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Distance to the nearest public gym, km, every council ranked

Measured in a straight line from where people live and averaged, to the nearest gym open to the public, by the session, by membership or through a club. Contains Data © Sport England. Figures for October 2026, published for 296 councils in England. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Lowest: City of London, 0.1. The council in the middle: Doncaster, 1.3. Highest: East Lindsey, 4.8.

Distance to the nearest public gym, km, every council it is published for, lowest first
PlaceCouncilFigure
1City of LondonLondon0.1
2WestminsterLondon0.3
3 jointTower HamletsLondon0.4
3 jointIslingtonLondon0.4
3 jointKensington and ChelseaLondon0.4
3 jointSouthwarkLondon0.4
3 jointCamdenLondon0.4
3 jointHammersmith and FulhamLondon0.4
9 jointLambethLondon0.5
9 jointWandsworthLondon0.5
9 jointHackneyLondon0.5
9 jointHaringeyLondon0.5
13 jointEalingLondon0.6
13 jointGreenwichLondon0.6
13 jointLewishamLondon0.6
13 jointNewhamLondon0.6
13 jointOxfordSouth East0.6
13 jointRichmond upon ThamesLondon0.6
19 jointBrentLondon0.7
19 jointMertonLondon0.7
19 jointWaltham ForestLondon0.7
19 jointCambridgeEast of England0.7
19 jointGloucesterSouth West0.7
19 jointNottinghamEast Midlands0.7
19 jointSouthamptonSouth East0.7
19 jointHounslowLondon0.7
19 jointKingston upon ThamesLondon0.7
19 jointReadingSouth East0.7
19 jointWatfordEast of England0.7
19 jointBrighton and HoveSouth East0.7
19 jointEnfieldLondon0.7
19 jointOadby and WigstonEast Midlands0.7
19 jointPortsmouthSouth East0.7
19 jointBarnetLondon0.7
19 jointSuttonLondon0.7
19 jointLiverpoolNorth West0.7
19 jointBristolSouth West0.7
19 jointNewcastle upon TyneNorth East0.7
19 jointWorthingSouth East0.7
40 jointBarking and DagenhamLondon0.8
40 jointBlackpoolNorth West0.8
40 jointEastbourneSouth East0.8
40 jointRushmoorSouth East0.8
40 jointSloughSouth East0.8
40 jointTamesideNorth West0.8
40 jointCoventryWest Midlands0.8
40 jointExeterSouth West0.8
40 jointManchesterNorth West0.8
40 jointLincolnEast Midlands0.8
40 jointSouth TynesideNorth East0.8
40 jointLeicesterEast Midlands0.8
40 jointMiddlesbroughNorth East0.8
40 jointSouthend-on-SeaEast of England0.8
40 jointWorcesterWest Midlands0.8
40 jointHartlepoolNorth East0.8
40 jointHyndburnNorth West0.8
40 jointPendleNorth West0.8
40 jointCrawleySouth East0.8
40 jointEpsom and EwellSouth East0.8
40 jointSandwellWest Midlands0.8
40 jointBirminghamWest Midlands0.8
40 jointNorwichEast of England0.8
40 jointSeftonNorth West0.8
40 jointBromleyLondon0.8
40 jointCastle PointEast of England0.8
40 jointMansfieldEast Midlands0.8
40 jointWokingSouth East0.8
68 jointBroxtoweEast Midlands0.9
68 jointHarrowLondon0.9
68 jointHastingsSouth East0.9
68 jointCroydonLondon0.9
68 jointDartfordSouth East0.9
68 jointGosportSouth East0.9
68 jointLutonEast of England0.9
68 jointBexleyLondon0.9
68 jointSalfordNorth West0.9
68 jointSpelthorneSouth East0.9
68 jointIpswichEast of England0.9
68 jointOldhamNorth West0.9
68 jointBoltonNorth West0.9
68 jointCheltenhamSouth West0.9
68 jointNorth TynesideNorth East0.9
68 jointPrestonNorth West0.9
68 jointSwindonSouth West0.9
68 jointTamworthWest Midlands0.9
68 jointRedbridgeLondon0.9
68 jointStockportNorth West0.9
68 jointRunnymedeSouth East0.9
68 jointTraffordNorth West0.9
68 jointSt AlbansEast of England0.9
68 jointHertsmereEast of England0.9
68 jointHillingdonLondon0.9
68 jointKingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber0.9
94 jointStevenageEast of England1.0
94 jointBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West1.0
94 jointHavantSouth East1.0
94 jointPlymouthSouth West1.0
94 jointSunderlandNorth East1.0
94 jointKnowsleyNorth West1.0
94 jointBroxbourneEast of England1.0
94 jointEastleighSouth East1.0
94 jointLeedsYorkshire and the Humber1.0
94 jointDerbyEast Midlands1.0
