The Parks Recreation and Sports Centre - YMCA

Fantastic experience: Staff are very helpful!

Fantastic experience: Just love the dedication the PTs have ensuring their clients are performing their exercises. Love the SFL aqua and class. Love the deep water aqua Times of classes really suit my needs. Last of all can't ask for better pricing..suit's my budget...win win for all

Fantastic experience: Friendly, helpful staff members. Reasonably priced classes, great opening hours, a mixed variety of classes and fitness alternatives. Plenty of parking.

Positive experience: Great place for swimming lessons, a bit of an older fit out but fantastic staff

Positive experience: Happy staff at front desk who are willing to listen and assist when customers have a problem or enquire. Also they great the customers as they enter the front area, which makes you feel welcomed. Most of the lifeguard are friendly and willing to assist when needed.

Positive experience: Busy at various times

Fantastic experience: The staff are friendly and helpful. They have many fitness classes to choose both in the morning and evening. Yoga, body balance, Pilate and pickle balls are my favourate. Their fitness instructors are professional, experienced and caring. Sauna is popular for social chats with the swimmers after fitness classes.

Fantastic experience: The staff here are amazing, and the facility is very well looked after. The pool, gym, and waiting area are always clean, and they are very accommodating to the needs of my children.

Fantastic experience: We have a swimming centre closer to home but prefer the Parks. Swimming teachers are great with the kids especially Nicola and Tania. The library is fantastic too. So many things on at the Parks.

Fantastic experience: This is a great swimming centre. The teachers are all lovely. The lifeguards actually care and I love that you can swim whenever you want in the free lanes.

Fantastic experience: Nice place to visit

Negative experience: If the pool is closed, please notify us via FB or Instagram. This is so unprofessional

Negative experience: Non-stop price increases.

Fantastic experience: It is convenient, they have a lot of exercise tools for you to train, and instructor to help and guide, you can swimming after exercise, that how we like It Thanks

Fantastic experience: Excellent staff and love the swimming teachers who motivate the kids and help them a lot during their lessons. Communication via emails about the public holidays and closure of pool is on time. Easy to book make up lessons and switch classes online. Appreciate how kids can play in the pool before or after their lesson which is not an option in most of the swimming centres.

Fantastic experience: I can thoroughly recommend the Parks Community Centre recreation gymnasium and swimming pool. It has excellent facilities and the staff are very helpful and friendly helping you achieve your goals.

Negative experience: Worst experience ever. The website and the staff are so unfriendly and uncooperative. The class is only 30 mins and once joined it’s a trap they kept charging money despite of sending 2 emails and once by phone to cancel. ITS A TRAP

Fantastic experience: Great facilities and friendly staff

Fantastic experience: It’s a fabulous experience being in the gym and in the pool especially for water aerobics, the instructors are amazing !!! Fantastic amenities and staff members. You feel revived and fresh after every visit … so try the Parks Recreation and sports centre for a fresh and new expedience. Feel the difference when you face your work out challenge every day!!!

Fantastic experience: Great community facility. Lots of time options for swimming lessons, great instructors.

Negative experience: One of the worst pools in Adelaide in my opinion. The live lane tracker is never correct. When it says there’s all lanes open expect only 1-3 to be open. Even if there’s 3 open there’s always kids playing and throwing stuff in one or 2 of the lanes. I check each time going to the pool and attend at a time where it says there are all 8 lanes open only to show up with 3 lanes, kids everywhere jumping and throwing stuff in the lanes with a blow up castle, 6 people in each of the 3 lanes, it’s a nightmare. It’s a waste of time and petrol. I’ve even scanned in a few times get to the pool and walk right out due to the chaos wasting one of my visits. The lifeguards do nothing when kids are throwing stuff in the lanes etc. I have even emailed a few times with the concerns and there have been no changes. If you want to do lane swimming go anywhere else. The change rooms are also always disgusting and so dirty. I usually just wrap myself in my towel and walk straight out avoiding the rooms at all cost.

Fantastic experience: Very good please & service.. Everting good 10/8/24

Negative experience: Not any friendly staff very rude few of them and not good enough for money, I wouldn’t suggest this to anyone. I have cancelled my membership once in the past due not enough equipments in the gym compare to the membership fees, rejoined just coz I don’t want to book a lane for the swimming pool, otherwise it’s a crap.

Fantastic experience: Aqua fitness with Maria is the best! Great for your fitness, have a laugh & meet some good people. We even get together for lunch/ dinner. Couldn't fault this place.. now have a sauna.

Fantastic experience: I love the parks. The staff are helpful and most of the people are really nice.

Fantastic experience: The all-inclusive facility is just the beginning of why I love this centre. There is a real community atmosphere, and the patrons are always friendly, and the staff are always happy to help. I wish all gyms were this welcoming, adaptive and embracing to people from all walks of life the way The Parks does.

