36 guides
Fitness guides for the UK Straight answers, city by city
What a personal trainer costs where you live, how to eat well on the food around you, and where and when to train through the year. Every guide cites its sources and shows when it was last updated.
Personal trainer cost
Local trainer and gym prices, area by area, next to ours.
- London 9 min readHow Much Is a Personal Trainer in London? 2026 Prices, Gym by GymA personal trainer in London costs about £40 a session on average, according to Bark (checked 28 October 2026). Fitness First’s trainers start at £30 and Third Space’s at £85 an hour, plus membership: PureGym Core runs from £24.99 a month in Croydon to £49.99 in Clapham. MakeMyFitness offers live 45-minute online personal training in London from £19, with a certified coach correcting your form on video.Read the guide
- Manchester 9 min readPersonal Trainer Prices in Manchester: What a Session and a Gym Cost in 2026A personal trainer in Manchester costs around £65 for a one-hour session, according to Fresha’s Manchester listings (checked 28 October 2026), and £34–45 a session when you buy a block. Gym membership adds £16.99–28.99 a month at PureGym’s city-centre branches. MakeMyFitness offers live 45-minute online personal training in Manchester from £19 a session, with a certified coach watching and correcting each set on video.Read the guide
- Birmingham 9 min readPersonal Trainer Cost in Birmingham: 2026 Prices from Nuffield to PureGymA personal trainer in Birmingham costs about £25 an hour at Nuffield Health Birmingham Central, where a 4-hour pack is £100 for members (checked 28 October 2026), and from £30 a session at Fitness First. PureGym memberships run from £17.99 to £30.99 a month. MakeMyFitness offers live 45-minute online personal training in Birmingham from £19 a session, with a certified coach correcting your form on video.Read the guide
- Leeds 9 min readPersonal Trainer Cost in Leeds: What The Edge, Nuffield and PureGym Charge in 2026A personal trainer in Leeds costs £29.90 to £41 a session at The Edge, the University of Leeds gym, depending on the pack you buy (checked 28 October 2026). Nuffield’s price list puts a trainer at The Light at £24 to £27, plus membership from £53 a month. MakeMyFitness coaches Leeds clients live on video for £19 a 45-minute session, with a certified coach checking every rep.Read the guide
- Liverpool 10 min readPersonal Trainer Prices in Liverpool for 2026: What Merseyside Gyms ChargeA personal trainer in Liverpool costs around £24 to £30 an hour where a price is published: the University of Liverpool’s sports centre charges £30 for one hour or £122 for five (checked 28 October 2026). Gym fees start at £14.99 a month at PureGym Liverpool Central. MakeMyFitness coaches Liverpool clients live on video for £19 per 45-minute session, a certified coach watching and fixing each rep.Read the guide
- Bristol 9 min readWhat Does a Personal Trainer Cost in Bristol? 2026 Prices from Clifton to EastvilleA personal trainer in Bristol costs about £36.75 an hour at University of Bristol Sport, the clearest published price we found on 28 October 2026. Add a gym: PureGym Core is £25.99 a month in the centre, Nuffield Health in Clifton £104. MakeMyFitness offers live 45-minute online personal training in Bristol from £19 a session, with a certified coach correcting your form on video.Read the guide
- Sheffield 9 min readPersonal Trainer Cost in Sheffield: 2026 Gym and PT Prices ComparedSheffield’s gyms don’t publish trainer rates, and the UK going rate is £30 to £60 or more a session (Edge, 2026). Membership ran from £18.99 a month for PureGym Off-Peak at Meadowhall to £60 at Nuffield Health on 28 October 2026. MakeMyFitness offers live 45-minute online personal training in Sheffield from £19 a session, with a certified coach correcting your form on video.Read the guide
- Nottingham 9 min readPersonal Trainer Prices in Nottingham, 2026: Trainers, PureGym Branches and NuffieldA personal trainer in Nottingham costs £35 to £50 an hour, going by prices local trainers list on Fresha (checked 28 October 2026). Nuffield Health in Mapperley sells 4 hours for £100, to members paying £75 to £88 a month. PureGym Core runs £24.99 to £29.99. MakeMyFitness charges Nottingham clients £19 for a 45-minute online personal training session, coached live on video by a certified trainer.Read the guide
