To ask how much your David Lloyd gym membership is?

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I was interested in signing up for an initial 3 month contract at my local DL gym but apparently finding out the monthly cost without having to have a face to face chat sales bollocks with someone at the gym.

There's no point them trying to do the hard sell- I know I want to sign up IF the cost is less than £300 for the three months. I don't understand why they don't just say "yes, come down and we'll sign you up" or "it'll be more than that"?!

We're in London and members at our local David Lloyd. Every month we pay £78 per adult, £25 per child over 5. That doesn't include the use of tennis courts for the adults (it does for the kids). We have to pay £10 each if we want to pay. A membership with tennis included is £98 per adult a month.
Our DL club membership includes use of indoor and outdoor kids play area, all gym lessons, indoor and outdoor pool and adults only spa area. There is also a bowling alley, hairdressers, massage parlour and sports medicine clinic on site.

I think at DL the adults were effectively subsidising the kids membership, our membership was about £200pm for 2 adults , 2 kids but kids were only about £25 each of that and got to go to about 10 hours of clubs a week each plus swimming and tennis. Fine for us as we are a family but caused some moaning amongst the elderly members.

Ours also had soft play for kids.

Way to get reduced prices is to resign your membership wait a month and they give you deals to return. We also used to get free adult tennis for DH as they would let us book in kids names.

We had free towels in ours but depends on membership.

Wow some of these are expensive and some a bargainous!

My issue us that I don't use the gym and never get round to going to classes; I love to swim so I am a member at the council pool (pool always better than DL pool imo) which costs £30 pm which I think is far too much. I swim 3-4 times a week tho so it's cheaper.

our local Nuffield (was Virgin) is £50 for the pool alone so a lot more, not worth it even if the availability is better.

When I say the pool membership is cheaper, I mean I would pay £4 a time without the membership so it's worth it.

My DL is more than yours Bayliss, and doesn’t have half your facilities and isn’t in London. Far more northern. Maybe it’s the lack of local competition. Saying that there’s a good gym in town with a better pool, bigger gym which is half the price. Sadly it’s the wrong side of town for me.

85 a month for me, 25 for dd plus an additional 30ish for swimming lessons. Well worth it imo.

Shit the bed, that's some steep prices 😫 I pay £42 on peak for Bannatynes. We have a DL but it's way out of the area for me. I miss the days of the 24/7 gym for £12.99 😭

Anyone a member of the Sidcup David Lloyd (SE London) and willing to say how much a month for one adult? Thanks.

I don’t go to a gym, but do a range of exercise classes at a few venues. You can do as many or as few as you want to. Less than £30 a month on the south coast.

I used to pay £92.50 pcm and £26 each for my two kids.
DL is expensive but it’s the only club that accommodates the kids. Everywhere else seems to be adult only.
I’m tempted to re join but not sure I can justify the price. Has anyone found Nuffield or Virgin to be as good for kids aged around 9-11?

Gosh, I pay £35 a month for local gym. NHS discount.
Wouldn't pay more, get all i need.

£160 here for 2 adults, 2 kids and a nanny. We get nhs discount .

We looked at Virgin and kids could swim or use the gym but no playcentre or social area which was one of the main benefits to us plus further away. It is worth looking round and does depend on the club and how you use them though. Mine are more into trampoline parks in the winter and canoeing in the summer and with longer school hours at secondary couldn't get to DL as much so cancelled.

People pay £300 a month and its full of kids !!
Bloody hell no chance.
I pay £29 pm and its bliss ,quiet and lovely.

oh i should say we have stuck with DL because of the kids classes, play areas (indoor and out), small numbers in swimming lessons (ds had 16 in his class at local ex council pool, 3-4 at DL), huge clean dry changing rooms and creche when they were little.
Plus family membership at ex council gym (fusion) is still expensive £1800/yr) for overcrowded grubby facilities without the kids stuff.

£90 a month not including tennis. I go most days though to justify the cost.

I would pay for DL again if we had one close. But you have to be prepared to practically live there. Plus we would be there for the tennis so it would be even more.

We have a few others within reasonable distance MrsJosh and they're just as expensive but with half the facilities and not as nicely done up, much older facilities.
I wouldn't pay this much and go to those!

£165 per month
1 adult 1 child

Do I win? Ripped off award?!

£98 a month with NHS discount in Hampshire

I love our DL. Mine is about £85 a month I think. Well worth it for me as I'm there most days.

How do you get an NHS discount?

Actually I've just realised maybe mine still includes my husband. In which case I've been overpaying for 3 years.