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How to get discounts on membership of David Lloyd gym for swimming

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SocksFellOff · 05/08/2024 14:53

Hi,

I wondered if anybody might know if it is possible to get discounted membership of David Lloyd Gyms in order to go swimming?

I would really like to join for several reasons:

  1. Because I am home schooling my son, who is out of school due to anxiety. He can't yet swim and really needs to practise.

  2. The gym has an outdoor heated swimming pool which would really help. My immune system has been really low since having covid and I have to wear an n95 mask when I go to indoor places or else I catch gastro bugs literally every time. So the outdoor heated swimming pool would really help a lot.

We do have council swimming pools but they are all either indoor or else unheated outdoor pools which I really wouldn't manage in winter.

I know there are lessons my son could go to, but he is ASD and very anxious and going to lessons without me isn't an option right now. Also he really does need time to just enjoy being in a pool in order to get really solid at swimming, without being told what to do all the time by an instructor.

I rang up the David Lloyd gym and asked about the fee to join. It turned out that if we just went swimming once a week we would be paying £50 per swim, and also a joining fee of £180, which is eyewateringly expensive.

I just wondered if anybody might know if there are discounts or things that would get us cheaper membership?

Thanks!

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Mynewnameis · 13/08/2024 18:47

Rachel1509 · 12/08/2024 21:45

We love David Lloyd - but we go alot so tend to get value for money!
Are you saying you’re going to wear a face mask whilst swimming? I didn’t realise such thing existed

I imagine op means a mask over her glasses?

AnneElliott · 12/08/2024 21:51

Ours offers an off peak price (after 2pm on a weekend). But think they also offer a blue light discount so worth checking if you or your partner work for an organisation that qualifies?

Rachel1509 · 12/08/2024 21:45

We love David Lloyd - but we go alot so tend to get value for money!
Are you saying you’re going to wear a face mask whilst swimming? I didn’t realise such thing existed

redpeachcoralcream · 05/08/2024 20:02

DL close the outside pools in winter here

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SocksFellOff · 05/08/2024 19:38

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 05/08/2024 19:20

@SocksFellOff I'm an outdoor swimmer, and I make an effort to swim outdoors ever time I am in a new place. I am mostly a "wild" swimmer, but there are lots of lidos/outdoor pools around.

If you let us roghly know where you live, we might be able to help.

Hi,

Thank you very much for posting. I do live 5 minutes walk from an outdoor unheated swimming pool, but I think I would freeze solid.

I just remembered that a primary school near us has a heated outdoor pool and I've written to ask if there is ever a time when we could swim in it.

If not, then I think it's back to the council pool, except with me comically trying to manage a mask while in the pool. And I thought wearing glasses was uncool - this would be a whole other level.

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IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 05/08/2024 19:20

@SocksFellOff I'm an outdoor swimmer, and I make an effort to swim outdoors ever time I am in a new place. I am mostly a "wild" swimmer, but there are lots of lidos/outdoor pools around.

If you let us roghly know where you live, we might be able to help.

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SocksFellOff · 05/08/2024 19:09

AlexanderArnold · 05/08/2024 18:55

Near us there are two hotels with pool and gym that offer swim and health club membership for £35 a month peak time. Kids times are restricted but not too bad, and your ds may count as an adult soon anyway if yr 10. They are indoor but basically empty whenever we go!

At DL although they advertised the outdoor pools, our are rarely open as they don't have enough lifeguards. They are never open to kids in winter and only occasionally in summer - even the last amazing hot day they closed to kids due to lack of lifeguards

Thanks, that's really helpful to know.

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AlexanderArnold · 05/08/2024 18:55

Near us there are two hotels with pool and gym that offer swim and health club membership for £35 a month peak time. Kids times are restricted but not too bad, and your ds may count as an adult soon anyway if yr 10. They are indoor but basically empty whenever we go!

At DL although they advertised the outdoor pools, our are rarely open as they don't have enough lifeguards. They are never open to kids in winter and only occasionally in summer - even the last amazing hot day they closed to kids due to lack of lifeguards

Mynewnameis · 05/08/2024 18:41

SocksFellOff · 05/08/2024 18:33

I was actually thinking of having the membership so he could use it, rather than so I could use it while he was parked.

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Ahh. I see. I think you would need to join yourself though and add him. It would work out very expensive.
Kids at our club are £40per month. So ours just come in on guest passes twice a month.