94 jointWiganNorth West1.0
94 jointBradfordYorkshire and the Humber1.0
94 jointWalsallWest Midlands1.0
94 jointWindsor and MaidenheadSouth East1.0
94 jointBracknell ForestSouth East1.0
94 jointBasildonEast of England1.0
110 jointBlackburn with DarwenNorth West1.1
110 jointSheffieldYorkshire and the Humber1.1
110 jointWirralNorth West1.1
110 jointDudleyWest Midlands1.1
110 jointHarlowEast of England1.1
110 jointHaveringLondon1.1
110 jointFarehamSouth East1.1
110 jointMedwaySouth East1.1
110 jointSolihullWest Midlands1.1
110 jointElmbridgeSouth East1.1
110 jointStoke-on-TrentWest Midlands1.1
110 jointColchesterEast of England1.1
110 jointGraveshamSouth East1.1
110 jointStockton-on-TeesNorth East1.1
110 jointTelford and WrekinWest Midlands1.1
110 jointWolverhamptonWest Midlands1.1
110 jointYorkYorkshire and the Humber1.1
110 jointHaltonNorth West1.1
110 jointRochdaleNorth West1.1
110 jointThree RiversEast of England1.1
130 jointCannock ChaseWest Midlands1.2
130 jointDarlingtonNorth East1.2
130 jointWarringtonNorth West1.2
130 jointWarwickWest Midlands1.2
130 jointGatesheadNorth East1.2
130 jointBurnleyNorth West1.2
130 jointGedlingEast Midlands1.2
130 jointRossendaleNorth West1.2
130 jointThurrockEast of England1.2
130 jointWakefieldYorkshire and the Humber1.2
130 jointBuryNorth West1.2
130 jointNorth East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber1.2
130 jointFyldeNorth West1.2
143 jointCanterburySouth East1.3
143 jointReigate and BansteadSouth East1.3
143 jointRochfordEast of England1.3
143 jointChorleyNorth West1.3
143 jointDacorumEast of England1.3
143 jointDoncasterYorkshire and the Humber1.3
143 jointNuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands1.3
143 jointSouth GloucestershireSouth West1.3
143 jointCalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber1.3
143 jointTorbaySouth West1.3
143 jointChesterfieldEast Midlands1.3
143 jointMid SussexSouth East1.3
143 jointRugbyWest Midlands1.3
143 jointSouth RibbleNorth West1.3
143 jointWest BerkshireSouth East1.3
143 jointGreat YarmouthEast of England1.3
143 jointWelwyn HatfieldEast of England1.3
143 jointAmber ValleyEast Midlands1.3
143 jointErewashEast Midlands1.3
162 jointGuildfordSouth East1.4
162 jointKirkleesYorkshire and the Humber1.4
162 jointTewkesburySouth West1.4
162 jointArunSouth East1.4
162 jointRedcar and ClevelandNorth East1.4
162 jointWokinghamSouth East1.4
162 jointThanetSouth East1.4
162 jointPeterboroughEast of England1.4
162 jointBromsgroveWest Midlands1.4
162 jointCheshire West and ChesterNorth West1.4
162 jointBarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber1.4
162 jointCheshire EastNorth West1.4
162 jointBath and North East SomersetSouth West1.4
162 jointMilton KeynesSouth East1.4
162 jointNorth HertfordshireEast of England1.4
162 jointNorth SomersetSouth West1.4
162 jointSurrey HeathSouth East1.4
179 jointAshfieldEast Midlands1.5
179 jointAdurSouth East1.5
179 jointTonbridge and MallingSouth East1.5
179 jointHartSouth East1.5
179 jointWyreNorth West1.5
179 jointDoverSouth East1.5
179 jointNorth NorthamptonshireEast Midlands1.5
179 jointEpping ForestEast of England1.5
187 jointNorth West LeicestershireEast Midlands1.6
187 jointChelmsfordEast of England1.6
187 jointRotherhamYorkshire and the Humber1.6
187 jointBlabyEast Midlands1.6
187 jointHorshamSouth East1.6
187 jointTendringEast of England1.6
187 jointWaverleySouth East1.6
187 jointBasingstoke and DeaneSouth East1.6
187 jointBedfordEast of England1.6
187 jointNewcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands1.6
187 jointSevenoaksSouth East1.6
187 jointWest LancashireNorth West1.6
187 jointLancasterNorth West1.6
187 jointSt. HelensNorth West1.6
201 jointRushcliffeEast Midlands1.7
201 jointLewesSouth East1.7
201 jointRedditchWest Midlands1.7
201 jointRibble ValleyNorth West1.7
201 jointTandridgeSouth East1.7
