Fitness Classes and Yoga in Islington

Find on this page:

• Leisure centres that offer fitness classes
• Sports clubs and community centres that offer fitness classes
• Other organisations that offer fitness classes
• Fitness sessions at home
• The national governing body for group exercise
• Leisure centres that offer yoga
• Community centres that offer yoga
• Other organisations in Islington that offer yoga
• The national governing body for yoga 

The map shows where fitness classes, yoga and all sport and physical activity is on offer in Islington. 

Leisure centres that offer fitness classes:

• Archway Leisure Centre, Macdonald Road, N19 5DD, including for young people
• Cally Pool and Gym, 229 Caledonian Road, N1 0NH, inclucing women-only sessions
• Highbury Leisure Centre, Highbury Crescent, N5 1RR, including women-only sessions
• Islington Tennis Centre, Market Rd, N7 9PL
• Sobell Leisure Centre, Tollington Road, N7 7NY, including women-only sessions

Sports clubs and community centres that offer fitness classes:

• The Active Spaces programme offers free fitness sessions at community centres in Islington, including for women only                                                         
• Access to Sports for young people and for women
• Arsenal in the Community offers fitness sessions. For more information, contact Rhys Ratcliffe; rratcliffe@arsenal.co.uk. Total body workout is one of the sessions; see the leaflet to the right, Total Body Workout 
• Brickworks Community Centre, 42 Crouch Hill, N4 4BY
• CitySport, The Franklin Building, 124 Goswell Rd, EC1V 7DP
• Claremont Project, 24 White Lion St, N1 9PD, for people aged 55+
• Elizabeth House Community Centre, 2 Hurlock St, N5 1ED, offers aerobics, fitness for women and girls, gentle exercise for people aged 50+, and Zumba for women
• GLL, Sobell leisure centre, Tollington Road, N7 7NY, for people aged 60+ 
• Goodinge Community Centre, 2 Goodinge Road, N7 9EW
• Healthy Generations at various venues, including for women with remedial osteoporosis                                            
• Healthy Minds, Healthy Bods, Highbury Fields, N5 1AR 
• Islington Chinese Association, 21 Hatchard Rd, N19 4NG, offers aerobics     
• Mildmay Community Centre, Woodville Road, N16 8NA offers Pilates   
• St John's Gardens, EC1M 5UH offers free fitness and running activities. See the leaflet to the right, St John's Gardens Activities
• St Luke's Community Centre, 90 Central St, EC1V 8AJ
• Sobell Trampoline Club, Beacon school, Hilldrop Rd, N7 0JG
• The Arc Centre, 98b St Paul St, N1 7DF
• The Peel Institute, EC1R 0HU
• Elders exercise at Holloway Neighbourhood Group, 84 Mayton St, N7 6QT, for people aged 55+
• Fitness for people with a learning disability with The Elfrida Society, Islington Tennis Centre and Gym, Market Road, N7 9PL. For more information, see the leaflet to the right, Fresh Start Fitness
• Gentle exercise at Caxton House Community Centre, 129 St John's Way, N19 3RQ
• Zumba at Whittington Park Community Association, Yerbury Rd, N19 4RS 

Other organisations that offer fitness classes:

• 1Rebel, 403 St John Street, EC1V 4AD
• Bodyjunkies, 259 Holloway Road, N7 8HG                                                         
• CrossFit Islington, 6B Tollington Park, N4 3QX
• Energie Fitness, 555 Liverpool Road, N7 8NP                                                         
• F45 Training Islington, 21 St Albans Place, N1 0NX                                         
• Fitness First Highbury, Unit A, East Stand, Avenell Road, London, N5 1FE
• Frame, Angel Shopping Centre, 21 Parkfield Street, N1 0PS
• Gymbox, 201A Old Street, EC1V 9NP    
• Move Be Fit
• Nuffield Health, 27 Essex Road, N1 2SD
• Nuffield Health offers free weekly fitness classes for girls aged 11-16 at St Mary's Church Sports Hall, Upper Street, N1 2TX, St Luke's Centre, 90 Central Street, EC1V 8AJ, and Marys Youth Club, Upper Street, N1 2TX
• Orangetheory Fitness Islington, 240 Upper St, N1 1RU                                   
• PureGym Angel, Upper Street, N1 0UY
• PureGym Farringdon, 122 Clerkenwell Road, EC1R 5DL
• PureGym Finsbury Park, 189-219 Isledon Road, N7 7JR
• PureGym Holloway Road, Collingwood Business Centre, Mercers Road, N19 4PJ
• Samya Studios, The Warehouse, 19A Cobble Lane, N1 1SF
• The Factory Fitness & Dance Centre, 407 Hornsey Road, N19 4DX
• The Gym Group Angel, 265-269 Goswell Road, EC1V 7AH
• The Gym Group Caledonian Road, 7 Sterling Way, N7 9HJ                              
• The MMA Clinic, 29-30 St Albans Place, N1 0NX
• Virgin Active, Virgin Active Islington Angel, 333 Goswell Rd, EC1V 7DG
• Virgin Active, Virgin Active Moorgate, 33 Bunhill Row, EC1Y 8LP
• Pilates and Qigong at North London Buddhist Centre, 72 Holloway Rd, N7 8JG   
• Qigong at Shaolin Temple UK, 207A Junction Road, N19 5QA  
• Swing Fitness offers a weights kit at Highbury Fields, N5 1AR

