The King's School Recreation Centre

Very friendly and very well equipped gym.

Great gym and great staff. The children also love playing in the Basketball club here too! Clean and tidy. Unlike most gym centres this centre has sophisticated clientele and appealing facilities.

The recreation centre has sadly never recovered from lockdown for its members. They’ve kept the Covid booking system - you have to pre-book an appointment, despite it being largely empty. If you can’t make your ‘appointment’ they attempt to charge you - and this is for members! (Good luck with that BTW). Then there’s the limited access, which, unbelievably, isn’t published on their booking site. Both the pool and gym are regularly closed by 80% at peak member times (e.g. Saturday afternoons) meaning you can’t do a light cardio with weights workout - i.e. the overwhelmingly most popular type of workout because Kings students are using it. I’m not going to walk 300m to a separate hut for some barbel curls. Ditto for the pool, laned off for lessons and monetised but closed to members on Sunday afternoons - my daughter couldn’t swim. I’m pretty sure they’re breaking the law as to not publishing theses terms, conditions and lack of an availability on their same ridiculous booking site whilst charging nearly £50 a month. On the plus side the staff are all lovely but it feels like members are an inconvenient cash cow to fund a centre for the school.

Despite quite honestly being essentially Glastonbury festival for middle class parents in Canterbury when it comes to getting your child a swimming place Kings deserves its good reputation. The staff are caring, they smile, it's clean and sleek without being showy. It feels well looked after and the staff extend that feeling to you. My kids love their lessons there.

A great place to go workout! The changing rooms and pool are exceptionally clean and you can use the equipment. The staff is very helpful and friendly. Totally worth it if you’re a keen sportsperson.