Costs at our club £200 for me and dh. It would be £80 additional for our children. Swimming lessons are £40 per month ish on top. In line with other privately run lessons locally.

Ineffable23 · 05/08/2024 18:37

So our outdoor pool is open all winter but isn't lifeguarded at all in winter - so isn't open for kids.

It's lifeguarded after-school and for a portion of weekends from late spring and to late autumn, and then all day most days for the peak summer period.

It's definitely not worth it unless you go multiple times a week though. I don't know if you can buy a guest pass occasionally if that would do it? Would still be pretty expensive though.

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SocksFellOff · 05/08/2024 18:33

Mynewnameis · 05/08/2024 18:31

I've only been going for a few months but we love it as a family. I see it as an investment in our wellbeing. However, I'd really think if you can use it enough if ds is home schooled. Is he old enough to sit in cafe whilst you do a class? Or young enough for the creche?

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I was actually thinking of having the membership so he could use it, rather than so I could use it while he was parked.

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Mynewnameis · 05/08/2024 18:31

SocksFellOff · 05/08/2024 18:21

Thanks, that's good to know. Ours has a separate outdoor kids pool, as well as an adult one, so I reckon it would always be open to kids.

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I've only been going for a few months but we love it as a family. I see it as an investment in our wellbeing. However, I'd really think if you can use it enough if ds is home schooled. Is he old enough to sit in cafe whilst you do a class? Or young enough for the creche?

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SocksFellOff · 05/08/2024 18:21

Mynewnameis · 05/08/2024 18:13

At ours we joined as a couple with NHS discount. Price for a single person was very high.
It's only worth it if you go several times a week. Ours has very few limits on kids swimming and outdoor pool open all winter (to adults).

Thanks, that's good to know. Ours has a separate outdoor kids pool, as well as an adult one, so I reckon it would always be open to kids.

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SunQueen24 · 05/08/2024 18:20

Smurf123 · 05/08/2024 15:21

Our local David Lloyd virtually never allows kids in the outdoor pool just so you know - they open for families on a very few sunny days in summer

My local one is 10am-6pm in the outdoor pool for kids.

Mynewnameis · 05/08/2024 18:13

At ours we joined as a couple with NHS discount. Price for a single person was very high.
It's only worth it if you go several times a week. Ours has very few limits on kids swimming and outdoor pool open all winter (to adults).

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SocksFellOff · 05/08/2024 18:01

The hotel said their pool isn't open to non-residents. I reckon I should buy the garden pool. LOL. I expect we'd get otters.

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SocksFellOff · 05/08/2024 18:00

Yes we have a lido just down the road, but it's very very cold. I did wonder about using it. I think I would need a wetsuit, or possibly four.

It's open right through winter, and I read the guidelines about using it last winter. It said "if at any point you feel a profound sense of contentment, get out of the water immediately" or something like that. I thought that was hiliarous.

I did actually buy my DS a wetsuit but we never dared to get into the cold water.

I have a post covid condition that means my body temperature sometimes drops to below 36C and I have the dickens of a time getting it back up if it does that.

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Timinfuckingruislip · 05/08/2024 15:33

Im gathering not, but do you have a lido near you at all? Yes it’s not as comfortable but a great deal cheaper.

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SocksFellOff · 05/08/2024 15:26

I think you might be on to something with the hotel idea. I just found one locally that might do. I will write and ask them. Thanks!

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SocksFellOff · 05/08/2024 15:25

Smurf123 · 05/08/2024 15:21

Our local David Lloyd virtually never allows kids in the outdoor pool just so you know - they open for families on a very few sunny days in summer

Oh gosh, that's certainly a complication.

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Smurf123 · 05/08/2024 15:21

Our local David Lloyd virtually never allows kids in the outdoor pool just so you know - they open for families on a very few sunny days in summer

Booksandwine80 · 05/08/2024 15:19

Also worth knowing that outdoor pools close in winter (at least it does at my local DL.

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SocksFellOff · 05/08/2024 15:16

MistyMountainTop · 05/08/2024 15:12

You'd need to check the times that children are allowed in the outdoor pool at DL, out of school holidays, they have VERY limited access at mine

Thanks, that's good to know.

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Can't begin to imagine how cold it must be in the unheated outdoor pool in January.

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MistyMountainTop · 05/08/2024 15:12

You'd need to check the times that children are allowed in the outdoor pool at DL, out of school holidays, they have VERY limited access at mine

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