Drumbrae Leisure Centre

Good facilities for the local area, featuring a pool, gym, fitness classes and indoor halls for rental. They do badminton, basketball, table tennis, soft play etc. Lots on offer.
It’s got a municipal feel to it — don’t expect spa quality or vibe. Still, it’s affordable and important for the local community as there are no other facilities like this nearby unless you get into private gyms, which come with a silly price tag.
There’s a huge amount of parking, along with cycle storage.

Kinda on the small side but has a nice gym and pool. Has a little café where they serve food and drinks. Not too bad for a city facility

I’ve been a member of Edinburgh Leisure for over a year now and this is still the only facilities I’ve chosen to avail myself of. As one of the larger leisure centres in Edinburgh it has everything I’m looking for from a gym. A pool, a gym with ample equipment and a schedule of exercise classes I can fit around my routines.
The centre is just the right distance from my work that I can pop in for a quick 5k on my lunch break and as the gym is never busy at lunch time I always know I’ll get a machine without having to wait. The classes can sometimes be a bit hard to get a place on, especially the more popular ones such as body pump and body attack. The best way to guarantee a place is to book a full 8 days in advance otherwise you’ll have to go on a waiting list for a spot. Edinburgh Leisure have just started to crack down on people not showing up for class bookings. This is both good and bad. It’s good because it means it should (in theory) be easier to book a space for classes. However its bad because at Drumbrae they hardly ever answer the phone, so good luck actually getting through to someone to cancel your booking!
Its a real bug bear of mine to see staff having conversations when there are customers waiting to be served or the phone is ringing. I’m not saying it happens all the time, but this does happen at Drumbrae and it gets right on my wick.
The good thing is that, like me, you can always channel your anger in to running harder and faster during your work out.

Drumbrae Leisure Centre is one of the gyms you can use if you have an Edinburgh Leisure Card. The gym is a not bad size — there are probably about 10 running machines, 10 bikes, about 5 cross trainers and a selection of weight machines. It can be difficult getting a machine at busy times (i.e between 6−8pm weekdays).
The classes are really good, Body Balance, Body Combat, Body Attack, Body Jam — the great thing is that it is the same classes in all of the gyms under Edinburgh Leisure so if you go to a different gym then you still know what is going on in the classes. The instructors are all really good and keep you motivated during classes. I would get to a class in plenty time as there is often one 1 person on reception and the queue can be quite long.
They also have a swimming pool, badminton court — but I have not used those facilities.
The changing rooms are ok, but I personally would not shower in them.