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Gyms in Adur

A strip of coast between Brighton and Worthing, from Southwick and Shoreham to Lancing and Sompting, with the River Adur and the South Downs behind it. Here's where to train in Adur, and who to train with.

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Neighbourhoods in Adur

From Southwick's harbour to the foot of the Downs at Sompting.

Training in Adur

Small towns on the coast, with the river, the beach and the Downs close by.

Adur is home to around 64,500 people (Census 2021), up 5.5% since 2011, with a median age of 45. It's an older district: 20.4% of residents are aged 50 to 64 and 23.6% are 65 or over. In Sport England's Active Lives survey for Nov 2024–25, 62.5% of adults here did at least 150 minutes of activity a week, against 67.4% across the South East.

South Downs Leisure, a charitable trust, runs the public sites: Southwick Leisure Centre on Old Barn Way, with a gym, indoor cycling studio, sports hall and health suite, Lancing Manor Leisure Centre, with a gym, squash and 3G pitches, and Wadurs Swimming Pool in Shoreham, a 25 m five-lane heated pool. Around them sit independent gyms in Lancing and Shoreham, karate classes, and a lot of water: sailing clubs on the River Adur and the beaches, and a rowing club that trains on the river and the sea.

The Downs Link ends at Shoreham, and Lancing Ring and the South Downs National Park are just behind the towns. Wherever you train, it's easier with someone to train with. Gymist is how you find them.

Where to train in Adur

South Downs Leisure's public centres first, then the independent gyms and karate, and sailing and rowing on the water.

Public leisure centres (South Downs Leisure)

Independent gyms and martial arts

On the water

Find a training buddy in Adur

A lane partner at Wadurs, someone to share the weights floor at South Coast Gym, a crew mate for coastal rowing on the Adur: find people nearby who train when you do.

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A weekend ride up the Downs Link from Shoreham, a morning run past Widewater Lagoon, a hill session on Lancing Ring: set it up in minutes and we'll help locals find it.

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Train outdoors

Free places to train in Adur.

  • Downs Linka 36.7-mile path and bridleway from St Martha's Hill in Surrey that ends at Shoreham-by-Sea, mostly on old railway lines.
  • Lancing Ringa nature reserve in the South Downs National Park, just north of Lancing.
  • Widewater Lagoonan 8.8-hectare nature reserve, a brackish lagoon behind a shingle bank on Lancing beach.
  • Shoreham Beachthe shingle spit between the River Adur and the sea, with Shoreham Fort, built in 1857, at the harbour mouth.
  • Monarch's Waythe long-distance path follows the beach west from Hove past Portslade and Southwick to the harbour mouth.

Getting around

Rail, bus and bike routes to Adur's gyms.

Rail

  • Shoreham-by-Sea station: 1.303 million entries and exits in 2024/25, 9.4 km from Brighton
  • Southwick and Lancing stations are on the same West Coastway line

Bus

  • Stagecoach's Coastliner 700 runs between Portsmouth and Brighton
  • the PULSE service runs between Lancing and Durrington in Worthing

Cycle

  • the Downs Link's final stretch, the Coastal Link, runs from near Steyning down to Shoreham-by-Sea

Who trains here

What the census and Active Lives say about the people you'll meet in the pool and on the beach.

  • 45Median ageUp from 44 in 2011, and older than the South East as a whole.Census 2021
  • 20.4%Aged 50 to 64Up from 19.6% in 2011. Plenty of people at the age when a regular swim or class partner keeps you going.Census 2021
  • 26.9%Inactive adultsDoing less than 30 minutes of activity a week. Training with someone is one of the easiest ways to start.Sport England Active Lives, Nov 2024–25

Adur gym questions

What people ask before they train here.

How many gyms are there in Adur?

Gymist lists 104 gyms, leisure centres, pools, studios and sports venues across Adur, from the South Downs Leisure centres to independent gyms, martial arts clubs, and sailing and rowing clubs in Shoreham, Southwick, Lancing and Sompting.

Which leisure centres are in Adur, and who runs them?

South Downs Leisure, a charitable trust, runs Southwick Leisure Centre on Old Barn Way, Lancing Manor Leisure Centre on Manor Road and Wadurs Swimming Pool on Kingston Broadway in Shoreham. Its FIT4 membership covers its centres in both Adur and Worthing.

Where can I swim in Adur?

Wadurs Swimming Pool in Shoreham has a 25 m, five-lane pool, 0.8 m deep at the shallow end and 1.8 m at the deep end, kept at 28 to 29°C. Neither Southwick nor Lancing Manor has a pool, so for more pool time you can head along the coast to Splashpoint in Worthing, which is on the same South Downs Leisure membership.

Where can I train outdoors for free in Adur?

The Downs Link runs 36.7 miles from St Martha's Hill in Surrey to Shoreham-by-Sea, open to walkers, cyclists and horse riders. Lancing Ring is a nature reserve in the South Downs National Park just north of Lancing, and Widewater Lagoon is an 8.8-hectare nature reserve behind Lancing beach. The Monarch's Way follows the beach from Hove to Shoreham harbour mouth.

How do I get to gyms in Adur without a car?

Shoreham-by-Sea, Southwick and Lancing stations are all on the West Coastway line between Brighton and the west. Shoreham recorded 1.303 million entries and exits in 2024/25. Stagecoach runs the Coastliner 700 from Portsmouth to Brighton and its PULSE service between Lancing and Durrington.

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