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St Luke's Sports Centre

Location:  St Luke's Campus, EX1 2LU, (Location 7 on our map)

| Tel: 01392 724940 | Email: stlukessportscentre@exeter.ac.uk

St Luke's Fitness Suite

Based in the heart of St Luke's Sports Centre, St Luke's Fitness Suite provides a friendly and outgoing gym environment allowing you to train your specific fitness needs/goals. The 30-station gym has benefitted from an investment of £50,000 to deliver some of the very best Life Fitness cardio, resistance weights and free weights equipment.  

Whatever your fitness goal, our qualified on-site level 2/3 fitness instructors within the operations team will be happy to provide inductions and advice specifically tailored towards your needs where possible.  

We, do not offer personal training sessions at St Lukes; however, we do in our other gym, the Russel Seal Fitness Centre (based at Streatham Sports Park). For more information on this, please contact stlukessportscentre@exeter.ac.uk or speak to the team on hand at reception! 

Please note our fitness suite capacitates 30 people and entry is determined on a 1 in 1 out basis, no spaces can be reserved beforehand.  

The Equipment in the fitness suite includes: 

  • Exercise bikes 
  • Watt bikes 
  • Cross-trainers 
  • Concept 2 rowers 
  • ARC Trainers 
  • Treadmills 
  • A Powermill 
  • Power racks 
  • Lifting platforms
  • Synergy 90 
  • Single adjustable pulley 
  • Bench press 
  • Benches 
  • A range of weight machines 
  • A range of free weights 
  • A Stretching and core work area 

Our qualified on-site instructors can help you achieve your fitness goal!  

Or alternatively, please speak to a member of our team via the phone number below or at the reception desk!  

Opening Hours

The opening hours for the fitness suite are as follows:  

Mon-Fri 06:30am-22:00pm 

Weekends 08:30am-18:00pm. 

Please be aware these opening hours may change out of term time. 

Address: St Luke's Campus, EX1 2LU 

Phone Number: 01392 724940 

Sports Halls & Dance Studio

St Luke’s Sports Centre has two large multi-purpose sports halls that are frequently used for Athletic Union club training, coach education courses and recreational bookings. 

Individual courts, pitches or the whole hall can be booked for recreational use by members and non-members. We also offer block bookings to those wishing to hire facilities on a regular basis or for a larger group, please contact stlukessportscentre@exeter.ac.uk for more information on this.  

The lower sports hall at St Luke’s features a high-performance floor and offers the following to members and non-members: 

  • Three badminton courts  
  • One volleyball court 
  • One five-a-side football pitch 
  • 1 basketball court or 2 basketball half courts 

The Upper Hall at St Lukes offers the following to members and non-members: 

  • 1 badminton court  
  • 1 basketball half court  
  • 2 x punching bags  
  • Table Tennis
See our 2022/23 Activity Price List.

To book any of the above activities, please click here to book online, call reception on the number below or speak to our team on hand at the desk!  

Both sports halls are also used for fitness classes, events and physical education courses, including our dance studio which can be booked out for non-members and members. For any more information on this please contact stlukessportscentre@exeter.ac.uk.   

Opening Hours

The opening hours for the sports halls are as follows, however, please note it is subject to availability 

Mon-Fri 06:30am-22:00pm 

Weekends 08:30am-18:00pm. 

Please be aware these opening hours may change out of term time. 

Address: St Luke's Campus, EX1 2LU 

Phone Number: 01392 724940 

St Luke's indoor pool

Our 22.8-meter indoor swimming pool at St Luke’s Sports Centre is heated to a constant 29°c, is three lanes wide and 2.5 meters deep at the deep end.  

Throughout the week, the pool is available for lane swimming, casual swim and family swimming and is available on a first come first serve basis with a capacity for 18 swimmers in each session. Please note you cannot pre-book/reserve a space for any of the swimming sessions. 

Lane swim: There are three lanes consisting of a slow, medium and a fast lane allowing swimmers to choose a lane depending on their ability/goal. In the fast lane, fins and flippers can be used, but snorkels are not permitted in the pool.  

Casual swim: 1 lane is put in place for swimmers wanting to lane swim, whilst the rest of the pool is left as an open space for relaxed swimming.  

Family swim: The pool is an open space with no lanes, allowing families and small children to enjoy the pool area and have fun! Small inflatables, floats, woggles and toys are allowed to be used in this session.  

For private bookings and special events at the pool, starting blocks and swimming floats are available. Please contact stlukessportscentre@exeter.ac.uk to enquire about hiring and for any more information on this.  

Swim School

The pool is also home to our acclaimed Learn to Swim programme, which helps over 700 children and a cohort of adults learn to swim every week. The swim school takes place throughout the week and follows the Amateur Swimming Association’s (ASA) guidelines and caters for children aged three years and over. For more information on our swim school at St Lukes, please email swimminglessons@exeter.ac.uk 

Opening times

The centre is Open 7 days a week as follows: 

Mon-Fri 06:30am-22:00pm.  

Weekends 08:30am-18:00pm 

Please see the full pool timetable for the most up-to-date information on when the available customer swim sessions take place throughout the week within our opening hours. 

Please be aware these opening hours may change out of term time. 

Phone Number: 01392 724940 

Looking for a summer camp that will keep your kids active and entertained? Look no further! Sporty Stars is bringing their award-winning multi-activity holiday camp to the University of Exeter, St Luke's Campus this Summer!

From Bubble Football and Archery Tag to Inflatables and Nerf Wars, we have a wide range of exciting indoor and outdoor activities planned for your children. They'll also get to enjoy Glow Sports, Foot Darts, Parachute Games, and traditional sports! 

Book Now to secure a spot at the University of Exeter, St Luke's Campus