{"id":130857,"date":"2025-11-12T06:29:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T06:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/130857\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T06:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T06:29:15","slug":"puregym-to-open-in-essex-with-discounts-for-new-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/130857\/","title":{"rendered":"PureGym to open in Essex, with discounts for new members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Pure Gym, which runs more than 400 fitness centres across the country, is opening a new unit at Waterglade Retail Park, in Old Road, Clacton.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The gym will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and offer classes on various days.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Logo &#8211; the Pure Gym logo (Image: PA)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It will open in the former Carpetright store on December 12.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A Pure Gym spokesperson said: &#8220;No matter what your fitness goal may be, you&#8217;ll find everything you need at Pure Gym Clacton.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Take your pick from the latest gym kit and a huge timetable of group exercise classes included in your membership.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Want access to state-of-the-art gym equipment with a low-cost monthly payment (with no contract)?\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Our gym in Clacton is fitted with over 140+ pieces of equipment, including free weights, fixed resistance machines, and cardio equipment.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Gym users will be able to access the facilities using a pin or QR code.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The spokesperson said: &#8220;We want to keep PureGym a safe environment for everyone to work out.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;If you plan to train at night or during unstaffed hours, please read our unstaffed hours document\u00a0to ensure your safety when at the gym.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The gym is offering an opening discount offer to new members, with huge price drops for monthly subscriptions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The core membership is now \u00a312.99 for the first 12 months, with a \u00a315 joining fee, which is down from \u00a323.99.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  And the plus membership is \u00a319.99 for the first 12 months, with a \u00a315 joining fee, which is down from \u00a330.99.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  For more information go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.puregym.com\/gyms\/clacton-on-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.puregym.com\/gyms\/clacton-on-sea<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Carpetright, which was in the unit before Pure Gym moved into it, went into administration and was acquired by rival Tapi in July last year.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  At the time of its collapse, the company had\u00a0273 stores across the UK, plus 19 concessions, and employed almost 1,900 people.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  More than 200 stores and 1,600 jobs were lost.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Next to the store in Clacton, the branches in Harwich and Colchester were also shut.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Similar plans for a new gym at Harwich Gateway Retail Park were approved in November.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pure Gym, which runs more than 400 fitness centres across the country, is opening a new unit at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[565,134,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-130857","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-fitness","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}