- Leicester 9 min readWhat Does a Personal Trainer Cost in Leicester? 2026 Rates and Gym FeesA personal trainer in Leicester usually costs £30 to £65 a session, the range PureGym gives for trainers outside London (checked 28 October 2026). Gym fees run from £17.99 a month at The Gym Group Highcross to £76 at Nuffield Health. MakeMyFitness offers live 45-minute online personal training in Leicester from £19 a session, with a certified coach correcting your form on video.Read the guide
- Edinburgh 10 min readPersonal Trainer Prices in Edinburgh, 2026: Studios, Gyms and MembershipsA personal trainer in Edinburgh typically costs £45–£65 a session, according to Scottish trainer Bruce Millar’s 2025 price guide, and one Leith trainer publishes £50 an hour. Gym fees come on top: PureGym Core ran from £25.99 a month in Gorgie to £31.99 at Quartermile on 28 October 2026. MakeMyFitness coaches Edinburgh clients live over video for £19 per 45-minute session, a qualified coach watching and fixing every set.Read the guide
- Glasgow 10 min readPersonal Trainer Prices in Glasgow (2026): Council, University and Chain Gyms ComparedA personal trainer in Glasgow costs £43 an hour at a council-run Glasgow Club gym and £40 for 45 minutes at Strathclyde Sport for non-members (both checked 28 October 2026). Gym membership runs from £15.99 a month at The Gym Group to £79 at Nuffield Health. MakeMyFitness offers live 45-minute online personal training in Glasgow from £19, with a certified coach correcting your form on video.Read the guide
- Cardiff 10 min readPersonal Trainer Prices in Cardiff (2026): Independents, PureGym and the ClubsA personal trainer in Cardiff costs around £45 a session on average, according to Fresha (checked 28 October 2026), with one-hour sessions listed there at £40 and £45. PureGym says trainers outside London charge £30 to £65, and its four Cardiff gyms start at £19.99 a month. MakeMyFitness runs live 45-minute online personal training for Cardiff from £19, with a certified coach checking your form on video.Read the guide
Healthy eating
Calories and protein in the city's favourite food, and how to order.
- London 11 min readHealthy Eating in London: Calories and Protein in the City’s Favourite FoodA London fish supper with mushy peas is about 1,364 kcal and 61 g of protein, a doner in pitta about 868 kcal and a tikka masala with rice and naan about 1,236 kcal, on UK government CoFID figures and typical portions. MakeMyFitness offers live 45-minute online personal training in London from £19, with a certified coach correcting your form on video.Read the guide
- Manchester 10 min readHealthy Eating in Manchester: Curry Mile, Chinatown and Hotpot, With the NumbersYou can lose fat or build muscle without giving up the Curry Mile. By UK government CoFID figures, a 350 g chicken tikka masala has about 546 kcal and 43 g of protein; a naan adds 456 kcal, a chapati 111. Shish in pitta saves 346 kcal on a doner. MakeMyFitness offers live online personal training in Manchester from £19 a session, with a certified coach on video.Read the guide
- Birmingham 10 min readHealthy Eating in Birmingham: Calories in a Balti, a Soho Road Thali and a Chippy TeaA 400 g chicken balti has about 420 kcal and 42 g of protein on UK government CoFID figures; the whole naan beside it adds another 456 kcal. In Birmingham the protein is usually in the curry and the calories in the bread, oil and sides. MakeMyFitness offers live 45-minute online personal training in Birmingham from £19 a session, with food advice that works around balti nights.Read the guide
- Leeds 10 min readHealthy Eating in Leeds: Calories in the Chippy Tea, the Curry and the Sunday DinnerLeeds food can fit a fat-loss or muscle-gain plan if you order by protein. A chip-shop supper of 200 g battered haddock, 300 g chips and mushy peas is about 1,230 kcal; grilled haddock with half the chips is about 640 kcal, with more protein. MakeMyFitness coaches Leeds clients on live video from £19 a 45-minute session and helps you plan meals round the city’s own food.Read the guide
- Liverpool 9 min readHealthy Eating in Liverpool: Calories in Scouse, the Chippy and a Chinatown TakeawayA 400 g bowl of scouse is about 430 to 480 kcal with 30 g of protein, using UK CoFID figures for its nearest match, Irish stew. A chippy tea of cod, chips and mushy peas is about 1,240 kcal; halving the chips takes it to about 920. MakeMyFitness offers live online personal training in Liverpool from £19 a session, and your coach builds these meals into your plan.Read the guide
