The Gym Group Reviews 

The gym has recently expanded and has more machines and more quality kit. The gym is thoroughly cleaned, vacuumed and the ladies & changing rooms are also clean.

I did Personal Training on February 2026 and would definitely recommend Raihan Syed for his training method ; he was focused, polite and respectful and showed me how to use lots of different machines. I lost 3 kg in 1 month.

The staff are very approachable and friendly and do a great job.

The atmosphere is great & I enjoy my workouts there ( I went to Pure Gym before and left after a few months) so I highly recommend the Gym group with free classes & great Trainers and a easy booking system.

It was great, until they cancelled the hotline, you can't find anyone to solve any problem. they only have live chat, which no one will response.

Unauthorised charge of £25.99 taken after cancelling Direct Debit as per instructions. Automated support keeps closing my tickets without human review. Ref: PIN 4850 / Dagenham gym.

Very poor experience. When I tried to cancel my membership, a new Direct Debit was set up instead, which is completely unacceptable.

I have used the online portal multiple times to request cancellation and have also raised a formal complaint, but I still have not received a response.

The stated SLA for responding to my complaint has not been met. This is extremely disappointing and demonstrates a serious failure in customer service and complaint handling.

I would like this matter escalated immediately, my membership cancelled, and confirmation that no further payments will be taken. I would also expect any incorrect charges resulting from this issue to be refunded.

The Gym Group is honestly one of the worst gyms to deal with. Customer service is THE WORST! I’ve been trying to contact them since 21/8 by email, phone, live chat and even visiting the gym, yet STILL no refund or proper support. I’ve spoken to managers and been passed around with no resolution. Absolutely ridiculous and disappointing. Would NOT recommend!

Endlessly lift out of service.
It should be written on the web / no lift.
As i joined 3 weeks ago, it’s still not fixed and other members saying that lift is always broken.
For someone with asthma and unwell hip, who need gym for little work out,
Climbing on haigh second floor it’s painful and disappointing.

I had cancelled my membership but have just noticed I’m still being charged for the last 3 months.

So I’m trying to contact someone but the whole site is automated. I have waited over 3 hours on the live chat with no one getting in touch. No idea of how long the wait is. I sent an email to customer service again it’s automated AI and sends an automated email back and deciding that I must be trying to cancel membership.

‘Thanks for your email. 

It looks like you want to cancel your membership.

This is an automated reply and does not confirm your membership has been cancelled.

We're sorry you're looking to part ways!

You can find all the details by visiting the Mobile App or logging into the Member Area on our website, just head to the ‘my membership’ section.

Your query is now closed and if you have any other questions, please head over to our support site.  

Kind regards, 

The Gym Group Customer Service Team.’

So currently I’m out of pocket and I can’t seem to get a hold of anybody from the Gym Group if there anyone that actually work for this company.

Other than customer service experience the gym is great and does the job. But not being able to stop being charged after cancelling membership isn’t worth it.

Tried to unfreeze my membership as I returned from a trip abroad earlier than expected. Unable to do so as the app would not respond. The website was just as bad and when I eventually found the live chat facility ended up waiting over 40 minutes for a response. Still no response and absolutely no facility to discuss the issue with a real person. Utterly useless and I am completely frustrated.

Absolutely terrible experience – do not waste your money

Honestly, I’m beyond annoyed with The Gym Group. I paid £25 for a day pass, only for it not to work when I actually got there. I then had to buy another £25 day pass, which ALSO didn’t work.

What made it even worse was the complete lack of help from the staff. They knew I had paid, they knew I was standing outside, and yet did absolutely nothing to help me get in. I was literally left sitting outside for an entire hour waiting for my friend to finish showering, despite them knowing exactly what was going on.

How can you take £50 from someone for two day passes that don’t work and then refuse to help them? If I’ve paid to use your gym, the bare minimum is making sure I can actually get through the door.

The whole situation was incredibly frustrating and completely unprofessional. I wouldn’t recommend paying for a day pass here when apparently you can pay twice and still not be allowed in. Absolutely ridiculous.

Scammers. The gym is very nice but good luck trying to cancel your gym membership because even if you send 6 tickets to cancel you will be comepletely ignored.

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Really disappointed with the customer service.

I normally prefer to speak to someone over the phone, but the customer service number I usually use appears to be out of action. I then emailed alternative customer service addresses, but my case was closed without anyone actually responding. It has now been two days and I still haven’t received a response.

I also tried using Live Chat, but nobody joined to help with my query.

My main issue is my payment. Last month, I spoke to someone over the phone and was specifically told that my next payment would be £19.99. However, I have now been charged £31.99 with no clear explanation.

I don’t want to cancel my gym membership, but the lack of customer support is extremely frustrating. If you remove the phone support, there needs to be a reliable alternative where customers can actually speak to someone and get their issues resolved.

The Gym Group really needs to improve its customer service because this experience is making me question whether I want to remain a member.

