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Gyms in Crawley

A post-war new town with a 50 m pool and an eight-lane track at K2, lakes and forest trails at Tilgate, and Gatwick on its doorstep. Here's where to train in Crawley and who to train with.

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Neighbourhoods in Crawley

From K2 and the CrossFit box at Tilgate to the parkour gym in Ifield.

Training in Crawley

A young new town with a 50 m pool, and lakes and forest on its southern edge.

Crawley is home to around 118,500 people (Census 2021), up 11.2% since 2011, with a median age of 37, four years younger than the South East's 41. In Sport England's Active Lives survey for Nov 2024–25, 59.7% of adults in Crawley did at least 150 minutes of activity a week, against 64.6% across England.

Everyone Active runs the borough's public sites for Crawley Borough Council: K2 Crawley on Pease Pottage Hill, with a 50 m pool, a diving pit, an eight-lane athletics track, squash courts and four studios, The Bewbush Centre with its gym and sports hall, and the 3G pitch and pavilion at Broadfield. Around them sit The Gym Group, Anytime Fitness, énergie and Snap Fitness, CrossFit Crawley near Tilgate, MMA and Muay Thai gyms, and Sussex's only dedicated indoor parkour facility.

Whether you're new to the town or have trained here for years, it's easier to keep going with the right company. Gymist is how you find them.

Where to train in Crawley

The Everyone Active sites first, then the chain and independent gyms, fight gyms, parkour and gymnastics.

Public leisure (Everyone Active)

Gyms, CrossFit and chains

Combat and martial arts

Parkour, gymnastics and athletics

Find a training buddy in Crawley

A lane partner for K2's 50 m pool, someone to roll with at AK's Gym on Kelvin Way, a WOD partner at CrossFit Crawley: find people nearby who train when you do.

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A Saturday run round the lakes at Tilgate Park, a ride out along the Worth Way, a track session at K2: set it up in minutes and we'll help locals find it.

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Train outdoors

Free places to train in Crawley.

  • Tilgate Parklakes, walled gardens, a nature centre and woodland paths, with watersports on the main lake and four mountain bike trails in the forest.
  • Goffs Park50 acres in Southgate, with lakes, boating ponds and a model railway.
  • Worth Waya 7-mile (11 km) bridleway on an old railway line from Three Bridges to East Grinstead, open since 1979.
  • Tilgate Foresta local nature reserve reached from the promenade in Tilgate Park.

Getting around

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

Rail

  • Three Bridges, on the Brighton Main Line, has Thameslink trains direct to Bedford and Brighton
  • Crawley and Ifield stations have services to London Victoria, Gatwick Airport, Horsham, Chichester and Portsmouth

Bus

  • Metrobus has been Crawley's main bus operator since 2001
  • the Fastway guided bus runs from Bewbush to Gatwick Airport, and from Broadfield to Horley

Walk and cycle

  • the Worth Way runs east from Three Bridges towards East Grinstead

Who trains here

What the census and Sport England say about the people you'll meet in the pool and on the mats.

  • 37Median ageUp from 35 in 2011, and four years younger than the South East as a whole.Census 2021
  • 15.7%Aged 25 to 34Against 12.4% across the South East: plenty of people at the age when a training partner keeps you turning up.Census 2021
  • 59.7%Adults active 150+ min a weekBelow England's 64.6%, so there's room for more people to find a routine that sticks.Sport England Active Lives, Nov 2024–25

Crawley gym questions

What people ask before they train here.

How many gyms are there in Crawley?

Gymist lists 163 gyms, leisure centres, pools, studios and sports venues across the borough of Crawley, from K2 and the Everyone Active sites to chain gyms, CrossFit, fight gyms and sports clubs.

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

K2 Crawley is owned by Crawley Borough Council and has been run by Everyone Active since November 2018. Everyone Active also runs The Bewbush Centre on Dorsten Square, with a 28-station gym and a one-court sports hall, and the 3G pitch and pavilion at Broadfield.

Where can I swim in Crawley?

K2 Crawley has a 50 m pool that can be divided with booms and a movable floor, a teaching pool, a leisure pool and a diving pit with two 1 m springboards and a 5 m platform. K2 runs beginner swimming lessons in the teaching pool and diving lessons in the pit.

Where can I train outdoors for free in Crawley?

Tilgate Park has lakes, woodland footpaths and bridleways, and four named mountain bike trails in the forest. Goffs Park in Southgate covers 50 acres with lakes and boating ponds. The Worth Way runs 7 miles (11 km) along an old railway line from Three Bridges to East Grinstead.

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

Crawley has three stations: Three Bridges, with Thameslink trains direct to Bedford and Brighton, plus Crawley and Ifield, with services to London Victoria, Gatwick Airport, Horsham and the south coast. Metrobus has been the main bus operator since 2001, and the Fastway guided bus links Bewbush and Broadfield with Gatwick Airport and Horley.

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