Based in Birmingham, the Marlins are a swimming club with a focus on para, disability and family swimming. The club works to create an inclusive environment across its groups, helping individuals reach their swimming potential regardless of any impairments, supported by a team of coaches, teachers, helpers and volunteers.

A club like this can suit swimmers of varying abilities and their families, with coached and taught sessions guided by trained staff. Learn to swim provision is also part of what is offered.

Inclusive swimming

Family friendly

Coaching team

Learn to swim

Established roots

Birmingham Marlins is an inclusive para, disability and family swimming club based in Birmingham, West Midlands.

Birmingham Marlins Swimming Club

Based in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, this martial arts club is focused on Kyokushin karate, the full-contact style known for its emphasis on discipline, conditioning and strong fundamentals. It offers local people a place to take up or continue training in this traditional Japanese art.

Kyokushin training generally combines basic techniques, kata (set patterns) and kumite (sparring), alongside fitness work that builds strength and stamina. Clubs following this style usually welcome a range of ages and abilities, and many people find it a rewarding way to improve confidence, focus and overall fitness. If you're curious, it's worth getting in touch with the club directly to ask about sessions and how to get started.

Kyokushin karate club in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, offering traditional full-contact martial arts training for local people.

Bishops Stortford Kyokushin Karate

Founded in 1995, Blackburn United is a community football club in Blackburn with teams across a wide age range. Juniors, girls, under 18s and a senior side all play under the club's banner, and there is a netball section too. The club describes its work as being with, for and in the local community, and its junior teams compete in age-group league divisions.

A community football club like this is generally a good place for children to build skills and confidence through regular training and matches, while older players can keep playing competitively. Families often find it a sociable way to get involved, whether on the pitch, on the touchline or helping out.

Established in 1995

Junior football

Girls football

Under 18s and seniors

Netball section

Community focused

Blackburn United is a community football club in Blackburn, founded in 1995, with junior, girls, under 18s, senior and netball teams.

Blackburn United Playing Fields

Black Dragon Judo club

Blade Martial Arts Academy

Bloom In Fitness

Based in Wallasey on Merseyside, Blossom Skills is a football listing in our directory for people looking to get involved in the game locally. Details on sessions and membership are best confirmed directly with the organisers before you go along.

Football sessions generally offer a mix of skill work, small-sided games and fitness, making them a sociable way to stay active. Whether you are picking up a ball for the first time or keen to sharpen your technique, a local football setup can be a good place to build confidence, improve your touch and meet others who enjoy the sport.

Blossom Skills is a football listing in Wallasey, Merseyside. Find out more about playing football locally on the Wirral.

Blossom Skills

Bluebell Ballet School

Based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, Blue Dynamite Elite is a gymnastics club listed in our directory. If you are looking for gymnastics in the Halifax area, this listing is a useful starting point for finding out more and getting in touch.

Gymnastics in general is a great way to build strength, flexibility, balance and coordination, and many clubs welcome a range of ages and abilities. Visitors to a gymnastics club can usually expect structured, supervised sessions that focus on developing core skills safely and progressively. It is worth contacting the club directly to ask about sessions, age groups and how to join.

Blue Dynamite Elite is a gymnastics club in Halifax, West Yorkshire. Find out more and get in touch about joining.

Blue Dynamite Elite

Body Appeal Fitness

Bognor Regis Zen Judo Club

Bournemouth Archery Club

Bournemouth Karate Academy

Boxevolve

Based in Armagh, this martial arts setup focuses on boxing and general fitness for people looking to train and improve their conditioning. It offers a place to build skills and stamina in a coached environment.

Boxing training typically suits a range of goals, from learning technique and footwork to raising fitness levels through pad work and structured sessions. Newcomers and those with some experience can generally find a way to take part.

Boxing and fitness coaching in Armagh, offering martial arts training for skills and conditioning.

Boxing and Fitness Coach - Armagh

Based in Ballymoney, Boxing N.I Functional Integrated Performance Centre is a fitness-focused club where functional performance training sits at the core and boxing shapes the approach. It offers a broad range of classes alongside personal training sessions, all led by experienced fitness professionals, and welcomes people of every ability. Newcomers can take a 7 day free trial to try classes before committing to a membership.

Boxing-inspired fitness training generally blends pad work, conditioning and strength drills, making it a good way to build fitness, coordination and confidence without needing to compete. Coached sessions like these tend to suit anyone wanting structure and encouragement as they work towards their goals.

7 day free trial

Functional performance focus

Coaching-led sessions

Personal training available

All abilities welcome

Boxing-inspired functional performance training in Ballymoney, with classes, personal training and a 7 day free trial for all abilities.

Boxing N I Functional Integrated Performance Centre

Bradford Dragons Basketball Club

Bradford Mixed Martial Arts

Japanese Jujutsu with a strong emphasis on practical self defence is the focus at Braintree Jujutsu, a martial arts club in Braintree, Essex. Sessions take place weekly at St Mary's Church Hall in Bocking, where the club has trained since 1997. It welcomes students of all abilities from age 10 upwards, with separate groups for beginners, juniors and seniors, and newcomers can try their first session for free.

Martial arts clubs like this generally offer a structured way to build fitness, coordination and confidence. Jujutsu in particular tends to cover throws, locks, escapes and realistic self defence techniques, making it a practical choice for people who want useful skills alongside regular exercise.

First session free

Beginners welcome

Ages 10 and up

Practical self defence

Weekly Thursday training

Running since 1997

Japanese Jujutsu and practical self defence club in Braintree, Essex, for ages 10 and up. Beginners welcome, first session free.

Braintree Jujutsu

Shotokan karate in Braintree, Essex, is the focus of this family-friendly club, which has been running for more than 25 years. Since 2012 it has operated from its own full-time dojo, and it teaches adults and children of all ages. Training covers kata, self-defence, fitness and competition karate, and the club has produced British, European and World champions on the competition circuit.

Shotokan is one of the most widely practised styles of karate, known for strong stances, powerful techniques and structured kata. Classes in this style generally suit a wide range of people, whether you want to get fitter, learn practical self-defence, build confidence or work towards gradings and competitions.

Adults and children

Full-time dojo

Over 25 years running

All aspects of karate

Competition success

Family-friendly Shotokan karate club in Braintree, Essex, with its own full-time dojo and classes for adults and children of all ages.

Braintree Shotokan Karate Club

Bransty Rangers is a football club based in Whitehaven, Cumberland. Going by its own pages, it runs as a junior football club (JFC) and an amateur sports team, with an active local following online.

Junior football clubs generally give young players a place to learn the game, play regular matches and enjoy being part of a team. For families in and around Whitehaven looking for grassroots football, a club like this can be a good way to get children active, build confidence and make friends through sport.

Junior football club

Amateur team

Bransty Rangers is an amateur junior football club in Whitehaven, Cumberland, offering grassroots football for young players.

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