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Gyms in Guildford

A university town with a 50 m pool at Surrey Sports Park, an ice rink at the Spectrum and a 1933 lido in Stoke Park. Here's where to train in Guildford and who to train with.

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Places in Guildford

From Stoke Park and the university's Manor Park to Ash and the Horsleys.

Training in Guildford

A student town with two 50 m pools and the North Downs on its edge.

Guildford borough is home to around 143,600 people (Census 2021), up 4.7% since 2011, with a median age of 39. The University of Surrey keeps it young: 9.2% of residents are aged 20 to 24 and another 6.4% are 16 to 19. It's an active place too. In Sport England's Active Lives survey for Nov 2024–25, 74.4% of adults did at least 150 minutes of activity a week.

Freedom Leisure runs the council's three public sites: Guildford Spectrum, with pools, an Olympic-size ice rink and tenpin bowling, Guildford Lido, a 50 m outdoor pool opened in 1933, and Ash Manor Sports Centre in Ash. On the university's Manor Park site, Surrey Sports Park adds a 50 m pool, three sports halls, six squash courts and a climbing centre. Around them sit CrossFit boxes in Artington and the town centre, a weightlifting club, a century-old boxing club in Park Barn and Brazilian jiu-jitsu gyms.

Whether you're a student here for three years or have trained in Guildford for decades, it's easier to keep going with the right company. Gymist is how you find them.

Where to train in Guildford

Freedom Leisure's public centres first, then Surrey Sports Park and the gyms, CrossFit boxes and fight gyms.

Public leisure centres (Freedom Leisure)

Surrey Sports Park and the big gyms

CrossFit, strength and functional fitness

Combat and martial arts

Water and adventure

Find a training buddy in Guildford

A lane partner for the 50 m pool at Surrey Sports Park, someone to share the barbell at Guildford Weightlifting, a sparring partner in Park Barn: find people nearby who train when you do.

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A Saturday crew for parkrun in Stoke Park, a lido group through the cooler months, a towpath run along the Wey to Godalming: set it up in minutes and we'll help locals find it.

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Train outdoors

Free places to train in Guildford.

  • Stoke Parkabout 52 hectares north of the town centre, home to the lido, a concrete skatepark and Guildford parkrun, a free 5 km on Saturday mornings.
  • Wey Navigation towpatha free, car-free route along the river, about 20 miles from the Thames at Weybridge through Guildford to Godalming, looked after by the National Trust.
  • North Downs Waythe National Trail crosses the Wey at St Catherine's and climbs east over St Martha's Hill.
  • Newlands Corner103 hectares of downland east of the town, rising to 173 m.
  • Downs Link36.7 miles on old railway lines from St Martha's Hill to Shoreham-by-Sea, open to walkers, cyclists and riders.

Getting around

Rail, river and downland routes to Guildford's gyms.

Rail

  • Guildford station: 6.373 million entries and exits in 2024/25, on the Portsmouth Direct and North Downs lines
  • fast trains run to London Waterloo via Woking, with slower services via Cobham or Epsom
  • London Road (Guildford), on the New Guildford Line, is the town's second station

Walk and cycle

  • the Wey Navigation towpath runs north to Weybridge and south to Godalming
  • the Downs Link starts at St Martha's Hill, east of the town

Who trains here

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

  • 9.2%Aged 20 to 24Up from 8.2% in 2011, with another 6.4% aged 16 to 19: plenty of students looking for someone to train with.Census 2021
  • 39Median ageUp from 38 in 2011, younger than the South East's 41.Census 2021
  • 74.4%Adults active 150+ min a weekWell above England's 64.6%; 15.7% of adults do less than 30 minutes.Sport England Active Lives, Nov 2024–25

Guildford gym questions

What people ask before they train here.

How many gyms are there in Guildford?

Gymist lists 292 gyms, leisure centres, pools, studios and sports venues across Guildford borough, from the Spectrum and Surrey Sports Park to CrossFit boxes, fight gyms, Pilates studios and village sports clubs.

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

Freedom Leisure runs Guildford Borough Council's three sites: Guildford Spectrum, Guildford Lido on Stoke Road and Ash Manor Sports Centre on Manor Road in Ash, which sits in the grounds of Ash Manor School and has a gym, fitness classes and an all-weather 3G pitch. Surrey Sports Park, at the University of Surrey's Manor Park, is open to the public as well as students.

Where can I swim in Guildford?

Surrey Sports Park has a 50 m pool. Guildford Spectrum has three pools and a diving pool, including a leisure pool with a toddler area. Guildford Lido in Stoke Park is a 50 m outdoor pool, opened in June 1933, heated to about 24 °C in summer.

Where can I train outdoors for free in Guildford?

Guildford parkrun is a free 5 km in Stoke Park on Saturday mornings. The Wey Navigation towpath is free to use and runs north to Weybridge and south to Godalming, and the North Downs Way crosses it at St Catherine's. Newlands Corner, east of the town, is 103 hectares of downland at 173 m, and the Downs Link starts at St Martha's Hill and runs 36.7 miles to Shoreham-by-Sea.

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

Guildford station recorded 6.373 million entries and exits in 2024/25. South Western Railway runs fast trains to London Waterloo via Woking and slower ones via Cobham or Epsom, and the Portsmouth Direct and North Downs lines both pass through. London Road (Guildford) station, opened in 1888 on the New Guildford Line, gives the town a second stop.

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