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I have a visit booked to explore David Lloyd membership this weekend. I need a healthier lifestyle and the child clubs/family sports aspects appeal. That’s the only thing that’s going to make a gym membership sustainable for me.

But they won’t go into cost with me yet - does anyone here have membership or experience? Is it likely to be crazy expensive? It’s just for me and my boy.

I'm a platinum peak time member and it's £149 a month. My club is one of the mid range ones in the south east, so I dread to think how much the premium ones are.

There was an article with the CEO last week saying basically they’re going to keep raising prices as their customers say they want even more luxury and even better facilities. So more spas coming and price rises to fund it.

makes me laugh, I’d settle for non leaking ceilings, clean changing rooms, going back to pre covid opening hours and a better timetable but they can’t even get that right.

@QuintanaRoo interesting that you mention pre-COVID opening hours. I’m sure that our club used to close at 9pm on Sundays, but it’s definitely 8pm now, which is a shame, I regularly enjoyed a Sunday evening swim/steam.

Same here. And closes at 10pm in the week when it used to be 11.

Ah okay. Even so, not something I care about personally so probably wouldn’t notice anyway, I always use a cubicle for changing.

I wouldn't go anywhere near David Lloyd. https://democracythree.org/help-emma-sue-david-lloyd This is not a one off by any means. In Kingston Upon Thames there's a man who changes in the women's changing rooms (from his MALE clothes) and in to a bralet. He sits around the swimming pool...watching. David Lloyd allow this to happen. Lots of women leaving. If there's a Ballantyne gym near you that's the safest one to go to. DB won't allow perverted men in to women's spaces.

Your children go to gym classes 2 hours each day. Really. That's obscene if true.

I pay £160 for my platinum membership and £40 for my 3 year old DD at a David Lloyd club in the south east and we both love it. My DD attends the kids classes 3/4 times a week plus swimming once a week and I use the gym 4-5 times a week so we definitely get our moneys worth. I find my club to be clean and everything is in good working order, the food in the restaurant is healthy and varied. The only downside is how busy it is now and parking is a nightmare.

@Bananabredd my kids were going to 2 hour long kids classes on a sat and Sunday morning - not gym classes - some sport/some arts and crafts. Although now they only do 2 classes each on a Saturday as we have other commitments on Sundays now.

You pay £140 for a family of four?!?! How??? Here it’s £140 for one adult!

I’ve never come across this at DL.

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Doesn't mean you are not going to. If a man says he feels like a woman they WILL let him in your changing room. Enjoy it being single sex while you can.

That is horrendous. I think I would leave. There are family changing rooms with private cubicles that are available to all genders so hopefully he’d go in there.

Not every DL has a family changing rooms. Ours doesn’t and there’s a man who comes in the women’s changing rooms.

Over £300 for a family here, platinum with rackets

Are you really this naive? The reason for men going in to women's changing rooms is for the thrill, for the affirmation. This is what their fetish does for them.

Google it. Marks and Spencers, John Lewis, Primark, Monsoon, etc etc etc. Men can just say are a woman and they will have access. This is where we are.

Women's rights are f4cked right now. Our poor daughters.

PS. There are only 2 sexes. Why are you saying "all genders".

What is your problem love? Clearly I meant male & female. And I was saying I hope he would just use the unisex changing rooms instead of the ones clearly not designed for him. Stop looking for a fight where there’s not one you fool, I don’t want him in there any more then you do.

There is a man who identifies as a woman at my local DL and uses the Female designated facilities. I was in the changing room a couple of weeks ago when he was there. Several women were clearly uncomfortable. This is a 6ft something man striding around the changing area in an ill-fitting wig and women’s gym clothes. It’s ridiculous really.

They’re obsessed with it @Mummame2222 - any opportunity to froth about it, oh they will.

On my local facebook re David Lloyd gyms. The initial poster was a man who had seen another man take a photo of a woman in the spa in her bikini. He didn't do anything about it! Then all this came out.

You’re actually only supposed to be allowed in there with a bracelet that has a chip to let you in. If you are a platinum member. I am a platinum member and you’ll NEVER get me in that spa because it’s full of creepy men. The last time I went in alone. I entered the large spa pool, it was empty and has many different areas you can go to for space. This guy entered and sat right next to me. The entire space was free. He could’ve gone to ANY other area. I left and have never been back.
It’s not monitored or controlled correctly at all. It’s disgusting and quite alarming. No wonder the majority of the time it’s a men only domain.

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Did you mention it to the woman who’s picture was taken? Surely she had a right to know.

I went there afew weeks ago as a guest with my daughter on Mother’s Day… the spa really did have a few creepy men in it!!

Top contributorThe SPA is full of people on their phones. There is a sign up but nobody takes any notice, I have stopped going on an evening as I am not comfortable.

l Was looking for a spa. Will not be joining this! Thanks for the heads up.

This happened to my daughter in Raynes Park. The male manager was very supportive but my daughter couldn't identify the man. However some of the female staff on reception were a bit like 'are you sure? How can you prove it? Why would any one want to?' Which I thought was outrageous.

Wow! Our pure gym is £17.99 a month for the basic.

It has gone up now. A whopping £11.99. Is £17.99 off peak? I’m not sure if I’m stuck in a special offer that keeps me cheap - I definitely joined on a special offer. I looked at changing my primary gym and it rose to £18.99 so I think I’m just lucky.