Brookes Sport, Headington

Cheney Ln, Headington, Oxford OX3 0GB, UK

4.3 (342 reviews)

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Brookes Sport provides recreational and competitive sporting opportunities for Oxford Brookes students, staff and the local community.

https://www.brookes.ac.uk/brookes-sport

01865 534100

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Steve “Pod” Povey

This review is based on the Oxford Brookes University Climbing Centre (to be precise). I have been going to the Oxford Brookes University Climbing Centre for about two years now & very fortunate to be there while they extended the back; now the bouldering section is almost doubled in size, which is brilliant. The rope walls are less plentiful, but still having three auto-belays as well allows those climbers going on their own to stretch their muscles still and test their skills
Posted 1 month ago
Luci

I have been there only a couple of times, once to sit an exam and in another occasion, to use the climbing wall. It's a decent sports centre.
Posted 4 months ago
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.
Posted 1 year ago
Samuel McCluskey

Decent wall could do with some more lines
Posted 2 months ago
T

Pretty good gym, basic gym, although never any soap in the women’s bathroom. I’ve reported this many times and it never gets filled up!
Posted 5 months ago
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!
Posted 2 years ago
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.
Posted 1 year ago