- Bristol 10 min readHealthy Eating in Bristol: Pies, Cider, Rice and Peas and the Sunday Roast, by the NumbersBristol eats pies, cider, rice and peas and Sunday roasts, and you can lose fat or build muscle on all of them. UK food tables put a retail beef pie at 292 kcal per 100 g and dry cider at about 204 kcal a pint. MakeMyFitness offers live 45-minute online personal training in Bristol from £19 a session, with a coach who plans round Bristol food.Read the guide
- Sheffield 11 min readHealthy Eating in Sheffield: Hendo’s, the Chippy and London Road, by the NumbersSheffield food can fit a fat-loss or muscle-gain plan. Henderson’s Relish has 44 kcal per 100 ml, so a splash adds about 7 kcal. A 200 g battered haddock is about 464 kcal with 34 g of protein (UK CoFID); the chips are where the calories pile up. MakeMyFitness offers live 45-minute online coaching in Sheffield from £19 a session, with a certified coach correcting your form on video.Read the guide
- Nottingham 9 min readHealthy Eating in Nottingham: Calories in Mushy Peas, Stilton, Cobs and a Radford Road BaltiOn UK government CoFID figures, Goose Fair mushy peas with mint sauce are about 177 kcal, a bacon cob 321 kcal, and a chicken balti with naan 876 kcal and 55 g of protein; with two chapatis instead, 582 kcal. MakeMyFitness offers live 45-minute online personal training in Nottingham from £19, with a certified coach correcting your form on video.Read the guide
- Leicester 10 min readHealthy Eating in Leicester: Calories in Golden Mile Food, Gujarati Dishes and WalkersLeicester eats Gujarati and Punjabi home cooking, Golden Mile snacks, Walkers crisps and Red Leicester. UK CoFID data puts a Gujarati chickpea curry at 183 kcal per 100 g, a retail vegetable samosa at 217 and chevda at 487. MakeMyFitness offers live 45-minute online coaching in Leicester from £19 a session, and your coach plans meals round the food you already eat.Read the guide
- Edinburgh 10 min readHealthy Eating in Edinburgh: Haggis, Fish Suppers and Porridge, by the NumbersEdinburgh’s signature plates are heavier than they look: by the UK’s CoFID tables, a 150 g serving of haggis with neeps and mash is about 708 kcal and 21 g protein, and a battered haddock supper with chips about 1,106 kcal. Grilled haddock, porridge and Scotch broth are the lean local swaps. MakeMyFitness pairs that food with live online coaching in Edinburgh from £19 a session.Read the guide
- Glasgow 9 min readHealthy Eating in Glasgow: Calories in Square Sausage, Scotch Pies, Chippy Suppers and CurryYou can eat Glasgow’s food and still lose fat. A Greggs Scotch pie is 335 kcal with 17 g protein; a square sausage roll is 369 kcal. A chippy fish supper can pass 1,100 kcal, and a curry night with pakora and naan passes 1,500. MakeMyFitness offers live 45-minute online personal training in Glasgow from £19, with a certified coach who also plans meals around food like this.Read the guide
- Cardiff 8 min readHealthy Eating in Cardiff: Welsh Cakes, Cawl, Chippy Lane and the NumbersCardiff’s classic foods range from lean to heavy. Per 100 g, boiled cockles are 53 kcal with 12 g of protein and laverbread 52 kcal, while Welsh cakes are 432 kcal and Welsh rarebit 398, according to the UK’s CoFID tables. Chip-shop chips are 214 kcal per 100 g. MakeMyFitness coaches Cardiff clients live on video from £19 a session, and its coaches help you plan meals around local food.Read the guide
Staying fit
Where to run and train, by season, and how to fit it round work.
- London 10 min readHow to Stay Fit in London: Parks, Weather, Races and a Workable WeekLondoners stay fit in the Royal Parks and on the Heath: Richmond Park’s Tamsin Trail is just over 7 miles, and Bushy parkrun is a 5K every Saturday at 9 AM. The Met Office’s Hampstead station averages 119.6 wet days a year, so plan indoor sessions too. MakeMyFitness offers live 45-minute online personal training in London from £19, between 6 AM and 2:30 PM UK time.Read the guide
- Manchester 8 min readHow to Stay Fit in Manchester: Parks, Old Railways, Rain and the 2027 MarathonStaying fit in Manchester means planning round rain and dark winters. The Met Office’s Woodford station averages 868 mm of rain over 156 wet days a year and 53 hours of December sunshine. Run Heaton Park’s 600 acres or the 8-mile Fallowfield Loop, and train indoors when it pours. MakeMyFitness offers live online personal training in Manchester from £19 a session, 6 AM to 2:30 PM UK time.Read the guide
- Birmingham 9 min readHow to Stay Fit in Birmingham: Reservoir Laps, Sutton Park, Canals and Frosty WintersBirmingham runs on Edgbaston Reservoir’s 2.8 km loop, the parkruns in Cannon Hill Park and Sutton Park, and over 100 miles of navigable canal. Winters are cold, with 41.7 days of air frost a year at the University of Birmingham’s Met Office station. MakeMyFitness offers live 45-minute online personal training in Birmingham from £19 a session, from 6 AM to 2:30 PM UK time.Read the guide