I purchased a membership for the year 2 days ago. I was able to access the gym yesterday and was able to enter today with my pin but couldn’t exit. I can’t not log onto the App and now my pin does not work. I have emailed customer service team but they don’t respond or reply. I joined the Live chat and nobody joins the chat to help. The service is awful.

The actual gym is great. However due to a systems issue on their side, was unable to access the gym. This is due to updates they are doing on their systems which are causing numerous issues for paying customers. There is meant to be a team on call you can contact 24hours from a call point, however evidently this is not in fact true, as on pressing the button repeatedly over a half hour period, a pre recorded "your call cannot be connected" messgae plays, this raises some serious health and safety concerns for me as well, what if someone was injured or in real trouble on one of their sites during the night or early morning?
The customer service is absolutely appauling, no dedicated phone number, the live chat which you are directed to opwrates on the most random hours, and even once you finish the verbal battle with the bot to supposedly be put through to an agent, currently have been waiting 1 hour 40mins with no response.
Such a shame as the gyms are great and i love their sites. Their admin, systems and customer service however really are disgraceful.

I don't know why did i join gym group again! There Staffs are so useless and unhelpful. They took money out of my account but disabled my account. I got old pin and a new pin but none of them works. I can't even access to any gym. They dont even have anyone to talk to one the phone or live. Some AI robot. So shittttt management

Paid for another 9 months but can't access the gym anymore.
Tech support is non existing. They have wasted hours of my time.
I wish I could cancel the membership, get refund and leave.

I've always appreciated The Gym Group's straightforward approach, but I'm disappointed by the introduction of women-only areas. I believe gyms should remain open and inclusive for all members while ensuring everyone feels safe and comfortable.

App problems so I can't access my local gym and I can't access or change my additional gyms. No way to speak to anyone and customer live chat takes hours to speak to a person. I will be cancelling my membership immediately as it's not worth the hassle.

Went to the new gym group in Hendon.
Noticed the staff grumpy and unhelpful, more time spent on their phones than actually helping.
Also very small but on the plus side the lighting was good & the changing facilities and toilets very clean.

Booked a one day pass and didn’t receive my pin to get into the building, so contacted support and created a ticket still not heard anything back, not the best service but I guess you get what you pay for with them being so cheap

I want to love this gym because it is my local, but the level of service and gym management is consistently terrible.
Membership & Billing Issues
Lost payments: When I first joined online, I received no welcome pack, PIN code, or onboarding details—yet they took 3 months of payments. When I complained, support inexplicably told me to report the charges as fraud to my bank rather than resolving it themselves.
However after cancelling, then a few months later trying again. I received a confirmation email, pin etc.
Misleading Guest Pass: I purchased the £3.99 guest add-on, advertised with "Instant Access" so my friend could join me. The system failed to grant access. We spent an hour trying to resolve it, there were no staff on-site (on a Saturday 15:00) and no one answered the door intercom. We had to give up and leave without training. Two days later, someone finally reached out to book an induction for my guest, long after we needed access. This was not stated anywhere when buying the pass.
Impossible Cancellation & Broken Website: Still with the guest pass. Despite the add-on stating "Cancel Anytime," you cannot cancel via the app. I logged in via a web browser and canceled at least 10 days before renewal, yet they still charged me for another month. To make matters worse, their online complaint form lacks a any submit button, making it practically impossible to log a formal dispute.
Facilities & Gym Floor Chaos
Equipment Maintenance & Hygiene: A lot of the kit is old, worn out, and rarely cleaned. No cloths or cleaning stations are provided, so you frequently find yourself using equipment left covered in someone else's sweat.
Floor Management & Disorganization: Staff do not enforce basic gym etiquette. Weights go missing constantly—like finding dumbbells left over by the spin bikes—and superset equipment is routinely left cluttering the floor, making it impossible to tell if someone is using a station or finished. Oddly, the gym also uses a mishmash of two entirely different brands of weights.
Poor Gym Layout & Equipment Misuse: There is zero guidance or encouragement for members to use the right kit for the job. For example, people hog one of the six precious squat racks just to do pull-ups—despite there being dedicated pull-up bars, cable rig stations, and a pull-up machine available. Likewise, members regularly take up flat benches to rest their dirty trainers on for Bulgarian split squats when there are plenty of plyo boxes specifically meant for that in the studio and around the floor.
Severe Overcrowding: The site is massively oversubscribed. The app claims "it's a little busy" at 120 people, but at that capacity, there is barely room to move or work in.

Staff To be fair, the staff members themselves are lovely—super friendly, positive, and helpful when you actually get to speak to them. However, they are clearly overworked, undercompensated, and stretched far too thin between coaching clients, handling admin, and trying to keep up with floor maintenance.
Verdict Overall, this site operates on very shady, anti-consumer practices. Other 24/7 chains handle these systems far better. Unless management fixes their billing systems and floor standards, I cannot recommend it.