Holmes Place, Oxford Street, London

Let's Take A Stroll Down Oxford Street

Advantages: Lots and lots of shops - you'll be entertained all day long
Disadvantages: Very very crowded, smelly, noisy and full of annoying tourists

out and the crowds seem to be less overbearing. Just over the road from Marble Arch, you will find Hyde Park, so a great place to get out at if you're stopping for a picnic break. All the stations on Oxford Street are always incredibly busy, especially Oxford Circus You will find when you finally reach daylight, that the tube station is positioned on a junction between Oxford Street and Regents Street, hence the endless streams of cars bumper to bumper and swarms of noisy smelly smoky people trying to cross roads and turn corners. It can be quite scary if you're small like me and all you can see are feet and legs. You tend to get trodden on quite a lot too, and pushed and shoved and poked. Be prepared. OK, so you've successfully arrived at your destination, a little battered and bruised but that's what you learn to expect from ...

hellyphant 05.04.2002 (08.07.2004) · Read full review
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Holmes Place Cricklewood

Advantages: Good workout facilities
Disadvantages: Very small pool area and too many kids

. Than you introduce your friend a day or so later to the club and he will only pay half the fee because you recommended him this club. I paid for example 95 pounds to join and my friends only half of it. Also you could take your friend with you as a guest so he can have a few trial days for free(up to one week). Don´t forget that in nearly every case you are signing a membership contract that cannot be terminated in the first year. If you are not sure you want to use it for a full year, you can "buy" a "resign option" which is about 30 pounds extra. Monthly subscription is currently 59 pounds in Cricklewood and is paid beginning of each month. You have the option to make a club-link like I did, with another Holmes Place(or 2) anywhere in London,(mine is nearer to the place I work) which will cost you 5 pounds more each month. But you ...

susi 07.02.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Holmes Place, Cricklewood, London

Holmes Place Croydon - a place to call home

Advantages: Great location and easy acess to trams, buses and rail
Disadvantages: I am soon to change jobs and the town in which i will be working doesnt have a Holmes Place! a huge shame!

Having been a total virgin to all gyms, health clubs and fitness centres up until just over two years ago, I now find myself reluctant to leave, like a child clinging to its mothers skirt! When i started work in Croydon, i joined Holmes Place as a founder member when it first opened as part of a Corporate Membership. Very reluctant to pay what i thought then to be a phenomenal amount of money (£54 per month), for facilities that I calculated I would use, on average, 3 weeks out of 12 months(namely post-xmas), but with high hopes that the expense would induce me to visit the gym at least a couple of times a month! Needless to say that upon joining I now feel that it is home from home and spend on average 3-4 days/evenings a week down at Holmes Place. (That is a considerable amount of time for someone that lives a good 30 mins train ...

Healthhog 29.11.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Holmes Place, Croydon