Published: 12 July 2023
From: Health
Summer’s here and there’s never a better time of the year to enjoy the great outdoors and the extended daylight hours to make use of Crawley’s outdoor gym facilities.
Working out doesn’t just have to mean being confined to an indoor gym. There is a plentiful supply of gym equipment at Tilgate Park and Goffs Park which is freely available for all to use. Find out more on our outdoor gyms page.
The gyms are similar to what you will find in a conventional indoor gym but the equipment has been specially designed for outdoor use. It’s accessible in all weather conditions and suitable for varying fitness levels.
The equipment is low impact and includes a variety of exercises that anyone can do, whether you want a moderate or a vigorous workout. All equipment is designed so that the user is only lifting their own body weight, to allow the person to work within their limits and avoiding the need to make any adjustments to the equipment.
It includes a:
- cross country skier
- exercise bike
- chest press
- double leg press
- parallel bars
- dipping bars
- swingalong
- balance beams
These promote cardiovascular fitness, lower and upper body strength and balance. The equipment features the use of QR codes to allow people to view YouTube videos from the team at PureLifestyles. The videos show how to use the equipment in the correct and safe manner, as well as demonstrating a range of other exercises.
There are many benefits to working out outside. Not only do you have the advantage of fresh air and sunlight, but the equipment is also more accessible and is free to use. Why not take advantage of these facilities – it will make you feel fitter and help contribute to greater wellbeing.
Councillor Chris Mullins
Crawley Borough Council
Cabinet Member for Leisure and Wellbeing
If working out in a gym is not for you, whether indoors or outdoors, or you just want to boost your fitness levels there are plenty of health walks in which to take part. Full details are available on the West Sussex Wellbeing website.
- Mondays: Tilgate Forest Evening Walk (held fortnightly) 45 minute walk. Meet at Tilgate Golf Centre Overflow Car Park, Titmus Drive, at 6pm (summer months only)
- Tuesdays: Goffs Park (held every week) 45 minute walk. Meet at Goffs Park Car Park (by the level crossing), at 10.30am
- Tuesdays: Bewbush (held every week) 60 minute walk. Meet at the Café (inside the Bewbush Centre) at 12:30pm
- Thursdays: Tilgate Park (held every week) 60 minute walk. Meet outside K2 Crawley at 9.30am
- Thursdays: Gossops Green (held every week) 45 to 60 minute walk. Meet outside St Albans church at 10am
- Thursdays: Worth Park Wanders (held every second and fourth Thursday of every month) 60 minutes. Worth Park Visitor Centre, Milton Mount Avenue, at 10.30am
Our healthy walk scheme can be your first step to a healthier lifestyle. All our walks are led by a qualified health walk leader and have been specially devised to provide a friendly, supportive and supervised environment. There is a wide programme of walks to choose from, allowing for different standards of walkers and progress as fitness improves.
Councillor Chris Mullins
Cabinet Member for Leisure and Wellbeing
Crawley Borough Council
For more details visit the Crawley health walk scheme page of the West Sussex Wellbeing website.
The Crawley Wellbeing Team is here to support you with making healthy lifestyle changes to improve your health for the future. It can help with issues such as improving nutrition, getting more active, weight management, stopping smoking and reducing alcohol. It can also deliver the NHS Health Check. There is a team of friendly advisers who offer one-to-one appointments at K2 or in the new mobile health and wellbeing unit.
For more information call 01293 585317 or visit the Crawley wellbeing page.
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