Leisure & Fitness in Salisbury

If you are a local looking for places to go to improve your fitness or you are a visitor to the area and want to continue your fitness whilst you are here, here are details of the different leisure and fitness facilities in and around Salisbury…

Leisure centres and gyms

Five Rivers Leisure Centre is Salisbury’s main community leisure centre and is approximately 15 minutes’ walk from the city centre. The centre houses a swimming pool, large gym, squash courts, cycle studio and sports hall. Alongside Five Rivers, in the grounds of South Wilts Grammar School there is an athletics track which is used by various athletics clubs and is also available to hire. 

Within the city centre there are private gyms including Sports Direct Fitness on Summerlock Approach, Snap Fitness in Market Walk and myGym on Guilder Lane. On the edge of the city there is Parkwood, which also has an on-site swimming pool. 

Other public leisure centres can be found slightly further afield at Amesbury, Durrington (this one also has a swimming pool) and Tisbury. 

Fitness classes and activities

Most of the gyms in the area offer fitness classes as part of their weekly activity programmes. Please check with the individual gym as to whether you need to book in advance or be a member to take part. 

If you are a keen runner, or simply want to get started with running then look out for the weekly 5k Parkrun which takes place in Churchill Gardens each Saturday morning. All are welcome at the event although there is now a dedicated junior Parkrun at the same location on a Sunday morning. 

For tennis enthusiasts then look out for reduced rate or free tennis at Victoria Park Tennis Club. Courts can also be hired here by the hour. 

There are also lots of clubs and societies in and around the city that welcome visitors so whether you are into running, cycling, walking or perhaps even skydiving you will find lots of options available to you.