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Gyms in East Hampshire

Market towns on the edge of the South Downs, with three Everyone Active centres, a heated open-air pool on Petersfield Heath and Butser Hill to run up. Here's where to train in East Hampshire, and who to train with.

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Places in East Hampshire

From Alton and Bordon down to Petersfield and Rowlands Castle.

Training in East Hampshire

One of the South East's most active districts, with the South Downs on its doorstep.

East Hampshire had around 125,700 people at the 2021 Census, up 8.8% since 2011, with a median age of 46. In Sport England's Active Lives survey for Nov 2024–25, 72.7% of adults did at least 150 minutes of activity a week, well above the South East's 67.4%, and 18.3% did less than 30 minutes.

Everyone Active runs three public centres. Alton Sports Centre has a six-lane pool, a 130-station gym, clip-and-climb and squash. The Taro Leisure Centre in Petersfield has a 25 m training pool, a leisure pool with a 60 m flume and an eight-court sports hall, and Whitehill & Bordon Leisure Centre has a six-lane 25 m pool and an 80-station gym. Petersfield's charity-run open-air pool is heated all year, and there are CrossFit, strength and martial arts gyms from Alton to Liphook.

Whether you've just moved here or have trained in East Hampshire for years, it's easier to keep going with the right company. Gymist is how you find them.

Where to train in East Hampshire

Everyone Active's three centres first, then the lido, strength gyms and fight gyms.

Public leisure centres (Everyone Active)

Open-air swimming

Strength, performance and CrossFit

Combat and martial arts

Find a training buddy in East Hampshire

A lane partner at the Taro, a climbing partner for Top Rock in Alton, someone to drag up Butser Hill on a Saturday: find people nearby who train when you do.

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A year-round swim crew at Petersfield's open-air pool, a weekend mountain bike ride at Queen Elizabeth Country Park, a run round Petersfield Heath: set it up in minutes and we'll help locals find it.

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Train outdoors

Free places to train in East Hampshire.

  • Queen Elizabeth Country Parkabout 1,400 acres of woodland and downland south of Petersfield, with volunteer-built mountain bike trails and a parkrun every Saturday.
  • Butser Hill270 m, the highest point on the South Downs, inside Queen Elizabeth Country Park.
  • Petersfield Heath91 acres of heath with a 22-acre fishing and boating lake.
  • Alice Holt Forest851 hectares managed by Forestry England, with more than 8 miles of waymarked walking and cycling trails, cycle hire and a Saturday parkrun.
  • South Downs Waythe National Trail runs through Queen Elizabeth Country Park, and the Hangers Way and Staunton Way pass through it too.

Getting around

Two rail lines and the South Downs trails.

Rail

  • Liphook, Liss, Petersfield and Rowlands Castle are on the Portsmouth Direct line, with South Western Railway between Woking and Portsmouth Harbour
  • Petersfield has direct trains to London and Portsmouth
  • Alton is the end of the Alton line, with a service to London Waterloo

Heritage rail

  • the Watercress Line, a volunteer-run steam railway, runs from Alton to New Alresford

On foot

  • the South Downs Way, Hangers Way and Staunton Way all cross Queen Elizabeth Country Park

Who trains here

What the census and Sport England say about the people you'll train alongside.

  • 46Median ageUp from 44 in 2011, and five years above the South East's 41.Census 2021
  • 22.4%Aged 50 to 64Up from 21.2% in 2011, while 35 to 49 year olds fell from 22.0% to 18.2%.Census 2021
  • 72.7%Adults active 150+ min a weekWell above the South East's 67.4%, and only 18.3% do less than 30 minutes a week.Sport England Active Lives, Nov 2024–25

East Hampshire gym questions

What people ask before they train here.

How many gyms are there in East Hampshire?

Gymist lists 124 gyms, leisure centres, studios and sports venues across East Hampshire, from the three Everyone Active centres to CrossFit, boxing, karate, Pilates and padel.

Which leisure centres are in East Hampshire, and who runs them?

Everyone Active runs all three. Alton Sports Centre on Chawton Park Road has a six-lane main pool, a learner pool, a 130-station gym, Top Rock clip-and-climb, two squash courts and a sports hall. The Taro Leisure Centre on Penns Place, Petersfield, has a 25 m four-lane pool, a leisure pool with a 60 m flume, a learner pool, a 63-station gym and an eight-court sports hall. Whitehill & Bordon Leisure Centre on Budds Lane has a six-lane 25 m pool, a teaching pool, an 80-station gym, two studios and a cycling studio.

Where can I swim outdoors in East Hampshire?

Petersfield Open Air Pool on Heath Road is a 25 m pool run by a charity and heated all year: 26°C from April to September and 18°C for the rest of the year, when it's for swimmers aged 16 and over.

Where can I train outdoors for free in East Hampshire?

Queen Elizabeth Country Park, south of Petersfield, covers about 1,400 acres, with Butser Hill, waymarked mountain bike trails, the South Downs Way and a Saturday parkrun. Petersfield Heath covers 91 acres with a 22-acre lake, and Alice Holt Forest has more than 8 miles of waymarked walking and cycling trails.

How do I get to gyms in East Hampshire without a car?

Liphook, Liss, Petersfield and Rowlands Castle are on the Portsmouth Direct line, where South Western Railway runs between Woking and Portsmouth Harbour, with direct trains to London. Alton is the end of the Alton line, with a service to London Waterloo.

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