Watford Leisure Centre - Woodside

We went to see a movie in the field ...Watfordbigevents
The field was socially distanced with circles sprayed onto the grass, 6 people per circle. Plenty of space for everyone, big screen so everyone can see and loud enough for everyone to hear.
Amazing experience, I highly recommend going

Really like the classes and the staff but wow is it unclean! The pool changing rooms STINK of wee and they're just covered in hair. They're so dark and dingy. The changing cubicles are tiny and in the past I've found dirty plasters, food, all sorts in there. The locker keys are broken and fall off half way through swimming/aqua aerobics. Seriously needs looking at and sorting out as it really dampens an otherwise great experience. The pool is great and the classes and equipment is too. Just sort out the changing rooms

Gym is fine this is about mens dry changing room but in all the years I was using various gyms in London I never had to share the shower cubicle with others. Before you get excited I’m talking about the three or four flies sitting on the walls of the cubicles.
After reporting to reception and management five or six times you get fed up and just give up

This gym is horrible. It's too crowded and the bathrooms smell. Front desk staff is very rude and unhelpful. Very overpriced and be ready to pay extra for things like badminton or squash courts. The swimming pool is crowded with too many kids and there is no room to actually swim in the lanes. Definitely finding a new gym...
Also there was a old lady at the counter who was rude to me she had white hair and was a karen.

Gym is spacious and not too crowded. Gym lessons are included in the gym subscription and really good variety. Gym instructors are amazing, I’m attending twice a week minimum those lessons.

Pool is not great. Attended myself and was ok for adults once a week. But for my kids it does not make any sense. Apart from couple teachers the rest don’t care. Just 30m per week of doing the same, not spending time with kids to teach and just trying to get time to pass with not much effort.

Changing rooms are getting worse. Cleaning lady is doing her best but with patents wearing shoes in changing rooms it’s messy, dirty and smells. They really need to enforce no shoes policy and hire one more cleaner to support the one, she can’t do everything by herself.

Reception and management is a joke. Boilers were failing and had to talk to the manager too many times to do something. Some receptionists are very kind indeed but couple of them are super rude.

It had potential to get better but management for the pool is ridiculous. And for £40/month per kid without giving the option for bundles or something more just 30’ it’s a pity.

Convenient due to location for me but pool needs work.

The gym here is really good! It's incredibly spacious and filled with really good quality equipment! The gym classes are also very helpful and the professional trainers are very friendly and motivating towards anyone wanting to hit their goals. The swimming pool gives it the finishing touch where again its spacious and you can swim at pretty much anytime that's convenient for you. 5 stars!

The website advertises a Fast, Medium and Slow lane...... should be a Fast, medium and stop for a natter lane!!

Booked myself in for a lane swim in the slow lane (I'm not the strongest swimmer) at 11:30 on a weekday morning. To start with, there were only about 4 people in the lane, which is fine. By 11:45, another 3 or 4 people had joined the lane (again fine) but rather than swim lengths, they decided to stand at the shallow end of the pool and chat for about 10 mins, before doing a couple of lengths and then stopping for another 10 minute chat. They would also take up the whole width of the lane, and so rather than complete a full length, I was forced to stop short and turn around.
I know this rant may sound a bit petty, but surely the whole point of a lane swim is to actually SWIM?!? The website says it is for 'continuous' swimming so why is this not being enforced?
The pool could also do with a good clean. There is black dirt all around the bottom of the pool.

Positives..... the staff on reception are always very friendly and the showers are (usually) hot. Cafe has good selection of snacks and drinks too.

Amazing facilities, friendly staff at reception and in the gym. Fabulously easy booking system and Spacious studios (with air conditioning) with a variety of in person and virtual classes. The spinning class also has a fun vibe and I love the special events like the lights off glow stick classes, you can really get into the exercises with out any one watching you. The sports out door athletics track is a hive of activity in the summer months with schools using the athletes track for sports day. Highly recommended