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Gyms in Fareham

Two Everyone Active pools, a CrossFit box on the Wickham road and a Roman fort to run round at Portchester. Here's where to train in Fareham, and who to train with.

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Places in Fareham

From the town centre and Portchester out to Locks Heath and Sarisbury.

Training in Fareham

An older, active borough with two public pools and a long coast.

Fareham borough had around 114,500 people at the 2021 Census, up 2.6% since 2011, with a median age of 47. In Sport England's Active Lives survey for Nov 2024–25, 70.0% of adults did at least 150 minutes of activity a week, above the South East's 67.4% and England's 64.6%.

Everyone Active runs the two public centres. Fareham Leisure Centre on Park Lane has a 25 m pool, a teaching pool, an eight-court sports hall, an expanded gym and a sauna and steam room, and Holly Hill Leisure Centre in Sarisbury Green has a six-lane 25 m deck-level pool, a gym with more than 100 stations and over 80 classes a week. Around them are CrossFit Fareham, 24-hour and chain gyms, and Muay Thai, boxing and karate clubs.

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

Where to train in Fareham

Everyone Active's two centres first, then the strength gyms, CrossFit and the fight gyms.

Public leisure centres (Everyone Active)

Strength gyms, CrossFit and chains

Combat and martial arts

Find a training buddy in Fareham

A lane partner at Holly Hill, someone to share the WOD at CrossFit Fareham, a pad partner at Fierce Muay Thai: find people nearby who train when you do.

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A weekend walk round Holly Hill Woodland Park's lakes, an evening ride on the busway cycle lane to Gosport, a Sunday run out to Portchester Castle: set it up in minutes and we'll help locals find it.

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Train outdoors

Free places to train in Fareham.

  • Holly Hill Woodland Parka 28.1-hectare local nature reserve with lakes, waterfalls, islands and ancient woodland, owned by the borough council.
  • Titchfield Havenabout 134.5 hectares of river, marsh and wet meadow, a national nature reserve with nine bird hides.
  • Portchester Castlea medieval castle inside a late 3rd-century Roman fort at the head of Portsmouth Harbour, run by English Heritage.
  • The Solent coastthe borough's whole southern boundary runs along the Solent.

Getting around

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

Rail

  • Fareham station: 1.740 million passengers in 2024/25, on the West Coastway line
  • four trains an hour to Southampton Central, three to Portsmouth, two to Brighton and one to London Waterloo off-peak

Bus

  • First runs local buses around Fareham and its villages
  • buses to Gosport use a dedicated busway on the old railway line

Cycle

  • a cycle lane runs beside the busway from Fareham to Gosport

Who trains here

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

  • 47Median ageUp from 44 in 2011, and six years older than the South East as a whole.Census 2021
  • 22.1%Aged 50 to 64Up from 20.5% in 2011. Plenty of people at the age when a regular swim or class partner makes the difference.Census 2021
  • 70.0%Adults active 150+ min a weekAbove the South East's 67.4% and England's 64.6%.Sport England Active Lives, Nov 2024–25

Fareham gym questions

What people ask before they train here.

How many gyms are there in Fareham?

Gymist lists 36 gyms, leisure centres, studios and sports venues across Fareham borough, from the two Everyone Active centres to CrossFit, Muay Thai, boxing, karate and gymnastics clubs.

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

Everyone Active runs both. Fareham Leisure Centre is on Park Lane, with a 25 m pool, a teaching pool, a gym, a studio, an eight-court sports hall, tennis courts and a sauna and steam room. Holly Hill Leisure Centre is on Barnes Lane in Sarisbury Green, with a six-lane 25 m pool, a learner pool, a gym with more than 100 stations and a cycling studio.

Where can I swim in Fareham?

Fareham Leisure Centre has a 25 m main pool and a separate teaching pool, with a hoist and steps for pool access. Holly Hill has a six-lane 25 m deck-level pool and a learner pool.

Where can I train outdoors for free in Fareham?

Holly Hill Woodland Park is a 28.1-hectare local nature reserve with lakes, waterfalls and woodland, owned by the borough council. Portchester Castle sits at the head of Portsmouth Harbour inside a Roman fort, and Titchfield Haven is a national nature reserve of river, marsh and wet meadow. The borough's southern edge is the Solent coast.

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

Fareham station is on the West Coastway line, with four trains an hour to Southampton Central, three to Portsmouth, two to Brighton and one to London Waterloo off-peak. It recorded 1.740 million passengers in 2024/25. Buses to Gosport use a dedicated busway with a cycle lane on the old railway line.

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