Positive experience: Brilliant place. Have a lot of swimming programs from babies up to Adults.Physio/OT areas. Fair pricing. Disability ramp into the pool. Probably the only thing I'd say are the toilet doors are heavy for walking impaired or anyone that uses a walker. BUT there are disabled toilets where you can hit a button to open the door. Just a negative.. pool lifeguards do your job. There are children nearly jumping onto people doing rehabilitation in the pool. This area is allocated and paid for by vet affairs or another hospital. Keep people safe and move other swimmers to areas that are not being used.

Fantastic experience: Loving my regular dose of endorphins at The Parks. Balance and Aqua classes suit me fine and the new gym equipment is very smart.

Negative experience: Poor customer services. Poor swimming lesson rules. Not happy with the service they provide. Don’t understand the member’s situation and don’t do make up lessons when it’s medical emergency

Fantastic experience: As a wheelchair user the pool, automated doors and changerooms are excellent. The staff are friendly and well organised. It's clean and well maintained. My only negative is the urgent need for more accessible car parks.

Fantastic experience: Child minding services a big thumbs up! Great variety of classes, Impact45 is a must try! This gym caters to all- pool, sauna, courts, table tennis! Something for everyone!

Fantastic experience: Great place to exercise

Fantastic experience: Love all the facilities an the employees are all really friendly. Definantly recommend!

Fantastic experience: "The Parks is an amazing venue. It has EVERYTHING you could ask for in a fitness/ recreation venue…..for the individual, family or groups. The cost of membership makes it affordable for all. Excellent opening hours and class options. Love the place

Fantastic experience: Great place to exercise, swim etc. Terrific value for money. Staff always very courteous and helpful. Coffees pretty good too!!

Fantastic experience: Great Gym with so much to offer for all ages Love just being there A great eat to keep fit and meet others with the same goal Marie

Positive experience: Visiting from Sydney, I have found a great place to do my Aqua classes. Pool is just right, instructors are great, especially like Leandro, his energy, humour and caring nature. The only negative is the insanely slippery floor, I feel so unsafe, especially as I am on crutches. Have slipped a number of times, but not fallen yet, is scary.

Fantastic experience: "Variety of equipment and a wide range of fitness classes that most gyms don’t offer"

Fantastic experience: Aqua babies classes have been so great for my little guy, the instructers make it fun not just for the babies but for the parents involved as well.

Fantastic experience: Very prompt and friendly Staff. Up to date equipment in the gym. Pool and cloakrooms clean and warm. Thank you

Fantastic experience: The Parks Recreation is truly a community centre for our community. The facilities are able access, with members of all ages. The facility is not intimidating and there is a great variety of group classes and equipment to go around. We train as a family here as well as taking "Me time" and attend classes or workout sessions on our own.

Fantastic experience: Great place to swim.

Fantastic experience: Great facilities and staff, very comfortable here

Fantastic experience: The Parks has great facilities, good group class choices & swim lessons for the kids. The customer service is prompt And friendly

Fantastic experience: I'm a bit reluctant to write this review because one of the things I love about this pool is that it's never overly crowded. The service is lovely, the facilities (bathrooms) are good, and the pool is clean and tidy.

Fantastic experience: Amazing staff, great vibe. Ash helped my son to develop confidence in water. Tania indeed assisted me with my confidence in water along with my baby for aqua babies and starfish lessons. Being a non swimmer, I was terrified to go in water with my 5 months old baby but thanks to Tania, I spend hours with my baby(9 months now) in water without any hesitation. Big thanks to the team Parks

Fantastic experience: I have been a constant member/swimmer for 10-15yrs and the pool and facilities are always well maintained, clean and hygienic The staff are all helpful, polite and nice My place of tranquility

Fantastic experience: I've experienced helpful and friendly staff. The centre offers a wide range of classes which fit into my lifestyle. I have attended many classes which I enjoyed and was made to feel welcome. Very happy to have a full body scan and have an individual gym equipment circuit programme set for me, with follow ups. I have felt welcomed and am confident there will always be help when I need it.

Fantastic experience: The team is friendly, and the facilities are of a wide variety and in good condition.

Fantastic experience: Awesome facilities great place

Fantastic experience: The staff was so nice, professional and friendly.

Positive experience: Good clean facilities, friendly staff

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, good value for money

Fantastic experience: Excellent place for workout, staffs are super friendly and helpful!

Negative experience: They are not organized at all and wasted our 18 players tonight without a proper reason and weren't really sorry for their mistake.

Fantastic experience: Good facility with gym and swimming pool, and friendly staff.

Fantastic experience: The swimming pool is good, there is also badminton court & ping pong table.