- Leeds 9 min readHow to Stay Fit in Leeds: Runs, Races and Rain, from Roundhay to the ChevinTo stay fit in Leeds, run the 700-acre Roundhay Park, the 7-mile Meanwood Valley Trail or the Leeds and Liverpool Canal towpath, and keep strength work indoors for the 116 to 156 rainy days a year the Met Office records around the city. MakeMyFitness coaches Leeds clients live on video from £19 a 45-minute session, between 6 AM and 2:30 PM, so wet weeks still get trained.Read the guide
- Liverpool 9 min readHow to Stay Fit in Liverpool: Parks, the Waterfront, Weather and RacesTo stay fit in Liverpool, run its Victorian parks and the river path on dry days and train indoors on the 147 days a year with at least 1 mm of rain (Met Office, Crosby, 1991–2020). Sefton Park covers 235 acres and Croxteth Country Park about 500. MakeMyFitness offers live online personal training in Liverpool from £19 a session, from 6 AM to 2:30 PM UK time.Read the guide
- Bristol 8 min readHow to Stay Fit in Bristol: The Downs, the Railway Path, Hills, Rain and a Week That WorksBristolians stay fit on the Downs, 412 acres of open grass above the Avon Gorge, on the 15-mile Bristol and Bath Railway Path and at Ashton Court’s weekly 5 km parkrun. The Met Office’s Filton station averages 136 wet days a year, so plan indoor sessions too. MakeMyFitness offers live 45-minute online personal training in Bristol from £19, between 6 AM and 2:30 PM UK time.Read the guide
- Sheffield 9 min readHow to Stay Fit in Sheffield: Hills, Parks, the Peak and the WeatherSheffield is built for outdoor training: about a third of the city lies in the Peak District, 61% is green space, and the 14-mile Sheffield Round Walk links its western parks. The catch is 831.6 mm of rain a year and steep hills. MakeMyFitness offers live 45-minute online personal training in Sheffield from £21 at home, with a certified coach correcting your form on video.Read the guide
- Nottingham 9 min readHow to Stay Fit in Nottingham: Parks, Lakes, Weather and the Working WeekNottingham stays fit on its parks and water: 5 km parkruns at Colwick Country Park and the Forest Recreation Ground every Saturday at 9 AM, 500 acres of deer park at Wollaton and a 2,000 m regatta lake at Holme Pierrepont. The Met Office counts 126 wet days a year. MakeMyFitness offers live 45-minute online personal training in Nottingham from £19, with a certified coach correcting your form on video.Read the guide
- Leicester 8 min readHow to Stay Fit in Leicester: Riverside Routes, Bradgate Hills and Weather by SeasonLeicester stays fit along its rivers: a 1-mile loop in Victoria Park, a 2.3-mile loop of Abbey Park, the 3.8-mile Great Central Way and a 4.5-mile perimeter of Bradgate Park. Winters bring 42 frosty days and short daylight. MakeMyFitness offers live 45-minute online coaching in Leicester from £19 a session, from 6 AM to 2:30 PM UK time, for the days you can’t get outside.Read the guide
- Edinburgh 10 min readHow to Stay Fit in Edinburgh: Hills, Paths, Weather and the FringeEdinburgh’s training ground is free: Arthur’s Seat climbs to 251 m in Holyrood Park, the Water of Leith Walkway runs 12 miles and the Union Canal towpath stays flat for 31. The catch is light and rain: 49 hours of December sunshine and 728 mm of rain a year. MakeMyFitness adds live online coaching in Edinburgh from £19 a session, from 6 AM to 2:30 PM.Read the guide
- Glasgow 8 min readHow to Stay Fit in Glasgow: Parks, Riverside Routes, Rain and Dark WintersStaying fit in Glasgow means planning round rain and darkness. The Met Office’s Paisley station records 1,263 mm of rain across 174 wet days a year and only 34 hours of sunshine in December. Run Kelvingrove, Queen’s Park and the Clyde Walkway when it’s dry; train indoors when it isn’t. MakeMyFitness offers live 45-minute online personal training in Glasgow from £19, coached on video.Read the guide
- Cardiff 8 min readHow to Stay Fit in Cardiff: Bute Park, the Bay Loop, the Taff Trail and the RainCardiff is built for running: Bute Park’s 130 acres sit beside the castle, Roath Park Lake is a 1.3-mile loop and the Bay circuit through Penarth is 6.5 miles. The catch is rain, 1,203 mm a year on 153 days at the Met Office’s Bute Park station. MakeMyFitness keeps Cardiff training going indoors with live 45-minute online personal training from £19, coached on video.Read the guide
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