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Arch 9, Water Lane, Holbeck

Come and lift

One free session: no card details, no obligation, and no sales conversation at the end — you have already seen every price on this site. Pick an hour below, or just ring us.

Book a free session

Four questions, then we leave you alone

One of the three coaches answers this, usually the same day and always within one working day. Nothing is passed to anyone else and you do not go on a list.

Demonstration form — nothing is sent anywhere.

Opening hours

Monday to Thursday
06:00–21:00
Friday
06:00–20:00
Saturday
08:00–14:00
Sunday
09:00–13:00
Bank holidays
09:00–13:00
25 and 26 December
Closed

A coach is on the floor for every one of those hours. We have never run the gym unstaffed, and there is no 24-hour access.

Busiest hours

Weekday mornings
06:30–08:00
Weekday evenings
17:30–20:00
Quietest
10:00–16:00

Between ten and four you will usually have a platform to yourself.

Getting here

Arch 9, under the viaduct

River Aire Water Lane Marshall St Globe Rd Manor Rd Domestic Street Leeds station 9 min walk Arch 9 LS11 5PZ · yard parking

By train

Nine minutes on foot from Leeds station: out of the south entrance, over the river, down Neville Street and right onto Water Lane. Arch 9 is the fourth roller door past Globe Road.

By car

Eleven free spaces in the yard, first come. Free on-street on Water Lane after 18:00 and all weekend.

By bike

Racks inside the arch rather than on the street. There is a shower and a drying rail.

Access

Step-free from the yard through the roller door, and an accessible WC. The mezzanine is stairs only — nothing you need for training is up there.

Before you come

What to bring, and what not to

Flat shoes and something you can move in. That is genuinely all. Do not buy lifting shoes, a belt, straps, sleeves or chalk before your first session — we have all of it here to borrow, and you will not know what suits you until you have used somebody else's.

There is a changing room with lockers, a shower and towels. Water is free. There is no café, no smoothie bar, and nothing for sale except a day pass.

If you are under 18

We coach from 15 upward, on the coached and foundation tiers only, with a parent or guardian's written consent and a parent present for the first session. Under-15s are not admitted to the training floor. Open gym is 18 and over.

If you are pregnant, or recently were

You are welcome, and several members have trained right through. Tell the coach and we will programme around it. We will ask you to check with your midwife or GP first, and we will not override what they say.

Or just turn up

Any staffed hour. Ask at the desk for whoever is coaching.

0113 496 0184