Fantastic experience: "Price matches what you are getting and it’s awesome we can take our daughter swimming free of charge"

Fantastic experience: We go to parks community garden n children's center . Good staff n atmosphere

Negative experience: No proper maintenance. They have Table tennis board but no bats. Pool wasn't that clean.

Fantastic experience: Great climbing wall at the courts. Nice facilities, well planned with plenty of parking.

Fantastic experience: Great swimming centre. Nice & clean, with lovely staff.

Positive experience: Lots on offer, plenty of things for kids to get involved with. Right next to the indoor pool and gym, basket ball courts and skating ring

Positive experience: Great service, making new friends while trying to keep fit.

Fantastic experience: Great facilities, excellent staff , very clean.

Fantastic experience: Great place got my two daughters doing swimming lessons there staff are excellent

Fantastic experience: Great complex very modern and we'll equipped, staff are freindly and informative. Signed up for the gym.

Positive experience: Staff are very friendly and supportive. Lap lanes are small and dirty, I can smell urinate

Positive experience: The Parks is mostly good and I'd say money for value, they often have high cleaning services and many options available for different levels of activity.

Positive experience: Nice 25m pool, the change room facilities leave something to be desired (I probably wouldn't use the showers).

Fantastic experience: Have used the gym and leisure pool twice weekly for about a year now and always found the staff very friendly and the gym and pools are always clean and hygienic when I am there.

Fantastic experience: Because I love the game of soccer, I went there to play with some friends. It's been awhile since I had the privilege to play soccer. It was fun to know that I could still play on a standard pitch that The Parks Recreation has.

Negative experience: Zero star, swim school is unorganised, teachers need lesson on social inclusion for kids, very high turnover of staff, every week new teacher.Even It's been nightmare to cancel classes manager doesn't pick phone or answer emails.

Fantastic experience: Very happy and helpful staff all around. Encouraging experience in gym work and pool activities. Great for seniors

Positive experience: Became a member 9 months ago, they have decent facilities, Susan and Katherine are quality instructors and I like that kids can get in free under 10 with my membership. Sometimes there is overcrowding in summer which isnt great. Ive had a few admin issues which is why it's not 5 stars, also cos there is no spa: Been told at least 5 times that I didn't show up for classes when I did, with warnings of being banned in future if it happens again. This has happened to many other members actually resulting in bans, and trainers have no way to mark off attendees. No discounts for swimming lessons for members is also a negative. Pool edges are rarely mopped, even seen a class instructor ask lifeguard to mop and that instructor ended up mopping the area themselves during a class because the lifeguard didn't know how to mop and couldn't be bothered to assist. Entries / exits to pools are often constantly blocked with lessons Showers are corroded, and often closed to members during and after classes to solely prioritise swimming students only without sufficient prior warning. Ladies from aerobics class were annoyed because they couldn't access their change of clothes etc in lockers as a result. Divers, parties, aqua therapy sessions and swimming lessons constantly taking up the pools without notice given to members making it hard to train or play for leisure in the pool: last week one day there was just one lane open for lap swimming, and at least 10 people wanting to use it. Step and ramp access to pools is often blocked off to members and general public by above mentioned classes and parties I dislike that there is only the 1 drink fountain at the entire facility, and that there's no sauna, spa, toddler pool, walking area in pool, or creche for kids older than 5. Pool opens late and closes early on weekends, today it closed at 4pm on a Sunday in summer, not a public holiday. Witnessed a kids party in the pool and the host was yelling at the kids the entire time, it didn't look fun at all, really small, cramped area. That same lady yelled at my kid for touching the lane rope when it was our first time there and he hadn't done anything wrong, a nicely worded warning would have sufficed. This pool is getting the third star because my son's membership for now is included in my price and it's cheaper and newer than the Adelaide aquatic centre, and because there's multiple things to do in the 1 place.

Positive experience: I am the new member here and I think the staffs and the facilities are good. But I met some rude people in the swimming pool on the weekends 3 lanes closed and there was two slow lanes The lady was angry when I swam slowly there She swam faster than me and kicked me 3 times I came here because my physiotherapist said swimming is good for my leg I came to exercise rather than swim fast That’s why I stayed in slow lane But it’s lucky that she went to the medium lane I understand no one wanna share the lane with others but there was people in all lanes I strongly recommend that the staff can suggest the fast swimmers do not stay in slow lane Children elderly and people who get hurt and people who not do good at swimming use the slow lane So many people on the weekends Recommend to go on the weekdays

Fantastic experience: We use to participate in Aquaplay, now want my son to be more independent. We started swimming lessons..... first lesson didn't go well. He didn't want to get in the Aquaplay pool he wanted to get in the big pool then screamed the whole lesson. Jamie-Lee was great she tried to distract him & talk to him but he wasn't having a bar of it. Customer Service staff were also lovely when we enrolled & when we arrived for our lesson. Hopefully next week is better.

