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Gyms in Greenwich

The borough where Better began, with a heated 50 m lido in Charlton, the oldest enclosed Royal Park and the Thames Path running to Woolwich. Here's where to train in Greenwich and who to train with.

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Neighbourhoods in Greenwich

From the Peninsula on the river to the sports grounds of New Eltham.

Training in Greenwich

A fast-growing borough and the home of Better.

Greenwich is home to around 289,100 people (Census 2021), up 13.6% since 2011, with a median age of 35. In Sport England's Active Lives survey for Nov 2024–25, 66.3% of adults did 150 minutes or more of activity a week.

Public leisure here has a history: GLL, the staff-owned social enterprise behind the Better brand, was set up in 1993 to run Greenwich's leisure services. Better now runs eight sites in the borough, including Woolwich Waves with its pools, flumes and spa, Charlton Lido, a heated 50 m outdoor pool in Hornfair Park, The Eltham Centre with an eight-lane competition pool, and Sutcliffe Park Sports Centre with indoor and outdoor athletics tracks. CrossFit boxes in East Greenwich and Woolwich and David Lloyd at Kidbrooke Village fill in the rest.

Whether you swim outdoors in Charlton or run the hill in Greenwich Park, it's easier to keep going with the right company. Gymist is how you find them.

Where to train in Greenwich

Better's eight public sites first, then the CrossFit boxes, health clubs and chain gyms.

Public leisure centres (Better)

CrossFit and Hyrox

Health clubs and chain gyms

Find a training buddy in Greenwich

A lane partner for Charlton Lido, someone to share a Hyrox session in Woolwich, a running partner for Greenwich Park's hill: find people nearby who train when you do.

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Start a Greenwich training group

A winter lido crew in Charlton, a riverside run along the Thames Path, a weekend trail group in Oxleas Wood: set it up in minutes and we'll help locals find it.

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Train outdoors

Free places to train in Greenwich.

  • Greenwich Park74 hectares on two levels, the first Royal Park to be enclosed, with tennis courts, a cricket pitch and the hill up to the Royal Observatory.
  • Oxleas Woodlands72.7 hectares across the top of Shooters Hill, parts of it over 8,000 years old.
  • Thames Paththe 185-mile national trail ends here, at the Woolwich foot tunnel, past the Thames Barrier.
  • Blackheathabout 85 hectares of common land shared with Lewisham, beside the London Marathon start.

Getting around

Elizabeth line, Jubilee, DLR, river and bike routes to Greenwich's gyms.

Elizabeth line

  • Woolwich and Abbey Wood

Tube and DLR

  • Jubilee line at North Greenwich, the borough's only Tube station
  • DLR at Cutty Sark, Greenwich and Woolwich Arsenal, with Deptford Bridge and Elverson Road on the Lewisham border

River and cable car

  • Thames Clippers run from Woolwich to Canary Wharf and the City
  • the cable car crosses from Greenwich Peninsula to the Royal Docks

Cycle

  • Cycleway 4 and Cycleway 14 run from Deptford and Greenwich through Charlton towards Woolwich
  • Cycleway 33 links Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Woolwich town centre

Who trains here

What the census and Sport England say about the people you'll meet in the lido, on the track and in the park.

  • 13.6%Population growth since 2011From just under 254,600 to around 289,100: plenty of people new to the area and looking for their routine.Census 2021
  • 35Median ageUp from 33 in 2011, with 23.6% of residents aged 35 to 49.Census 2021
  • 66.3%Adults active 150+ min a weekAround London's 66%, and 17th of the city's 32 boroughs.Sport England Active Lives, Nov 2024–25

Greenwich gym questions

What people ask before they train here.

How many gyms are there in Greenwich?

Gymist lists 76 gyms, leisure centres, pools, studios and sports venues across the Royal Borough of Greenwich, from the Better centres and Charlton Lido to CrossFit boxes, health clubs and club sports grounds.

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

Better, run by GLL, operates eight sites: Woolwich Waves on Woolwich New Road, Charlton Lido and Lifestyle Club in Hornfair Park, The Eltham Centre on Archery Road, The Greenwich Centre on Lambarde Square, Thamesmere Leisure Centre in Thamesmead, The Plumstead Centre on Plumstead High Street, Sutcliffe Park Sports Centre on Eltham Road and Coldharbour Leisure Centre on Chapel Farm Road.

Where can I swim in Greenwich?

Charlton Lido has a heated 50 m outdoor pool, kept at 22 degrees, and Better says it draws swimmers year-round. Woolwich Waves has a 25 m pool, a teaching pool and a leisure pool with flumes. The Eltham Centre has an eight-lane competition pool, The Greenwich Centre has a 25 m pool and Thamesmere Leisure Centre has a 25 m pool with a slide.

Where can I train outdoors for free in Greenwich?

Greenwich Park has 74 hectares of hills, tennis courts and the London Marathon start nearby on Charlton Way. Oxleas Woodlands cover 72.7 hectares of ancient woodland on Shooters Hill, and the Thames Path runs along the riverside to its end at the Woolwich foot tunnel.

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

The Elizabeth line stops at Woolwich and Abbey Wood, the Jubilee line at North Greenwich, and the DLR at Cutty Sark, Greenwich and Woolwich Arsenal. Thames Clippers run from Woolwich to Canary Wharf and the City, and Cycleways 4 and 14 follow the river from Greenwich towards Charlton and Woolwich.

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