Legacy MMA & The Fitness Suite

Meridian Kung Fu Chelmsford - South

Based in Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire, Next Level Gym is a private gym built around small group personal training. Members follow a bespoke fitness programme with structured support and accountability, whatever their starting point. The gym also offers guidance on nutrition and supplementation to help with training and recovery.

Community is a big part of the approach here, with members encouraged to get to know one another and share their progress. More generally, small group personal training suits people who want more coaching attention than a standard gym membership provides, while still enjoying the motivation of training alongside others with similar goals.

Small group training

Bespoke programmes

Nutrition guidance

Private gym setting

Members' community

All levels welcome

Private gym in Wellingborough offering small group personal training, bespoke programmes, nutrition guidance and a supportive member community.

Next Level Gym

Nicole O'Donnell Dance Academy

Nova Forma Digital Reformer Pilates

Based in Southport, Merseyside, OLOL Judo Club Southport is a martial arts club focused on judo. It is listed here for anyone in the area looking for a place to take up the sport or return to the mat, and the club has its own website where you can find out more before getting in touch.

Judo is a grappling art built around throws, holds and controlled falling, and clubs generally welcome people of different ages and experience levels. Newcomers can usually expect sessions that mix technique practice with partner work, and many find it a good way to build strength, balance and confidence while training alongside others.

OLOL Judo Club Southport is a martial arts club in Southport, Merseyside, offering judo for people in the local area.

OLOL Judo Club Southport

Pendle Academy of Dance & Performing Arts

Piqué School of Performing Arts

Based on the second floor of the Edwards Centre on Regent Street, Re Fitness Studios is a gym in Hinckley, Leicestershire, that works on a book-ahead basis. Members choose and prepay for sessions online, with a timetable that mixes gym sessions with group classes such as small group training, paired circuits, Fight Klub cardio, Sculpt and Flow and Fitness Pilates. There is also an online offering, ReStudios Online.

A smaller studio-style gym can suit people who like a bit more structure than an open-access facility. Booked sessions and small groups generally mean less waiting around for kit and a more sociable atmosphere, which many find helps with keeping a regular routine.

Book and prepay online

Varied group classes

Online sessions

Town centre location

Passes and vouchers

Re Fitness Studios is a gym in Hinckley, Leicestershire, offering bookable gym sessions, small group training and classes such as Pilates and circuits.

Re Fitness Studios Hinckley

Based in Lancaster, Lancashire, The City of Lancaster Gymnastics Club is a gymnastics club that describes itself as a performance centre for talented gymnasts. It serves the city and the surrounding area, and keeps an active presence online where it shares news with its community.

Gymnastics in general builds strength, flexibility, balance and coordination, and clubs often offer a route from early skills through to more focused training for those who show promise. Anyone interested in joining, whether for themselves or a child, is best advised to contact the club directly to find out which sessions or programmes might suit them.

Performance centre

The City of Lancaster Gymnastics Club is a gymnastics performance centre in Lancaster, Lancashire, for talented gymnasts.

The City of Lancaster Gymnastics Club

The Kingdom - Boxing Academy

Based on Whitehall Lane in Grays, Thurrock Martial Arts is a family run gym teaching Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Karate. Classes are aimed at students of all ages and abilities, with adult BJJ alongside Karate, and the coaching team now includes sessions in no gi grappling. New Karate and BJJ members receive a free uniform when they join, and trial sessions can be booked through the club.

For anyone in Thurrock looking for a martial arts club, disciplines like these generally offer a mix of fitness, technique and confidence building. BJJ focuses on grappling and ground control, while Karate develops striking, discipline and structured progression through grades.

BJJ and Karate

Family run gym

All abilities welcome

Free uniform for newcomers

No gi sessions

Book a trial

Family run martial arts gym in Grays, Thurrock offering BJJ, no gi and Karate classes for all ages and abilities, with trial sessions available.

Thurrock Martial Arts

A&K Mixed Martial Arts

Anglo Dance Studios

Set in Feltham, Greater London, Backstreet Dojo is a combat training facility offering a wide range of martial arts under one roof. The academy covers Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), MMA, kickboxing, Muay Thai and karate, with sessions run by experienced coaches. There are classes for all ages and abilities, including dedicated kids classes, women only classes and yoga.

A mixed martial arts gym like this suits people who want to build fitness, learn self-defence or work towards competing. Beginners can generally expect coached sessions where technique is broken down step by step, alongside opportunities to spar and train once the basics are in place.

Range of disciplines

All ages and abilities

Kids classes

Women only classes

Experienced coaches

Trial class

Backstreet Dojo is a martial arts academy in Feltham offering BJJ, MMA, kickboxing, Muay Thai, karate and kids classes.

Backstreet Dojo

Part of the Karate and Dance Federation, Central Karate Academy CIC offers martial arts training in Warwick, Warwickshire. The academy runs karate programmes alongside dance for children, adults and families, with a structure built around respect, discipline and inclusivity across several Warwickshire towns.

A karate club like this is a good place to build confidence, fitness and self-discipline at your own pace. Sessions are typically coached and progress through a grading system, so beginners and more experienced students alike have a clear path to follow.

Karate and dance

All ages welcome

Coached sessions

Trial available

Across Warwickshire

Safeguarding focus

Central Karate Academy CIC is a karate and dance academy in Warwick, Warwickshire, welcoming children, adults and families.

Central Karate Academy CIC

Combat Social Club

Based in Westcliff-on-Sea, Diversity Studio Essex is a dance studio serving the wider Southend-on-Sea area. It offers a space for people to take part in dance and movement close to home.

Dance studios generally suit a range of ages and abilities, whether you are picking up a new skill, keeping active, or building confidence and coordination. Sessions are usually led in a group setting, making it easy to find your feet and enjoy dancing alongside others.

Diversity Studio Essex is a dance studio in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea.

Diversity Studio Essex

Edwards Dance Studio

First Position School Of Dance

Based in Diss, Norfolk, Heywood Sports & Fitness is a multi-sport club listed here under gymnastics. Its website lists squash, padel, tennis, 5-a-side, golf and running alongside a gym and fitness classes, and the club also has a bar, so there is a social side as well as a sporting one.

The club describes itself as welcoming and inclusive, with something for people of any age, shape, size or ability to enjoy at their own pace. Clubs offering a broad mix of activities like this generally suit anyone who wants variety, whether that means a racket sport one day and a fitness class the next, or simply staying active close to home.

Wide range of sports

Gym and classes

Club bar

Heywood Sports & Fitness in Diss, Norfolk: an inclusive club offering squash, padel, tennis, 5-a-side, golf, running, gym and fitness classes.

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