Skip to content
Sign in

Gyms in Trafford

Altrincham, Sale, Stretford and Urmston, with Trafford Leisure's pools, a 24-hour gym above a Stretford supermarket and an indoor snow slope at Trafford Park. Here's where to train in Trafford and who to train with.

Gyms and venues
43
Join Gymist freeFind a training buddy

Showing 1–24 of 43 gyms

Towns in Trafford

Sale and Altrincham, on the tram line south of Manchester.

Training in Trafford

Suburban towns, the Mersey valley and the Bridgewater Canal.

Trafford is home to around 235,100 people (Census 2021), up 3.7% since 2011, with a median age of 40. In Sport England's Active Lives survey for November 2024 to 2025, 67.8% of adults here did 150 minutes or more of activity a week, second in Greater Manchester only to Stockport, and 19.0% did less than 30 minutes, down from 25.6% the year before.

Trafford Leisure runs the public centres under its move name: move Altrincham, reopened in 2025 after a £20 million refurbishment with a 25 m pool, a 20 m learner pool and a spa, move Urmston with an L-shaped 25 m pool and Clip and Climb, Sale Leisure Centre with three pools and Stretford Sports Village. Around them are NRG Gym's 40,000 sq ft floor in Stretford, Total Fitness in Altrincham, CrossFit boxes in Timperley and Trafford Park, and The Snow Centre Manchester, the former Chill Factore.

Outside, there's Sale Water Park's lake, the deer park at Dunham Massey, Longford Park and the Bridgewater Canal towpath. It's easier to start, and to keep going, with the right company. Gymist is how you find them.

Where to train in Trafford

The move centres first, then the big gyms, CrossFit and strength gyms, and the snow slope.

Leisure centres (Trafford Leisure)

  • move AltrinchamAltrincham · 25 m and 20 m pools, gym, two studios, cycle studio, gymnastics hub, spa
  • move UrmstonUrmston · 25 m L-shaped pool, gym, Clip and Climb, five-court hall
  • Sale Leisure CentreSale · 25 m pool and two more, gym, spin studio, sports hall
  • Stretford Sports VillageStretford · Pools, gym and ladies' gym, sports halls, 3G and grass pitches

Big gyms and health clubs

CrossFit, strength and snow

Find a training buddy in Trafford

A lane partner at move Altrincham, someone to share a CrossFit class in Timperley, a lifting partner at NRG in Stretford: find people nearby who train when you do.

Find a buddy

Start a Trafford training group

A Saturday crew for Stretford parkrun, a run round the lake at Sale Water Park, a towpath ride from Sale to Altrincham: set it up in minutes and we'll help locals find it.

Start a group

Train outdoors

Parks, water and towpaths in Trafford.

  • Sale Water Park152 acres around a 52-acre lake on the Mersey flood plain, with Broad Ees Dole wetland nature reserve.
  • Longford Park22 hectares in Stretford, the largest park in Trafford, with tennis and basketball courts, an athletics stadium and Stretford parkrun.
  • Dunham Masseythe National Trust's 192.7-acre deer park south of Altrincham, home to fallow deer.
  • Bridgewater Canalthe towpath through Stretford, Sale and Altrincham, on a canal whose first section opened in 1761.

Getting around

Tram, bus and canal routes to Trafford's gyms.

Tram

  • the Altrincham line calls at Old Trafford, Trafford Bar, Sale, Brooklands, Timperley, Navigation Road and Altrincham
  • the Trafford Park line, opened on 22 March 2020, runs 5.5 km to The Trafford Centre

Rail

  • Altrincham Interchange is a shared tram, train and bus station, rebuilt in 2014

Bus

  • all local buses and trams in Greater Manchester are part of TfGM's Bee Network

Walk and cycle

  • the Bridgewater Canal towpath through Stretford, Sale and Altrincham

Who trains here

What the census and Active Lives say about the people you'll meet in the pool, on the gym floor and on the towpath.

  • 19.0%Adults doing under 30 min a weekDown from 25.6% the year before. Still nearly one adult in five who'd train more with someone to go with.Sport England Active Lives, Nov 2024–25
  • 40Median ageUp from 39 in 2011, nine years older than neighbouring Manchester.Census 2021
  • 19.3%Aged 50 to 64Up from 18.0% in 2011. A regular swim or class partner makes it easier to keep going.Census 2021

Trafford gym questions

What people ask before they train here.

How many gyms are there in Trafford?

Gymist lists 43 gyms, pools, studios, sports clubs and sports venues across Trafford, from the move leisure centres to strength gyms, CrossFit boxes, martial arts clubs and the indoor snow slope.

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

Trafford Leisure runs the borough's public centres under the move name: move Altrincham on Oakfield Road, move Urmston on Bowfell Road, Sale Leisure Centre on Broad Road and Stretford Sports Village on Greatstone Road. Three of its ten directors are appointed by Trafford Council.

Where can I swim in Trafford?

move Altrincham has a 25 m main pool and a 20 m learner pool, and move Urmston a 25 m L-shaped pool with a warmer small pool. Sale Leisure Centre has a 25 m pool and two more, and Stretford Sports Village has pools too. Total Fitness Altrincham has a 25 m laned pool, a family pool and a hydropool.

Where can I train outdoors in Trafford?

Sale Water Park covers 152 acres around a 52-acre lake beside the Mersey. Longford Park in Stretford is Trafford's largest park, with an athletics stadium and Stretford parkrun. Dunham Massey's National Trust deer park has fallow deer, and the Bridgewater Canal runs through Stretford, Sale and Altrincham.

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

Metrolink's Altrincham line calls at Old Trafford, Trafford Bar, Sale, Brooklands, Timperley, Navigation Road and Altrincham Interchange, where trams meet trains and buses. The Trafford Park line, opened in March 2020, runs to The Trafford Centre. All local buses are part of TfGM's Bee Network.

How do I find a gym buddy in Trafford?

Join Gymist free, add your gym and when you train, and browse members nearby. If there isn't a group for your kind of training yet, start one.

Train in Trafford? Join Gymist

Free to join. Save your gyms, share when you train, and connect with people from Stretford to Altrincham.

Join Gymist free

Nearby areas