Back in the day, the council leisure centre was the butt of comedy shows. These days most councils have off loaded their gyms and leisure centres to third party operators.
A couple of years ago, I looked at how each of the 32 London Boroughs dealt with bicycle maintenance, and today we're going to look how each of London's 32 councils operate their gyms and leisure centres.
Better / Greenwich Leisure Ltd
First up, the behemoth that is Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) operating under the brand Better. With 105 sites across the capital, Better really is the Biggest. 15 boroughs use Better to operate most of their facilities, with Brent and Lambeth using Better for a single site each.
Better also operate their own facilities - so don't try adding up the numbers to reach 105 sites!
Everyone Active / SLM Ltd
EA like to say that they are the longest established leisure contractor in the UK, despite being rather eclipsed by GLL. EA are the prime operator for seven London Boroughs.
NOT contracted out
There seems to have been a move in recent years by some councils to bring operations back in house - some run directly, some via a single council subsidiary.
The downside is that for many London residents their nearest leisure centres may be in different boroughs, so they would need membership with different companies.
Places Leisure
Whilst running leisure centres across the country, just two London Boroughs choose PL as their operator.
Lex Leisure
Operating 24 leisure centres and 6 golf courses across the UK, just one London Borough chooses LL as their operator.
MyTimeActive
Mostly just Bromley and some Birmingham golf courses.
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