{"id":742407,"date":"2026-08-19T00:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T00:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/742407\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T00:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T00:46:11","slug":"first-look-inside-edinburgh-leisures-new-pay-as-you-go-gym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/742407\/","title":{"rendered":"First look inside Edinburgh Leisure’s new ‘pay-as-you-go’ gym"},"content":{"rendered":"

Residents can use the facilities without the commitment of a traditional membership.\"The<\/p>\n

The gym is located in the new Liberton High School<\/p>\n

Edinburgh Leisure has announced the opening of a brand new gym at the new Liberton High School<\/a>, where the public will be able to access the facilities using a pay-as-you-go model.<\/p>\n

With a fully equipped fitness studio complete with modern exercise machines, squat racks, free-weight areas and stretching spaces, the pay-as-you-go gym will be open to the public on evenings and weekends.<\/p>\n

Each session will cost \u00a36.50, giving residents <\/a>the opportunity to work on their fitness without committing to a traditional membership.<\/p>\n

Developed by the City of Edinburgh Council as part of its Living Well Locally strategy, Liberton<\/a>\u2019s new Community Campus is designed to provide residents with convenient access to essential services and amenities. The new campus not only has a new gym, but also a public library, a caf\u00e9 and an NHS GP practice in an accessible community hub in the centre of Liberton.<\/p>\n

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It boasts state-of-the-art kit<\/p>\n

Children, Education and Families Convener at the City of Edinburgh Council, Councillor James Dalgleish, said: \u201cLiberton Community Campus is a lifelong learning and sports hub that will bring together education, public services and local amenities in one accessible place, from the new Gym to a Community Library to an NHS GP Surgery.<\/p>\n

“This reflects our \u2018Living Well Locally\u2019 strategy, ensuring local services are co located where people need them most.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur aim is simple: to put local people at the heart of this campus, giving everyone the opportunity to learn, participate and thrive.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m delighted that this exceptional new building will help to bring more local people in the community together, and we\u2019re looking forward to announcing more about the other new community facilities soon.”<\/p>\n

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The brand new gym is fully equipped with new machines.(Image: Edinburgh Leisure)<\/p>\n

The opening marks a significant milestone for Edinburgh Leisure, with 2026 marking ten years since the leisure trust acquired responsibility for community access to the city\u2019s high schools. The partnership has helped open up school sports facilities for thousands of people across Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on the success of this agreement, Edinburgh Leisure Schools Manager Jimmy Livingstone said: “Over the past ten years we have worked closely with the City of Edinburgh Council to make school facilities available to local communities outside school hours, creating more opportunities for people to be active where they live.<\/p>\n

“We’re delighted to add the new gym at Liberton Community Campus to this portfolio, giving residents access to a high-quality fitness facility on their doorstep.”<\/p>\n

More information on the new pay-as-you-go gym can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents can use the facilities without the commitment of a traditional membership. The gym is located in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[6647,102,245553,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-742407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-liberton","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}