David Lloyd Clubs, Manchester

Advantages: Located close to the Trafford Centre, adequate parking, great facilities
Disadvantages: Bar service a bit slow, gym can get a bit full at times

...from the Trafford Centre, the David Lloyd Leisure club, formally the Manchester Racquets & Healthtrack Club, has excellent facilities, both on a fitness level and on a social level. The gym is marvellous, in a large area overlooking the swimming pool and has many of the top range exercise equipment available, handily arranged according to the type of exercise you want to do. Upon joining, you can be assessed by one of the many professional advisors, ...
...to what you want out of the gym, be it to lose weight, gain weight or just stay trim. The facilities for racquets sports are fantastic, with quality squash courts, badminton courts, and numerous tennis courts, both indoor and outdoor. Professional training for all these are available, from beginner level through to advanced. The bar and eating area is fairly large, and there is an area for watching the large screen TV that shows live sports from ... Read review

Advantages: Friendly Staff, Family Friendly, Great Facility's
Disadvantages: Traffic from the trafford centre

...equipment or a pool but David Lloyd Manchester is something different, what i mean is it still has a pool and gym equipment but its a fun welcoming Place. Facility's Gym - A fully equipped gym with the latest equipment for use there's never any trouble getting to use the gym equipment you want to use.There is a variety of classes and the staff are friendly and helpful . Pool - Manchester has three pools two indoors and one outdoor all of which ...
...available for kids which can be a pain at times when there all in the pool. Studio - The studio is quite large and seems to have a large variety of classes High 5 Kids Club - Is available for 5-12 year olds has its own section for activity's. They run a kids camp during the school holidays which my kids have been on and the staff were amazing they couldn't do enough to ensure the safety of my kids. The staff are extremely friendly and i now where ... Read review

I've been a member since May 2008 and overall myself and my partner have been very disappointed. 1. Very rarely is equipment in full working order. There are always machines broken and take an age to be fixed. 2. Just getting in the club can be a nightmare. To use a locker in the gents changing room you must first collect a padlock from reception, this means joining a queue with potential customers, people who are booking tennis courts etc. I regularly stand for 5 minutes or more waiting to be served and again on the way out. 3. There is always something broken, the men's toilets were broken for around 3 months. 4. Staff are pleasant but there is never enough of them, even at peak times!

Advantages: Range of stuff to do like tennis/badminton/squash/gym/swimming/sauna etc
Disadvantages: Monthly membership fee price is expensive.

I joined David Lloyd with a friend a few months ago and although it is expensive I do think its worth it. We got a deal where we got free joining fee and we joined as a couple so that we got discounted monthly membership fees. We had a look round David Lloyd before we joined and decided it was what we wanted. But its definitely not the gym for a person who wants a cheap and cheerful one. One reason I chose to join is that it opens at 6.30am ...
...bothered dragging myself out of bed) and open until about 10pm so I don't have to go straight after work if I want a bit of a rest. The staff are friendly and very helpful. There gym is big so that you can normally get on a piece of equipment quickly even if it is busy. The womens changing rooms are nice, clean and spacious, with 3 cubicles, and all the showers are separate cubicles. The spa is lovely, and great place to relax after the gym. ... Read review