing ring, octagon, classes in muay thai, bjj, boxing, mma, sauna, stream room and all for £25/month or £20 off peak!!! Seriously why go anywhere else. I have a personal trainer there also who is excellent. Really highly recommended.

I did half my college course here! its great for brookes students but OCVC college use it too! they…read morehave a big gym upstairs a very big sports hall sqash and outside astoturf and tennis! they cater for events too! they also have pool table tv's and a very affordable little cafe! Make sure you go on the climbing wall too! good times

The sports centre is possibly one of the best facilities for Oxford Brookes. Although membership if…read morequite expensive, even for their own students, the facilities are very respectable and far better than those provided by Oxford University's Iffley Road complex. They also have membership options for occasional visitors. However, unless you live nearby; given that you will be paying quite a bit, you may be better opting for one of the commercial gyms in the city

Friendly hardworking staff. Clean, loads of equipment,…read moreseveral stations for more popular equipment (running machines, bikes, cross trainers) so you never have to wait. Large free weights areas for the serious guys who spend too much time looking in the mirror. Large pool + sauna + steam room + hot tub for relaxing afterwards. All classes except tennis are free once you stump up the membership fee and are fun. Some cliquey clientel, but EVENTUALLY they will talk to you. Can take ages to fix broken equipment. Adequate car parking. Busiest around 6pm, so avoid at that time if possible.

David Lloyd provide what is probably the best gym experience in oxford. However, their location…read moreslightly outside the city centre means that you do need a car for access. If you have both the money and the means to access the club, it's facilities are second to none, with a large swimming pool, well equipped gym and excellent restaraunt.

I'm not a great leisure centre user - I usually find them too clinical and indoorsy. However, this…read moredoesn't do a bad job at all. It's clean, the staff are friendly and there are lots of things on. It's got a real community feel to it. One word of warning is that because there's so much going on, it's often a good idea to phone up in advance, in case you turn up for a swimming session when the pool's booked for a lesson or something else. The 25m pool has lanes, which is a refreshing change, but can be a bit daunting if you're not a very fast swimmer. I recommend going at a quiet time of the day or using the learner pool for a bit if you feel a bit self-conscious. The changing rooms are just about warm enough and the chlorine's not too strong. Apart from swimming there's a variety of facilities: - Fitness suite - Dance studio - 3 squash courts - Sports hall - Therapy room There are lots of classes and clubs to get involed in, such as basketball, volleyball, 5-a-side football, health/fitness classes, racket sports and various dance classes. They do postnatal sessions, activities for the over-50s and kids' parties. Prices are very reasonable especially if you have a Slicecard. Kids under 17 can swim for free.

I am a member of this gym because I want a place to use fitness equipment, and membership here is…read morecheap; this gym continually dissatisfies me, but I'm unwilling to pay the exorbitant rates of the Virgin gym nearby. This gym is more like a community center than a commercial gym; it's very children/family oriented. There are often annoying adolescents playing (I use the word deliberately) on the equipment in the fitness room. The bathroom/changing rooms are woefully unventilated. Ventilation is a big problem in the fitness room as well - even one or two people working out in there and the atmostphere becomes absolutely fetid, especially in the winter. Also, the music in the fitness room tends to be played quite loudly, in spite of the fact that the vast majority of people working out are wearing headphones. The Fusion parent corporation is somewhat clownish - eg, they send me harrassing emails to renew my membership for a month prior to the date of expiration, and when I attempt to renew at the service desk in the gym a week before that date, I learn that it's impossible to renew until _after_ the membership has actually expired. If there were another option nearby that wasn't punitively expensive and tiresomely country-clubbish, I would run for it. But there isn't. Again, however, seems to be an excellent place for families, and the prices are low.

Spa 6 is a really beautiful club in the Cotswold Water Park Four Pillars Hotel . Most people think…read morethe club is only open to hotel guests but you can actually buy membership. The pool is really stunning with experience showers and an aromatic sauna and steam room at poolside. The gym has all the latest Technogym equipment and although I don't use the spa treatments there are seven treatments rooms. I really can't see any reason you wouldn't join this superb club.

The Ozone health club is quite a large complex, near the Kassam Stadium. Has a large free car park…read more The gym is quite spacious, new equipments gym with TV screens on some of the machines, which is great, there is also a spinning studio which is used for classes with an instructor. There are 2 aerobic studios which are used for teaching various classes such as body combat, body attack, step, pilates, body balance. I recommend the Step class - a really good work out! All the instructions are good though. There is a swimming pool, sauna, steam room and spa. When you become a member you get several sessions with a personal trainer to sort out a programme, they are really friendly and helpful. They also have open weekends for the public, if you want to test out the facilities. Sometimes there are promotions when you can bring guests along and get day passes. The gym does get quite busy in the evenings, but day time isn't so bad. Lovely place to workout! The prices are quite reasonable and competitive.

Superb club set in a easy to reach location. I have just joined and the staff were fantastic…read more Really enthusiastic and helpful which makes a change to the bigger clubs in Oxford who just want to take your money. I left Esporta 2 years ago due to customer service levels and couldnt be happier that I moved clubs. I would definately recommend it.

Hinksey is the park I tend to forget about and every time we go to the outdoor pool I think - why…read moredon't we come here more often? The answer is that we live on the other side of the city and Oxford has so many lovely green spaces. On the other hand Hinksey is just outside the centre of Oxford and has things the other parks don't have. There is a small children's play area, a lake on which there used to be pedalos for hire, a lake on which you sometimes see people sailing their radio controlled boats, tennis courts, fishing and the outdoor swimming pool. The paddling pool has been replaced by a free fountain / water feature play area. I've not been to this one at the right time of year but the one in Abingdon is great fun. Remember the fun of running under the hose in the garden? Fountain play areas recreate that experience. I've just looked at the city council website to check out the details for this park and I found out that it is a "Green Flag" winner. I've heard of different coloured flags being awarded to beaches but I didn't know there were flags for parks - I can feel myself just about to waste half an hour looking up other "green flag" parks to see if my other favorite places have won anything. (And I've found out from the website there are fresh water sponges and zebra mussels in the park - who'd have thought it!)

This is as good a park as any, and it's a lovely haven of green and fun. If you live in central…read moreOxford, there are plenty of nearer parks, but if you're young at heart or have kids, and if it's a warm day, this is definitely the place to be. Why? Water! There's a 'Splash' water feature, open from 10am-8pm May to September, but sometimes earlier in the year if it's warm enough. The outdoor swimming pool is brilliant: it's heated, free for under-17s and surrounded by sun-loungers. It's like being on holiday: sun, water and ice-cream, yet only a short drive from home. There's also tennis, fishing and a lake with a myriad of interesting birds (still waiting to catch a glimpse of a kingfisher!) and underwater life. A word of warning: if, like me, you enjoy evening walks with friends or a four-legged companion, watch out because although the park's always open (unlike the University Parks for example), there's no way to get a car in after a certain time. This changes throughout the year, the earliest being aroudn 5pm in winter, I think. Definitely worth checking, but not a disaster if it's shut, as there's plenty of parking nearby.