Very good gym with good staff!
4.5
4.5
Date of visit: April 2019
I have experience of challenges around: seeing
Overall Rating
Excellent
I visit the Glasgow Hope Street PureGym on a regular basis. I always find the gym easy to access and navigate, and the staff are always very helpful. I have PT sessions with Jordan who specialises in mobility and rehab, he's very knowledgable and has a few disabled clients, so the results speak for themselves.
Disabled Access In and Around
Excellent
The accessible door works well, although you have to contact PureGym HQ to allow your PIN to have access to it. When I joined up, the gym manager arranged for a free fob for me (usually they charge customers for these) to allow me to 'tap' my way in, instead of typing in my PIN. This is great and makes accessing the gym really easy! There's a lift to all 3 floors that disabled users can use.
Parking & Transport
Excellent
I don't know what the parking is like, but it's city centre so I'm guessing there's good parking nearby. However, public transport wise - it's directly next to central station and there's a bus stop right outside the door!
Accessible Toilets
Good
The accessible toilet and shower are great, my only negative would be there there is regularly gym equipment placed in front of it. I've spoken with the gym manager about this and, hopefully, this will no longer happen. Fingers crossed!
Staff
Excellent
Always helpful when I need assistance. I've had a couple of PTs in here for various things and they've all been great.
Additional Information
Whilst the access to the gym, the changing rooms, and the toilets are easy - I would remind people, this is a high street gym. Therefore, there is no specialist equipment for disabled users that I've seen and gym users would have to be able to transfer onto the machine. I'm visually impaired so transferring isn't an issue for me, the only issue I ever encounter is seeing whether or not the gym equipment is free.