201 jointTunbridge WellsSouth East1.7
201 jointCharnwoodEast Midlands1.7
201 jointCounty DurhamNorth East1.7
201 jointCherwellSouth East1.7
201 jointBuckinghamshireSouth East1.7
201 jointHigh PeakEast Midlands1.7
201 jointSwaleSouth East1.7
201 jointLichfieldWest Midlands1.7
201 jointWest NorthamptonshireEast Midlands1.7
215 jointNew ForestSouth East1.8
215 jointBolsoverEast Midlands1.8
217 jointNorth East DerbyshireEast Midlands1.9
217 jointFolkestone and HytheSouth East1.9
217 jointWyre ForestWest Midlands1.9
217 jointEast StaffordshireWest Midlands1.9
217 jointMole ValleySouth East1.9
217 jointHinckley and BosworthEast Midlands1.9
217 jointCentral BedfordshireEast of England1.9
217 jointIsle of WightSouth East1.9
217 jointMaidstoneSouth East1.9
226 jointFenlandEast of England2.0
226 jointSouth OxfordshireSouth East2.0
226 jointSouth StaffordshireWest Midlands2.0
226 jointNorth WarwickshireWest Midlands2.0
226 jointBrentwoodEast of England2.0
226 jointTeignbridgeSouth West2.0
226 jointWychavonWest Midlands2.0
233 jointVale of White HorseSouth East2.1
233 jointNewark and SherwoodEast Midlands2.1
233 jointBraintreeEast of England2.1
233 jointCumberlandNorth West2.1
237 jointDorsetSouth West2.2
237 jointTest ValleySouth East2.2
237 jointWiltshireSouth West2.2
237 jointEast HampshireSouth East2.2
237 jointStroudSouth West2.2
237 jointNorth LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber2.2
237 jointHuntingdonshireEast of England2.2
237 jointSouth DerbyshireEast Midlands2.2
237 jointStratford-on-AvonWest Midlands2.2
246 jointChichesterSouth East2.3
246 jointRotherSouth East2.3
246 jointWealdenSouth East2.3
246 jointIsles of ScillySouth West2.3
246 jointSomersetSouth West2.3
246 jointEast HertfordshireEast of England2.3
252 jointStaffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands2.4
252 jointBostonEast Midlands2.4
252 jointForest of DeanSouth West2.4
252 jointUttlesfordEast of England2.4
252 jointMaldonEast of England2.4
252 jointStaffordWest Midlands2.4
252 jointWest SuffolkEast of England2.4
252 jointAshfordSouth East2.4
252 jointCornwallSouth West2.4
261 jointBassetlawEast Midlands2.5
261 jointEast SuffolkEast of England2.5
261 jointSouth KestevenEast Midlands2.5
261 jointWest OxfordshireSouth East2.5
261 jointSouth HamsSouth West2.5
261 jointWinchesterSouth East2.5
267 jointEast DevonSouth West2.6
267 jointMalvern HillsWest Midlands2.6
267 jointNorthumberlandNorth East2.6
267 jointSouth CambridgeshireEast of England2.6
271 jointNorth YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber2.7
271 jointSouth NorfolkEast of England2.7
271 jointWestmorland and FurnessNorth West2.7
271 jointRutlandEast Midlands2.7
271 jointEast Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber2.7
271 jointHarboroughEast Midlands2.7
277 jointBaberghEast of England2.9
277 jointBrecklandEast of England2.9
279 jointBroadlandEast of England3.0
279 jointShropshireWest Midlands3.0
281Mid SuffolkEast of England3.1
282 jointHerefordshireWest Midlands3.2
282 jointEast CambridgeshireEast of England3.2
284Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands3.3
285Mid DevonSouth West3.4
286 jointMeltonEast Midlands3.5
286 jointNorth NorfolkEast of England3.5
288TorridgeSouth West3.7
289 jointKing's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England3.8
289 jointSouth HollandEast Midlands3.8
289 jointNorth DevonSouth West3.8
292CotswoldSouth West3.9
293 jointWest LindseyEast Midlands4.1
293 jointWest DevonSouth West4.1
295North KestevenEast Midlands4.2
296East LindseyEast Midlands4.8

Not in this list

  • Northern Ireland. Sport NI's list of sports facilities has not been released.
  • Scotland. sportscotland publishes no open list of gyms with their locations.
  • Wales. Sport Wales publishes no open list of gyms with their locations.

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