Negative experience: This palce is for nothing but sucking people money. My card was compremised and bank blocked the card. When I called them to waive 15 $ fee they said it is under T&C. It is run by bunch of people with Tax payers subsidy and nothing moves there. There is a director called Erin who is nothing but rude. People Insidew use public tax payers subsidy and enjoy the facilities of office and will not respond to emails. Freedom of Information FOI will be rasied to understand and request Administrative roles of white elephants tasting public money for nothing. Reply for below mesage from parks- Account owner Srividhya I had emailed to Frontline director and spoke on the number . No response for my email and after multiple phone calls I got a rude reply. Shows how people friendly and efficient is the service. Good pointers about whole approach and attitude. These people here will eat money not only from public but also from tax payers doing nothing. Unaccountable money loot.

Fantastic experience: Great facilities. Great gym and the bonus of pool, sauna and court access means I can diversify my training routine. Best bit is no meatheads or typical gym morons - far more family orientated. Highly recommended.

Positive experience: Swimming teachers are very nice and front staff also very good. My kids love it and very awesome place

Positive experience: A nice place to do exercise and participate in fitness activities for almost everyone. The swimming pool is quite small but clean. The gym has many equipments. There are various extracurricular sports programs. Nice customer service, especially the staff at the pool are very helpful.

Fantastic experience: I would be more than happy to refer anyone Parks Recreation and Sports Centre as it made a big difference in my life,, life styles and also made me really fit. Every day is a new experience and it gives you lots of inner joy and happiness after the morning exercises and the gym. The aqua each day in the morning revives you and makes you a new person. I enjoy all my peers and trainers especially my training with Maria De Monte Capelli and my buddies Cecilia, Nadia, Geraldine, Sharon, Hanh, Dong, Mags, Coral etc made a difference in my life. Its worth going to this centre to change your life and styles. Book in today.

Fantastic experience: If you are looking for cultural events, The Parks Recreation is go to place for you!

Positive experience: Time to update the seating. Barely enough room to squeeze into old and worn out seats

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff and trainers. Good facilities

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, equipment is looked after and areas are always clean

Fantastic experience: Excellent theatre no matter where you sit you get a great view of the actors.

Positive experience: Attended the swimming pool to do laps. 25m pool, adjacent is a small pool for general public use. There is other options if u wanna get fit, gym, pump class, water aerobics, etc.

Positive experience: I enjoyed the class. Parking is a long way from the enterence especially at night and I was by myself so felt uneasy going back to my car

Fantastic experience: Excellent equipment with outstanding support from staff - very knowledgeable but understanding of physical limitations for older participants.

Positive experience: Lovely staff, facilities are great but the automatic doors for the changerooms take a really, really long time to close.

Negative experience: I joined this gym two years ago and it's very small in size. Exercise machines are less and some time have to wait for turn. I enrolled my son for swimming training. Training is very poor and staff is very discriminate. It's very shameful that they doing discrimination with small kids.

Positive experience: Ok customer service but whenever I come to the parks there is always skating or other activities on in the basketball arena you only rarely get to play basketball. only if you play for there basketball club. gym is good

Fantastic experience: I have been going to the Parks YMCA gym for years, even prior to the centre being revamped and reopening. The gym has only improved over the years, always accommodating the members needs. The facilities are great with many areas for training and a variety of classes you can attend, the 24/7 access is also a bonus.

Positive experience: They keep up with the hygiene in the gym and change rooms are always clean. The swimming pool is decent size. Would be great if they had the sauna facilities.

Fantastic experience: It is a family friendly facility where you can get all done at one place - gym, yoga class, indoor pool, school holiday programs with variety of activities and sports. The gym is clean and well maintained with wide range of equipment. Staff are so friendly and helpful. I joined the all- access membership which is with so much value. Opening hours are convenient for me to visit on the weekend. Fantastic facility which I have recommended to my friends already.

Fantastic experience: Very good user friendly facilities

Fantastic experience: I take my grandchildren swimming twice a week and have always found everything really well organised. The Parks has excellent facilities, the pool is in excellent condition and always clean. There are different options for getting changed and the teachers are fantastic. We get regular feedback and information about the programs. The reception staff are always friendly, helpful and eager to help. I cannot praise the Parks enough!! I have recently joined the centre as a member and have found it a great experience. The facilities are first class, the eqipment is varied, well maintained and in excellent condition. I use the gym during the early hours of the morning and only interact with a few dedicated members but they are all friendly and welcoming.I have had a fitness consultation where a programme was developed. I found the meeting informative and really positive. November 21st 2023

Fantastic experience: The theatres are great fridays they have shows great performers recommend.this place

Fantastic experience: Great staff and lovely center