Gyms & Fitness · David Lloyd · Sidcup, Kent · Updated October 2026

David Lloyd Sidcup (2026): Membership Cost, Outdoor Pool, Spa, Tennis Dome and Padel

David Lloyd Sidcup is the group’s club on Baugh Road, off Rectory Lane on the eastern edge of Sidcup in Kent, serving Bexley, Bromley, Dartford and south-east London. It has a heated indoor pool and a heated outdoor pool open all year, a poolside spa with sauna, steam room and whirlpool, three tennis courts that go under a dome for winter, three padel courts, Blaze, a reformer Pilates studio, a crèche, a Clubroom and free parking. This guide covers how membership pricing works, every facility, opening times and passes, kids and the crèche, and the thing active members often forget to sort: fast treatment if they get injured.

Pools

Heated indoor + outdoor, all year

Racquets

3 tennis (dome in winter), 3 padel

Spa

Sauna, steam room, whirlpool

Parking

Free

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Facilities at David Lloyd Sidcup

Facilities are as listed by David Lloyd in October 2026. Some areas, such as the spa, racquets and Blaze, depend on your membership tier; the crèche, lessons, coaching and personal training are paid for separately. David Lloyd does not publish the pool sizes for Sidcup, and does not list squash, badminton, soft play, a nursery, a salon or a physiotherapy clinic at the club.

The Spa, Indoor Pool and Outdoor Pool

Swimming is year-round: a heated indoor pool for lanes, lessons and family swims and a heated outdoor pool that David Lloyd keeps open through the winter, which is the club’s biggest draw for people choosing between Sidcup and a council leisure centre. The poolside spa has a sauna, a bespoke steam room and a whirlpool, with a plunge pool and hydro pool visible in David Lloyd’s own pictures of the club; the “jacuzzi or sauna” question gets a yes to both. Spa access is part of the Platinum membership rather than the entry tiers, and David Lloyd does not publish a treatment menu or list a beauty salon for Sidcup online, so ask on a tour.

Tennis Dome, Padel and Pickleball

Sidcup’s racquets set-up is unusual: three outdoor tennis courts that are covered by a tennis dome in the winter months, so the same courts give outdoor tennis in summer and indoor tennis from autumn to spring. Alongside them are three outdoor padel courts and pickleball sessions. Coaching is by LTA-qualified and accredited coaches: Tennis Stars for 3 to 11-year-olds, weekly teen coaching for 11 to 18s mixing drills and match play, junior club and cardio tennis sessions and competitions, adult fast-track lessons, one-to-one and group coaching, box leagues, ladders, tournaments, LTA events and team tennis, club championships, and weekly social tennis and padel match play. Courts and sessions are booked in the David Lloyd Clubs app, which is also the member login for the timetable. Racquets are included on the Platinum tier only; squash and badminton are not listed for this club.

David Lloyd Sidcup Membership Costs

David Lloyd does not publish club-by-club prices online, which is why “how much is David Lloyd Sidcup” never gets a straight answer from the club’s website. What you pay depends on:

• Membership tier: Club (off-peak, gym and pool), Club Plus (anytime, no racquets, spa or Blaze) or Platinum (everything, including the spa, racquets, Blaze and selected other clubs). When people ask about off-peak times, this is the Club tier.
• Individual, joint or family membership, with family membership covering children and giving access to the Kids Club, the crèche and children’s lessons at extra cost.
• Contract: 12-month standard or 3-month flexible, which the club was promoting in October 2026.
• Joining fees and promotions, which vary through the year.
• Extras, such as the crèche, swimming lessons, tennis and padel coaching, spa treatments and personal training, which cost more.

The way to get an exact price is to book a tour, which is also the best time to ask about joining-fee offers. Compare with our David Lloyd membership cost guide, which collects the monthly ranges members report by tier, with David Lloyd Beckenham, David Lloyd Purley and David Lloyd Raynes Park, and with Virgin Active Bromley, the nearest club on insurer gym-discount lists.

