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Gyms in Stevenage

Britain's first new town, with segregated cycleways, a 400 m athletics track at Ridlins and a parkrun round Fairlands Valley's lakes. Here's where to train in Stevenage and who to train with.

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Neighbourhoods in Stevenage

The new town's neighbourhoods, from Chells to Shephall.

Training in Stevenage

Britain's first new town, built with cycleways, parkland and a 400 m track.

Stevenage was designated as the first new town on 1 August 1946, and had around 89,500 people at the 2021 Census, up 6.6% since 2011, with a median age of 38. In Sport England's Active Lives survey for November 2024 to 2025, 68.2% of adults here did 150 minutes or more of activity a week, and 22.3% did less than 30 minutes.

Everyone Active runs the borough's public sport for Stevenage Borough Council: the Arts & Leisure Centre on Lytton Way, with a 125-station gym, three studios and an eight-court sports hall; Stevenage Swimming Centre on St Georges Way, with a six-lane 25 m pool; and the floodlit 400 m track at Ridlins Stadium. A new sports and leisure centre with a 10-lane 25 m pool is being built on St Georges Way, due in spring 2028. Around them are Rise Gym, Six Hills CrossFit, PureGym, and the gymnastics and boxing clubs.

Then there's Fairlands Valley Park and the 27-mile Stevenage Outer Orbital Path. It's easier to get out there with the right company. Gymist is how you find them.

Where to train in Stevenage

The Everyone Active centres first, then the gyms, the gymnastics clubs and the fight clubs.

Public leisure (Everyone Active, for the council)

  • Stevenage Arts & Leisure CentreTown centre · 125-station gym, three studios, eight-court sports hall, three squash courts, indoor bowls
  • Stevenage Swimming CentreTown centre · Six-lane 25 m pool, 12 m teaching pool, saunarium and steam room
  • Ridlins StadiumRidlins Park · Floodlit 400 m synthetic track, throws and jumps, 300-seat grandstand
  • Stevenage Golf & Conference CentreShephall · Golf venue run by Everyone Active

Gyms and CrossFit

Gymnastics and combat

Find a training buddy in Stevenage

A lane partner at the swimming centre, someone to share the strength floor at Rise, a rep partner at Ridlins track: find people nearby who train when you do.

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A Saturday run after parkrun at Fairlands Valley, a weekend ride on the cycleways, a stage of the Outer Orbital Path each month: set it up in minutes and we'll help locals find it.

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Train outdoors

Free places to train in Stevenage.

  • Fairlands Valley Parka large area of parkland with boating lakes, home to Stevenage's parkrun.
  • Stevenage Outer Orbital Patha 27-mile (43 km) circuit walk round the town, set up by the North Herts Ramblers in 2008.
  • The cyclewaysa network of completely segregated cycle routes, planned and built under Eric Claxton, the town's chief engineer from 1962 to 1972.
  • Fairlands Valley Splash Parkfree water features and fountains on Six Hills Way, open daily through the school summer holidays.

Getting around

Rail, bus and cycleway routes to Stevenage's gyms.

Rail

  • Stevenage: 4.676 million passengers in 2024/25, on the East Coast Main Line, with Great Northern, Thameslink, LNER, Hull Trains and Lumo
  • trains to London King's Cross take about 24 minutes, with Thameslink on to Brighton and Gatwick Airport and services north to Cambridge, Peterborough, York and Edinburgh

Bus

  • Stevenage Interchange, the town's bus station, opened on 26 June 2022

Cycle

  • segregated cycleways run across the town, separate from the main roads

On foot

  • the Stevenage Outer Orbital Path circles the town for 27 miles

Who trains here

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

  • 68.2%Adults active 150+ min a weekAbove the East of England's 63.9%, though 22.3% of adults still do under 30 minutes.Sport England Active Lives, Nov 2024–25
  • 38Median ageUp a year since 2011, against 42 in neighbouring North Hertfordshire.Census 2021
  • 6.6%Population growth since 2011From just under 84,000 to around 89,500 people.Census 2021

Stevenage gym questions

What people ask before they train here.

How many gyms are there in Stevenage?

Gymist lists 16 gyms, sports centres, clubs and venues in Stevenage, from independent and CrossFit gyms to gymnastics, judo and boxing clubs and the golf centre.

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

Everyone Active runs them for Stevenage Borough Council: Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre on Lytton Way (gym, studios, sports hall, squash and indoor bowls), Stevenage Swimming Centre on St Georges Way, Ridlins Stadium on Woodcock Road and Stevenage Golf & Conference Centre. A new Stevenage Sports & Leisure Centre is being built on the St Georges Way car park, bringing wet and dry sport under one roof, and is due to open in spring 2028. The current centres stay open until it does.

Where can I swim in Stevenage?

Stevenage Swimming Centre on St Georges Way has a six-lane 25 m main pool, a shallow area separated by a movable boom, a 12 m teaching pool, and a saunarium and steam room. The new centre being built next to it will have a 10-lane 25 m pool with seating for at least 150, a teaching pool and a splash pad.

Where can I train outdoors for free in Stevenage?

Fairlands Valley Park has parkland, boating lakes and a weekly parkrun. The Stevenage Outer Orbital Path is a 27-mile circuit walk round the town, set up by the North Herts Ramblers in 2008, and the town's segregated cycleways, planned by chief engineer Eric Claxton, keep bikes away from the main roads.

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

Stevenage station is on the East Coast Main Line, with Great Northern, Thameslink, LNER, Hull Trains and Lumo services, and trains to London King's Cross in about 24 minutes. The Stevenage Interchange bus station opened in June 2022, and the town's cycleways run separately from its roads.

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