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Opening hours and your first visit

Healthlands opens at 7:00am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 8:00am on Tuesday and at 9:00am on Thursday, closing between 8:00pm and 9:00pm on weekdays. Saturday runs 9:00am to 3:00pm and Sunday 9:00am to 1:00pm. A free workout or a taster class is arranged at reception, and the only things you need to bring are trainers, something you can move in and a bottle of water.

When the club is open

Opening hours through the week

Mornings start earliest on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Tuesday opens an hour later and Thursday two hours later than that, so a Thursday morning session is the one worth checking before you set off.

Weekends are short by design. Saturday closes at 3:00pm and Sunday at 1:00pm, which makes weekend classes the ones that fill first.

Bank holidays and the days around Christmas run reduced hours. Those are posted at reception in advance rather than changed quietly on the day.

Directory sites, map listings and old cached pages carry several different versions of these hours. The table here is the one to rely on; if you are making a special trip for a particular class, check at reception first.

Opening hours
Monday7:00am – 9:00pm
Tuesday8:00am – 9:00pm
Wednesday7:00am – 9:00pm
Thursday9:00am – 9:00pm
Friday7:00am – 8:00pm
Saturday9:00am – 3:00pm
Sunday9:00am – 1:00pm
The reception desk with a screen, a card reader and a water cooler.

First visit

What to expect when you walk in

Park, come through reception, and say you have a free workout or a taster class booked. On a gym session an instructor takes you round the floor and sets the equipment to you. In a class you will be shown the studio and given the beginner option for each exercise. Lockers and a sauna are in the changing rooms.

If you have an injury, a heart condition, high blood pressure, or you are pregnant or recently postnatal, tell the instructor at the start rather than halfway through. It changes what she asks you to do, and it is the ordinary way this works — not a reason to be turned away.

Nothing here is medical advice. If you are unsure whether exercise is safe for you at the moment, ask your GP or physiotherapist first, then bring their guidance to your fitness review so the programme is built around it.