Membership types

Coronavirus

Our sports centres are closed until further notice, in line with government advice on social distancing, to help prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).

We confirm the following information for our gym members, swimming lesson customers and clubs:

Medway Sport Members

  • We will be freezing all membership payments with immediate effect at no cost to you. We will not take further money from your account while the centres are closed. You do not need to take any action.
  • We will give members a 10-day credit on their account when we re-open to reflect the closure during March.
  • If you have paid for an annual membership, this will be extended by the period of time that the centres are closed.

Medway Sport Swim Academy Lessons

  • Swimming lesson customers will be credited on their account for any missed lessons following our closure from Saturday, 21 March. These lessons will be credited to your account for the new term of lessons when we re-open.
  • Existing customers will get priority re-enrolment in the first week of enrolment. This will be for the next term of lessons, once lessons are able to resume.

Other customers

  • We give a full refund to customers who had a party booked at one of our sports centres.
  • Clubs with block bookings who have paid in advance will have the cost of these discounted when their sessions resume.
  • We will extend annual admission passes by the period of time the centres are closed.

Memberships

With no contract or joining fee, our memberships are designed to help you achieve your fitness goals.

Find a membership that's right for you with our range of membership types.

To find out which sports centres you'll have access to, view the information about the types of memberships below. 

The Premier membership is a full membership that gives you unlimited access to Medway Park, Strood Sports Centre, Hoo Sports Centre, Splashes and The Strand.

Membership price

The Premier membership costs just £39.95 per month.

What's included

The membership gives you access to:

  • four fully-equipped gyms
  • full fitness class timetable with more than 150 classes and 7 days advance priority booking
  • five swimming pools including outdoor, leisure pool, hydrotherapy, spa and diving pit
  • specialised functional fitness zones at Medway Park, Strood and Hoo sports centres
  • free induction
  • 7 days advance priority booking on squash and badminton courts
  • free use of the athletics track at Medway Park
  • free use of the health suite with sauna and steam room at Strood

Membership benefits

Other benefits include:

  • 30% discount for yourself and your children on Medway Swim Academy swimming lessons
  • discounted rate for your children to Medway’s Mini Youth Sports Camps
  • 10% discount on Medway Sport parties
  • pre-release sale and 50 per cent discounts on tickets to Major Sports Events held in Medway
  • free personalised fitness programme reviewed quarterly

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You will have access to any of our four centres across Medway.

Membership price

The Gym and Swim membership costs just £29.95 per month.

What's included

The membership gives you access to:

  • functional fitness zones
  • an extensive range of equipment
  • an expert health and fitness team to help reach your goals
  • the the leisure, diving and hydrotherapy pool
  • a free induction
  • use of any of our four centres across Medway
  • the spa (available at Strood only)

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You will have full use of any of our four centres across Medway.

Membership price

The Class and Swim membership costs just £29.95 per month.

What's included

The membership gives you:

  • over 200 fitness classes to choose from
  • access to leisure, diving and hydrotherapy pools
  • full use of any of our four centres across Medway
  • a free induction
  • access to the spa (available at Strood only)

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The Racquet Sport and Swim membership gives you unlimited access to court space at Medway Park, Strood and Hoo Sports Centre. These spaces include:

  • squash courts
  • badminton courts
  • table tennis courts
  • short tennis courts

You also get free access to our swimming pools during open sessions.

Membership price

The Racket Sport and Swim membership costs just £29.95 per month.

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The Senior membership is a discounted membership for over 60s which also includes a free Functional Fitness check.

The membership costs just £15.70 per month.

Benefits of the Senior membership

Benefits of this membership include:

  • free induction
  • unlimited use of all Echoes facilities during opening hours
  • free swimming at any of our five pools including our leisure and outdoor pool
  • access to all fitness classes
  • access to all senior sports sessions

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The family membership gives you unlimited access to all gyms during normal opening times as well as use of our running track, aerobics classes, racket sports and swimming pools.

Other benefits include:

  • a full induction
  • a quick access membership card
  • use of our members only changing rooms
  • a parking permit to save on the need to pay and display

There are also many other benefits when becoming a member such as discounts on swimming lessons and holiday clubs.

Membership price

The cost of this membership is £70 per month for 2 adults and 2 children or 1 adult and 3 children.

Additional children can be added to this membership for a reduced price of £6 per month.

There is no joining fee or minimum contract on this membership.

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If you’re aged between 8 to 15 years and want to improve your fitness or sports skills, or even just tone up, you can take advantage of this exclusive junior gym membership.

Membership price

The Junior membership is pay as you go for £12.50 per month.

Benefits of the Junior membership

Membership benefits include:

  • exclusive youth gym for 8 to 15 year olds
  • unlimited use of all gym facilities
  • free badminton court bookings at Medway Park
  • racquet sports courts
  • swimming pool and inflatable sessions
  • interactive light wall
  • full induction and advice from our experienced team

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If you're a student aged between 16 and 24, you can get our memberships at a discounted rate.

Discounted membership price

You can get a reduced price of £23.96 per month for a Class and Swim Membership, a Gym and Swim Membership or a Racquet and Swim Membership.

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If you have a registered disability you can get a discounted rate with our IFI membership.

Membership price

The IFI membership costs just £20 per month and gives you all the benefits of a Premier membership.

You'll also get access to our IFI accessible gym equipment.

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Proof of disability will be required.

You will have access to any of our Medway swimming pools.

Membership price

An unlimited swimming membership is £18.25 per month.

What's included

You can use your membership at any of our Medway swimming pools.

When you join, we will take a payment for the current month. After this has been paid, you'll pay your membership fee on the 1st day of each month by direct debit.

ID is only needed for corporate memberships.

You can also get day memberships or memberships that give you access to a sports centre.

All non-members, including spectators who wish to use the centre must pay a centre day admission fee or buy a centre annual admission pass.

Day membership price

  • Adult: £2.50
  • Child: £1.80
  • Senior: £1.80

Centre season ticket

A centre season ticket is available for a period of 12 months, which gives discounted rate on all centre activities.

These discounts are:

  • Adult: £46.40
  • Family: £65.80
  • Juniors (under 16): £23.90
  • Seniors: £23.90

Discounted centre membership rates are available to our regular club users, please enquire at reception for prices.

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Passport to Leisure is a discount card that makes sport and leisure more accessible to a wider group of people who live in Medway.

It gives them and their dependants reduced prices or free access to some facilities in Medway at certain times.

Download the Passport to Leisure information guide and application form

For more information or to book a tour please contact us on 01634 336 655 or email membership.support@medway.gov.uk

Included training programmes

All our memberships include Training Pathways, a series of training programmes designed to help you achieve your fitness goals, at no extra cost.

You can choose from four pathways:

  • prepare to exercise - for those who are new or returning to exercise
  • weight loss - to help you meet your weight loss goals
  • muscle gain and tone – to help you achieve muscle gain
  • physical performance – to help with general fitness or specific physical or sporting performance goals

Each programme is created following a consultation with your fitness specialist who will also monitor and review your progress.