Burnden Park Fitness Academy - Bolton

Filip Krawczyk

I've just moved to this gym from JD Sports up the road and I am so happy.

The gym is not busy, there is always equipment available and you can actually relax!

The staff are friendly and hardworking. I've seen them put the weights back regularly and they also have good routines when they need to check every section of the gym.

The equipment is great - it's a fantastic mix of really good machines and free weights. Lots of options!

The only issue is that no real sauna etiquette is enforced. People wear textiles, no don't bring towers in, they come in slippers, lots of people will come in wet from the swimming pool and then soak the sauna. Other than that this gym is perfect and I am extremely happy with it. I will still continue using the saunas despite lack of etiquette because I know this probably will never change.

Tom McQueeney

The gym is very reasonably priced for the facilities that they provide, the equipment is of a good standard and sauna, steam room and pool are great additions to the gym.

The staff are really nice and they are always happy to help. The classes can be hit and miss on regards to quality however linked to the membership price I feel that they are reasonable.

However, the negative sides of the gym is that it has short opening hours during the weekend this for me didn't work too well. The major disappointment for me was that filming from members in the gym was constant - people setting up tripods etc. It is something that I made management aware of but they couldn't put any signs up etc to inform members, for me I would happily return to the gym if this policy was on implemented.

Steven Kate

Nat bad gym! Needs more equipment and it’s outdated!
Sauna small , jacuzzi very small . Steam room good. Swimming pool ok. Staff are very friendly. And the opening times horrible. For a modern gym should be every day 6 till 10 minimum!

May Hibb

Absolutely astounding that so many poor reviews are made.
I love it here. Staff are great, just getting on with things. Had a new boy sign us up he was lovely and a girl with red hair, i didn't have a pound for the locker so she gave me her personal pound token, i returned it the next day i forgot i had it on the day haha. However I love it, it's my go to place to have some me time, swim, shower and relax. Theres even upstairs rooms if not used for those who like a little privacy... So this gym does think for others carefully, everywhere is clean so many people complaining on here about broken lockers... Theres literally several i mean so so many available regardless of the ones broken.... Things like that happen ... My only critic is the shower doors need locks and has a tiny gap i have to cover ❤️ but thats it the price..... Top notch❤️❤️❤️ victoria ❤️❤️

Elliot Pemberton

Not sure where all the terrible reviews have come from as my experience at this gym was amazing. We paid a day pass through the Hussle app (£6 with a discount code) and had a solid gym session and nice time in the spa.

Staff are all really friendly and helpful with smiles on their faces at all times (a lovely change from most gyms)

The gym itself was really cool with mood lighting throughout and a overall darker basement feel, some really cool equipment mostly plate weighted rather than cables. Dumbbells upto 60KG from what I could find.

The benches in the gym where definitely slightly outdated and rather “firm” for lack of a rude word. I did find the gym extremely hot however not unbearable and the overall quality of the gym and equipment made up for this.

We trained on a Saturday from around 11:30am - 1pm and I never felt like it was crowded with possibly 20 people total in this rather large gym!

The spa was standard for the price with a decent sized steam room and pool although the sauna was rather small for the amount of people using it at the time. Large pool and a warm and cold shower depending on preference.

Overall I give this gym / spa a 4/5 ✅

James Martin

The gym itself is great with the equipment they have, on its own it would probably get 4.5 rating.

The thing that really lets it down is it's members.

Weights are all over the place every time you go in (common but it's avoidable by the staff)

If you actually want a relaxing Sauna or steam good luck, rude arrogant members will just talk at volume while you are in there all while doing 17 rounds in the Jacuzzi, each to their own on that part but it's not that big for everyone to use.

Maybe get some signage to tell people to actually be quiet wouldn't go a miss and have some respect for their fellow gym users as it's putting people off using it.

Forged Gaming

left the gym, because it does not accommodate anyone with proper combat sports needs, There are only two boxing bags and none of them are heavy, and poorly filled with probably the wrong material, regardless of wearing gloves i still hurt my wrist on them because upon impact they bend harder into an angle than my wife… It’s a shame because this is the only gym near me, if the manager wasn’t lazy to invest into a pair of proper boxing bags that can last decades i’d re join , If someone is willing to get in touch with me to avoid more wrists to be taken out I can recommend an extremely lasting and high quality brand

Gemma Louise

Recently joined, overall happy however there has been classes canceled and i have found lots of the lockers are broke.
The gym,pool, sauna, steam, classes - great