Wickwoods

Wickwoods is a beautiful country club just outside of Brighton. It’s location is fantastic — nestled in beautiful countryside just the other side of the Downs, yet less than 15 minutes from my house by car.
The gym facilities are great. Admittedly, it’s not the biggest gym in the world, but it has plenty of equipment to get a great workout including all the usual cardiac machines, weights machines, free weights (this area is very lady friendly, unlike other gyms I have experienced in the past), and TRX. They also have limited membership so the gym is never really crowded and I’ve certainly never had to wait for any of the machines.
That said, my gym inductions weren’t that successful, and for this Wickwoods loses a star. The first induction I had was good but the instructor was leaving the next day, and forgot to write down the program she had developed for me. The second time, the girl was incredibly moody as she had been booked by her colleague and didn’t really have time. One very quick, abrupt tour of the gym later I had a program written down but a slightly sour taste in my mouth from the way I was treated. It’s a shame as everyone else I have come across at the club has been really pleasant.
As well as the gym, they have a studio room where they run numerous classes. The classes run by the gym instructors are better in my experience, the others can be a little 80’s in style!
There is a beautiful pool, jacuzzi, sauna and steam room area that is just perfect to use after a hard workout in the gym. They also have inside and outside tennis courts, tennis coaching and tournaments — I may pick up my tennis racket again when the weather cheers up!
I am yet to try the restaurant, although the carvery looks and smells fantastic on a Sunday — book in advance though, they never have room for us when we turn up after the gym. The bar area is a great place to stop for a coffee or something stronger — you have earned it by this stage of course!
There are also treatment rooms which I plan to use in the very near future — there has to be some reward for all this hard work!