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Gyms in Peterborough

A fast-growing young city with a heated 50 m Art Deco lido and Nene Park on its western edge. Here's where to train in Peterborough and who to train with.

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Neighbourhoods in Peterborough

From the Ortons and Hampton in the south to Werrington and Walton in the north.

Training in Peterborough

One of the fastest-growing cities in the region, and one of the youngest.

Peterborough had 215,671 residents at the 2021 Census, up 17.4% since 2011, the third-fastest growth in the East of England. Its median age is 36, five years below the region's 41. In Sport England's Active Lives survey for Nov 2024–25, 58.3% of adults did at least 150 minutes of activity a week, against 63.9% across the East of England.

Vivacity runs the city's public venues: Vivacity Premier Fitness in Hampton, with a pool and a free weights area, the leisure centres at Bushfield, Hampton and Werrington, the pools at Stanground and Jack Hunt, the Embankment athletics track and Peterborough Lido, a heated 50 m outdoor pool that opened in 1936. Around them are jiu-jitsu academies in Orton Southgate and Walton, boxing in Werrington, functional fitness in Fengate and a parkour academy.

West of the centre, Nene Park and Ferry Meadows give you lakes, river paths and long walks and runs. Wherever you train, it's easier to keep going with the right company. Gymist is how you find them.

Where to train in Peterborough

Vivacity's public centres and pools first, then strength gyms, fight gyms and the chains.

Public leisure centres (Vivacity)

Pools and the lido

Strength, CrossFit and parkour

Jiu-jitsu and boxing

Chains and health clubs

Find a training buddy in Peterborough

A lane partner for the lido in summer, someone to roll with in Orton Southgate, a running partner for the paths around Ferry Meadows: find people nearby who train when you do.

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A weekend run around the Ferry Meadows lakes, a summer swim crew at the lido, a Sunday walk on the Nene Way: set it up in minutes and we'll help people nearby find it.

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Train outdoors

Free places to train in Peterborough.

  • Ferry Meadows266 hectares of country park in Nene Park, with three lakes: one with a watersports centre for sailing, kayaking and windsurfing, one with boat hire, and one opening onto the River Nene.
  • Nene Parkmanaged by the Nene Park Trust, a charity, and running from just west of Castor into the centre of Peterborough.
  • The Nene Waya 110-mile path from Badby in Northamptonshire to Sutton Bridge in Lincolnshire, passing through the city.
  • The Hereward Way110 miles from Oakham to Knettishall Heath, through Peterborough, March and Ely.
  • Holme Fenjust over the border in Huntingdonshire, part of the Great Fen, open all year, with the largest silver birch woodland in lowland Britain.

Getting around

The rail links that make Peterborough a hub.

East Coast Main Line

  • LNER runs to London King's Cross, Leeds, Lincoln, Newcastle and Edinburgh
  • Thameslink runs every 30 minutes through London St Pancras to Horsham
  • Great Northern runs to London King's Cross

Cross-country rail

  • CrossCountry runs hourly to Cambridge and Stansted Airport, and to Birmingham via Leicester
  • East Midlands Railway runs hourly between Norwich and Liverpool, and locally to Spalding, Sleaford and Lincoln
  • Greater Anglia runs every two hours to Ipswich via Ely and Bury St Edmunds

Who trains here

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

  • 36Median ageUp from 35 in 2011, and five years below the East of England's 41.Census 2021
  • 17.4%Population growth since 2011The third-fastest in the East of England, against 8.3% for the region.Census 2021
  • 58.3%Adults active 150+ min a weekAgainst 63.9% across the East of England; 30.9% do less than 30 minutes.Sport England Active Lives, Nov 2024–25

Peterborough gym questions

What people ask before they train here.

How many gyms are there in Peterborough?

Gymist lists 151 gyms, leisure centres, pools, studios and sports venues across Peterborough, from the Vivacity centres and the lido to jiu-jitsu academies, boxing gyms and village sports clubs.

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

Vivacity runs Peterborough's public sports venues: Vivacity Premier Fitness on Hadfield Road in Hampton, Bushfield Leisure Centre, Hampton Leisure Centre, Werrington Leisure Centre, Stanground Sports Centre and Swimming Pool, Jack Hunt Swimming Pool on Ledbury Road, the Embankment athletics track and Peterborough Lido on Bishops Road.

Where can I swim in Peterborough?

Peterborough Lido on Bishops Road has a heated 50 m main pool plus heated teaching and paddling pools; it opened in 1936, is Grade II listed and opens in summer. Indoors, Vivacity runs pools at Premier Fitness in Hampton, Stanground Sports Centre and Jack Hunt Swimming Pool, on the Jack Hunt school site.

Where can I train outdoors for free in Peterborough?

Nene Park runs west from the city centre, and its Ferry Meadows country park covers 266 hectares with three lakes, one of them home to a watersports centre. The Nene Way, a 110-mile path from Badby in Northamptonshire to Sutton Bridge, passes through the city, and the 110-mile Hereward Way passes through Peterborough on its way from Oakham to East Anglia.

How do I get around Peterborough to train?

Peterborough station is on the East Coast Main Line, with LNER trains to London King's Cross, Leeds, Newcastle and Edinburgh, and Thameslink every 30 minutes through London to Horsham. CrossCountry runs hourly to Cambridge and Stansted Airport and to Birmingham via Leicester, and East Midlands Railway and Greater Anglia run to Norwich, Nottingham, Lincoln and Ipswich.

How do I find a gym buddy in Peterborough?

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