Central London news

Luxury boutique Pilates and wellness studio, X-Club, officially launches a 4,000sq ft flagship at Marylebone on 16 July. Built around X-Club’s four pillars of wellness ... More

Virgin Active has officially opened its redesigned Mayfair club, unveiling its latest Social Wellness Club and signalling a significant evolution of its proposition. The flagship ... More

Sea Lanes Canary Wharf has officially opened. The 50-metre, six-lane pool, which uses the natural water of the dock, offers year-round open water swimming in ... More

Urban Gym Group is gearing up to launch its Trainmore brand into the UK market in 2026, with a first location in Central London. The ... More

Move Southwark is gearing up to launch a multi-million pound leisure centre at Canada Water, which is part of the masterplan to regenerate the area. ... More

In a win for the UK health and fitness industry, health secretary, Wes Streeting, has said GPs should refer people to health clubs and gyms ... More

Justin Musgrove, CEO of Fitness First UK, has announced he is moving on from the company to pursue non-executive and consultancy work, after less than ... More

1Rebel has announced it will be opening a flagship site in Chelsea this summer, along with four more studios over the course of the next ... More

Fitness First has opened the doors to its 28th site in Marylebone, central London – the first new site in more than 10 years. Formerly ... More

Boutique operator, United Fitness Brands is considering closure of a number of its London sites, with its studio in Chiswick already shuttered as of last ... More

Luxury London health club operator, Third Space, launches its 13th club – and fourth this year – on Monday (9 December) at Richmond Upon Thames. ... More

Future Practice co-founder and Modern Wellness podcaster, Oliver Patrick, kicks off the HCM Summit today in central London. Patrick explains how we’re living in an ... More

Fitness First’s turnaround is off to an encouraging start, with like-for-like revenues to 31 March up by 12 per cent to £38.4 million and the ... More

The padel craze continues with the launch of a new club at Champneys Mottram Hall in Cheshire and a pop-up at London’s Marble Arch. Developed ... More

Leisure Media has added another heavyweight to its line-up of CEOs for its inaugural HCM Summit this October. Dean Kowarski will talk about the intersection ... More

London boutique operator, Frame, has teamed up with the Tate Modern to offer two yin and sound yoga classes, following by a tour of the ... More

Third Space has made its first move beyond the equity markets by agreeing an £88.5m structured finance facility with OakNorth and Searchlight Capital Partners. Speaking ... More

Over 100 experts in health and wellbeing gathered in central London yesterday (Friday 8 September) at the invitation of Kim Leadbeater MP, to discuss how ... More

The revival of a classic UK health and fitness brand will see Topnotch Health Clubs relaunching back into the mid-market fitness sector as Topnotch Gyms. ... More

Third Space has opened the doors to its new 27,000 sq ft club in London's Moorgate, with CEO, Colin Waggett telling HCM membership numbers are ... More

With an additional bank holiday announced in the UK out of respect for Queen Elizabeth II and to observe the state funeral on Monday 19 ... More

Brewing giant Diageo has revealed plans to create a Guinness-themed cultural hub and microbrewery in London, UK, with design by London-based agency, Hot Pickle. Called ... More

Caoimhe Bamber, co-founder of Digme Fitness, has described a recent Daily Telegraph article which claimed the chain was on the verge of collapse as "misleading". ... More

A new high-end workspace, designed for the use of personal trainers, coaches and other health and wellness professionals, will open in central London in November. ... More

1Rebel, which has been partly dependent on commuter business in its central London locations, has pivoted to launch its first local studio in Hammersmith, west ... More