Flaxman Sports Centre - Active Lambeth - (Near Southwark, UK)

1 /5 J: The female staff on Wednesdays and Fridays are rude, disrespectful, and leave people waiting instead of opening the door. They talk about service users behind their backs and openly treat people differently because of their background and religion. This is unacceptable anywhere — but especially in a community sports centre. It’s upsetting to think of children and their parents witnessing this behaviour. Management urgently needs to step in and fix the toxic culture.

5 /5 zanna nzewi: We go there for Taekwando classes for kids. Dont know much about gym itself. Looks very clean. Only downside i experienced that i had to wait about 5-10mins for someone to come to reception even after ringing a bell. When i needed to reful water fir kids i couldnt find water fountain as it was hidden in the corner.

1 /5 VJ: Below average local leisure facility located in a residential area so compact as a consequence of being built on a site that is a somewhat too small. Ive not used the gym, only the sports hall so cant comment on how that facility is. It is a bit disconcerting to see people working out as soon as your step through the security pods. The pods themselves are also somewhat disconcerting. Presumably theyre in place to hinder knife crime but it doesnt fill you with confidence. The sports hall is pretty poor. It lacks any ventilation so gets absolutely roasting in summer. Split bookings also make it really complicated to exit sometimes.

5 /5 Ronak Patel: Love this gym. I go all the time but hey wouldn’t we all want to go more haha. All the staff are very nice and helpful. Some comments I read on here about cold attitude and stuff like that. I like that, they get on with your business so you can too. But are always helpful and they fist bump you to say hello if you’re in there. Sometimes they say to me it’s been a long time since I’ve been in and so that’s good motivation! The gym is usually very quiet and frequented by absolutely enormous men but they are friendly and helpful. I rarely if ever am waiting around and people are happy to work into each others’ sets. I think a lot of people judge books by covers especially in a gym. You can see a lot of the guys have spent time in there by their impressive physiques and build friendships through the gym and that’s nice. Great kit including a new hack squat machine, which the manager Kevin was keen to get in as he knows not many gyms have one. 2 squash courts too. I use it mainly for squash and gym but have played badminton too. I love this place so thanks to all the staff in the flaxman sports centre !

4 /5 Mr Black: For the price it’s a decent gym with a huge variety of gym equipment, especially machines and free weights. Although it is a bit outdated and could benefit from a refurb, especially for the second room at the back. Overall though, it is a good gym to train at and has lots of different offerings for all types of fitness gym goers.