Day Passes, 14-Day Trials and Registering Interest

David Lloyd clubs do not usually sell walk-in day passes. The usual ways to try the club before joining are a guest visit with a member (Platinum memberships include a monthly guest pass), a trial or promotional pass when the club is running one, which is what searches for a 14-day trial usually turn up, or a free tour, which is also how you register interest and get a written price. Ask the club directly, as offers change.

Opening Times, Classes and Swimming Timetable

Directory listings give the club’s hours as 6am to 10pm on weekdays and 7am to 9pm at weekends, but David Lloyd’s own club page does not show hours, and they change for school holidays, Christmas, New Year, Easter and bank holidays. The current hours, the class timetable, pool times and busy periods are in the David Lloyd app and on the club’s page, so check there before travelling, particularly for lane swimming, Blaze, reformer Pilates and indoor cycling, which book up, and for pregnancy yoga if it is on the timetable. The Clubroom menu is also in the app and changes seasonally.

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Kids, Crèche, Clubroom and Business Hub

The club is run as a family club. There is a crèche for younger children, DL Kids classes, a Kids Club covering sports and arts and crafts, children’s swimming lessons and junior tennis from age three, all at extra cost; David Lloyd does not list a day nursery, soft play, a summer club or children’s parties for Sidcup on its pages, so ask the club. The Clubroom serves coffee and restaurant-quality meals, with ordering through the app, and the Business Hub is set up for working from the club. Jobs and vacancies are advertised on David Lloyd’s careers site rather than through reception, and member reviews and photos of the pools, courts and Clubroom are on Google and the club’s own page.

Active Members: What Happens If You Get Injured?

People who play tennis and padel, swim and train regularly are also the people most likely to need physiotherapy, a scan or a specialist at some point: an elbow from serving, a twisted knee on the padel court, a shoulder that will not lift, or a back that stops cooperating. On the NHS, that often means waiting:

• Trauma and orthopaedics, which covers knee, shoulder and sports injuries, has England’s biggest waiting list: 829,590 open pathways in June 2026, with only 60.9% seen within 18 weeks, according to NHS England. See NHS waiting times for operations and NHS waits for rotator cuff surgery.
• Knee problems such as meniscus and ligament tears usually mean physiotherapy, an MRI and a consultant before any surgery. See private knee MRI, meniscus surgery and ACL reconstruction; for racquet injuries, tennis elbow and rotator cuff repair.

Private health insurance can cover physiotherapy, scans, specialist appointments and surgery for new injuries and conditions after you join, usually within days or weeks. Injuries or conditions you already have are usually excluded. See does health insurance cover sports injuries?, does health insurance cover physio?, private physiotherapy, private physiotherapy in London, physiotherapy costs and pre-existing conditions. The club does not list a physiotherapy clinic on site; locally, the Sloane Hospital in Beckenham, the Blackheath Hospital and Spire St Anthonys Hospital can usually see you within days, and private MRI in London and private ultrasound in London cover scans.

Gym Discounts and Health Insurance

David Lloyd does not sell health insurance itself, and it is not a Vitality partner gym: it left Vitality’s list on 1 January 2022, and Vitality’s discounted clubs are now Virgin Active, Nuffield Health and PureGym, which locally means Virgin Active Bromley. Aviva’s gym discount scheme, up to 25% for eligible policyholders, has included David Lloyd, and which clubs are included changes, so check with the insurer before joining. Our gym and health insurance rewards guide, health insurance with gym membership and Vitality gym discount guide explain what is currently on offer.

Other Clubs and Private Care Near Sidcup

• Nearby clubs: David Lloyd Beckenham, David Lloyd Chigwell across the river, David Lloyd Purley and David Lloyd Raynes Park; for the Vitality-partner alternatives, Virgin Active Bromley and Virgin Active Croydon.
• Private hospitals and clinics: private hospitals in Kent, private hospitals in Dartford, the Sloane Hospital, Beckenham, the Blackheath Hospital, private hospitals in London, London Bridge Hospital and the best private GPs in London.
• Scans and tests: private MRI, CT, ultrasound and blood tests in London.

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