A fitness session at home offers flexibility, cheapness and privacy:

• The NHS Fitness Studio has a range of videos that are free
• Sport England has a wide range of videos. Most are free; some require payment
• Islington's Active Spaces programme includes free online exercise classes
• Healthy Generations offers online exercise classes

Exercise, Move and Dance is the national governing body for group exercise.

Leisure centres that offer yoga:

• Highbury Leisure Centre, Highbury Crescent, N5 1RR
• Islington Tennis Centre, Market Rd, N7 9PL
• Sobell Leisure Centre, Tollington Road, N7 7NY

Community centres that offer yoga:

• Caxton House Community Centre, 129 St John's Way, N19 3RQ
• The Arc Centre, 98b St Paul St, N1 7DF
• CitySport, The Franklin Building, 124 Goswell Rd, EC1V 7DP
• Elizabeth House Community Centre, 2 Hurlock St, N5 1ED
• Highbury Roundhouse, 71 Ronalds Road, N5 1XB
• African yoga at Brickworks Community Centre, 42 Crouch Hill, N4 4BY
• Chair assisted yoga at Brickworks Community Centre, 42 Crouch Hill, N4 4BY, for people aged 50+
• Chair yoga with Healthy Generations at a number of venues in Islington              
• Chair yoga with Holloway Neighbourhood Group, 84 Mayton St, N7 6QT
• Chair yoga at St Luke's Community Centre, 90 Central St, EC1V 8AJ
• Yoga for people with a learning disability with The Elfrida Society, Islington Tennis Centre and Gym, Market Road, N7 9PL. For more information, see the leaflet to the right, Fresh Start Fitness
• Yoga for children at Brickworks Community Centre, 42 Crouch Hill, N4 4BY
• Yoga at Whittington Park Community Association, Yerbury Rd, N19 4RS 

 Other organisations in Islington that offer yoga:

• Frame, Angel Shopping Centre, 21 Parkfield Street, N1 0PS
• House of Hot Yoga, 122 Pentonville Road, N1 9TT
• Islington Yoga at The Claremont Project, N1 9PD 
• MahaDevi Roberta Sumar Yoga Centre, 12 Eden Grove, N7 8EQ, including for people aged 50+, young people with a disability, and pregnant women
• More Yoga Angel, 21 Essex Road, N1 2SA                                                         
• More Yoga Caledonian Road, 474 Caledonian Road, N7 8TB
• More Yoga Finsbury Park, Unit 1, Clifton House, Clifton Terrace, N4 3JP
• More Yoga Finsbury Park, 202 City Road, EC1V 2PH
• North London Buddhist Centre, 72 Holloway Rd, N7 8JG                           
• Samya Studios, The Warehouse, 19A Cobble Lane, N1 1SF
• The Factory Fitness & Dance Centre, 407 Hornsey Road, N19 4DX
• Virgin Active, Virgin Active Islington Angel, 333 Goswell Rd, EC1V 7DG
• Virgin Active, Virgin Active Moorgate, 33 Bunhill Row, EC1Y 8LP
• The Yoga Quarter, Studio 19, 8 Hornsey Street, N7 8EG
• The Yoga Studio, 2 Burgh Street, N1 8HF 
• Yoga with Issy, 3 Thornhill Crescent, N1 1BL

The British Wheel of Yoga is the national governing body for yoga.

Sport and physical activity has full information about all the sport and physical activity on offer in Islington.

If you have a question about the content on this page, contact John Thorne: john.thorne@islington.gov.uk; 020 7527 7096.