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Gyms in North Warwickshire

Market towns, old mining villages and the lakes of Kingsbury Water Park, with a new leisure centre being built in Atherstone. Here's where to train in North Warwickshire and who to train with.

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Towns and villages in North Warwickshire

From the canal town of Atherstone to Coleshill and the lakes at Kingsbury.

Training in North Warwickshire

A rural borough with a lot of room to move more, and a new leisure centre on the way.

North Warwickshire is home to around 65,000 people (Census 2021), up 4.9% since 2011, with a median age of 45. It's a borough of farmland, market towns and former pit villages; the last mine, Daw Mill at Arley, closed in 2013. In the year to November 2025, 51.8% of adults here did 150 minutes or more of activity a week, against 64.5% for England, and 35.6% did less than 30 minutes, up from 27.5% the year before.

The council's North Warwickshire Leisure runs Coleshill Leisure Centre, with a gym, studio and sports hall, Polesworth Fitness Hub and Polesworth Sports Centre, and the Queen Elizabeth Sports Village in Atherstone. Atherstone Leisure Complex has closed, and a new Atherstone Leisure Centre with a four-lane pool, a learner pool and a gym is planned to open in spring 2028. Around them sit Kingdom Gym and Atherstone MMA in Atherstone, open water swimming at Cliff Lakes and more than 600 acres of lakes and trails at Kingsbury Water Park.

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Where to train in North Warwickshire

The council's leisure centres first, then the independent gyms, the fight gym and the water.

Council leisure (North Warwickshire Leisure)

Independent gyms and martial arts

Open water and sailing

Find a training buddy in North Warwickshire

A gym partner at Coleshill, someone to roll with at Atherstone MMA, a swim partner at Cliff Lakes: find people nearby who train when you do.

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A Saturday crew for parkrun at Kingsbury Water Park, a woodland walking group at Hartshill Hayes, a towpath run along the Coventry Canal: set it up in minutes and we'll help locals find it.

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Train outdoors

Free places to train in North Warwickshire.

  • Kingsbury Water Parkmore than 600 acres and 15 lakes, with bridleways, cycle routes, cycle hire and a free 5k parkrun every Saturday at 9am since 2013.
  • Hartshill Hayes Country Park137 acres of hilltop woodland just west of Hartshill, with footpaths and views over the countryside.
  • Coventry Canalruns through Atherstone and Polesworth; the Atherstone flight of 11 locks drops the canal 80 feet.
  • Shustoke Reservoira sailing and walking spot about 2.5 miles north-east of Coleshill, on the Heart of England Way.

Getting around

Rail, bus and walking routes to North Warwickshire's gyms.

Rail

  • Atherstone: hourly London Northwestern Railway trains each way, to London Euston and to Crewe, with 113,120 passengers in 2024/25
  • Coleshill Parkway at Hams Hall: two CrossCountry trains an hour to Birmingham New Street and towards Nuneaton and Leicester

Bus

  • route 785 passes through or near Polesworth, for the Fitness Hub and Polesworth Sports Centre

Walking

  • the Heart of England Way long-distance path passes through Shustoke
  • Kingsbury Water Park has footpaths, bridleways and marked cycle routes

Who trains here

What the census and the activity survey say about the people you'll meet in the gym and on the trails.

  • 35.6%Adults doing under 30 min a weekUp from 27.5% the year before, against 24.7% for England. A lot of people here would train more with someone to go with.Sport England Active Lives, Nov 2024–25
  • 45Median ageUp from 43 in 2011, and five years older than the West Midlands as a whole.Census 2021
  • 22.4%Aged 50 to 64Up from 21.2% in 2011. A regular gym or walking partner makes it easier to keep going.Census 2021

North Warwickshire gym questions

What people ask before they train here.

How many gyms are there in North Warwickshire?

Gymist lists 118 gyms, leisure centres, studios and sports venues across North Warwickshire, from the council's leisure centres to independent gyms, fight gyms, sailing clubs and open water lakes.

Which leisure centres are in North Warwickshire, and who runs them?

North Warwickshire Borough Council runs its centres as North Warwickshire Leisure: Coleshill Leisure Centre on Packington Lane, with a gym, fitness studio and sports hall; Polesworth Fitness Hub on Bridge Street, a community gym with cardio and free weights; Polesworth Sports Centre on Dordon Road; and the Queen Elizabeth Sports Village at The Queen Elizabeth Academy in Atherstone, with a sports hall and an artificial grass pitch.

Is Atherstone Leisure Complex open?

No. Atherstone Leisure Complex has closed. The council plans a new Atherstone Leisure Centre on a similar site, facing a public space leading from Long Street, with a four-lane pool, a learner pool, a toddler splash pad, a gym and a fitness studio. Construction was due to begin in summer 2026, with opening planned for spring 2028.

Where can I train outdoors for free in North Warwickshire?

Kingsbury Water Park covers more than 600 acres, with 15 lakes, bridleways, marked cycle routes and a free 5k parkrun every Saturday at 9am. Hartshill Hayes Country Park has 137 acres of hilltop woodland between Nuneaton and Atherstone, and the Coventry Canal runs through Atherstone and Polesworth.

How do I get to gyms in North Warwickshire without a car?

Atherstone station is on the Trent Valley section of the West Coast Main Line, with hourly London Northwestern Railway trains each way to London Euston and Crewe. Coleshill Parkway at Hams Hall has two CrossCountry trains an hour to Birmingham New Street and towards Nuneaton and Leicester. Bus route 785 serves Polesworth.

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