Brookes Sport, Headington - (Near Oxfordshire, UK)

4 /5 مقدسية Fatima: Very good clean indoor sports hall. I usually come here in the mornings to play some badminton. It’s nice and cheap. £10 per court and the court can cater up to 4 players. However renting the rackets and shuttles can be expensive so if you play badminton I recommend investing in your own gear. Going early in the morning is the best thing to do as there isn’t much people and no one else is using the court either.

3 /5 Matilda Crome: The climbing is good and fun, but fairly small, there’s cheaper climbing in London with way more walls. Good cheap drinks at the bar. The main negative is the app, a terrible terrible app! To book anything you need an account, but you can’t make a password for the account on the app, you have to follow all these links and go back and forth between the app, emails and your browser to be able to set it up, so tedious!

1 /5 Victoria Williamson: Brooke’s Gym is unsafe, exclusionary, and deeply misogynistic. Female members are pressured by creepy male personal trainers to be “nicer” in exchange for after-hours access—a clear and quite disgusting misogynistic abuse of power. When I (a woman), spoke up through official channels, my membership was cancelled immediately. There was no opportunity to appeal or explain the treatment I experienced. Comes across as silencing whistleblowers. Broken equipment is never fixed, and lighter weights (essential for women, beginners, and disabled members) are never replaced. To make it worse, an external male rugby team regularly takes over the Harcourt gym floor, leaving no space or support for other members—especially women, who are already made to feel unwelcome. Dirty facilities, constantly failing access cards, dangerous machines, and a culture that silences complaints. Brookes Gym doesn’t just need new equipment. It needs a complete overhaul in culture and leadership. Until then, it is not a safe or inclusive space.

5 /5 Leisa Stewart-Sharpe: Shout out to instructor Andy, who ran our children’s climbing session. They kids had a ball - safety was on point and he was very patient with the kids. A good experience!

4 /5 Iestyn G: The climbing gym is somewhat smaller than others I’ve visited, however space is premium in Oxford so it’s somewhat to be expected. The routes and boulders they do have are fantastic. Occasional I can’t open the gate into the climbing gym using the Brooke’s app! Although usually there’s a staff member nearby to let me