Information about Bishopdale Recreation Centre

13A Bishopdale Ct
8053, Christchurch
+6433598320

Opening hours

  • sunday: 7h-19h
  • monday: 6h-21:30
  • tuesday: 6h-21:30
  • wednesday: 6h-21:30
  • thursday: 6h-21:30
  • friday: 6h-21:30
  • saturday: 7h-19h
A place for recreation, activity, and learning. The Bishopdale Recreation Centre is part of The Kind Foundation and home to our sports and events stadium, Elevate Fitness Bishopdale, and the Pūmanawa Bishopdale Early Learning Centre. A range of activities are delivered from the centre including after school and holiday programmes, basketball training, gym classes, and our Early Childhood offering.

Our comment from FitFit New Zealand about Bishopdale Recreation Centre:

Bishopdale Recreation Centre in Christchurch is a fantastic facility that offers a wide range of activities suitable for all ages and abilities. The centre is well-known for its:

  • Excellent sports facilities: Great venue for basketball, squash, and other team sports.
  • Friendly and helpful staff: Users appreciate the welcoming atmosphere and the presence of caring trainers.
  • Variety of classes: From spin to step classes, there is something for everyone, and instructors like Ruth and Michelle receive high praise.
  • Clean and well-maintained environment: The centre is kept tidy, ensuring a pleasant experience for its visitors.
  • Accessibility: The facility is accessible and well-suited for individuals with disabilities.
  • Great parking options: Many users have complimented the ample parking available near the facility.
  • Café and social atmosphere: A popular coffee shop adds to the community feel, with many enjoying the excellent coffee.

While most feedback is positive, some users noted that the air conditioning in the main gyms could be improved, and that the gym can feel a bit busy at peak times. However, the overall sentiment is that Bishopdale Recreation Centre is a recommended destination for fitness and leisure activities.

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Bishopdale Recreation Centre: Reviews

4.6/5 (123 Reviews)
Jaybee Published on Google 3 months ago

Fantastic experience: Love the place. Well maintained and the staff are friendly. Enjoyed playing basketball in their courts

mike dew Published on Google 8 months ago

Fantastic experience: We go to the sit and be fit classes.

Bishopdale Recreation Centre
Bishopdale Recreation Centre

Thank you for the 5-star review Mike. We are always happy to hear our classes are being attended and enjoyed by our great community.

Stewart Pittaway Published on Google 9 months ago

Fantastic experience: Top service.. great pharmacy..

Alan Diepraam Published on Google 10 months ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent gym, fairly new. Basketball, indoor football and so on. Friendly staff too.

max timo Published on Google 10 months ago

Positive experience: My son was refereeing in the Inclusion Basketball Tournament that was held there from 21st and 22nd of June. The Recreation center was amazing. Hire this facility it's great. Well done Bishopdale.

Amy V Published on Google 11 months ago

Fantastic experience: Good venue for basketball. I enjoy going to basketball there.

Andrusha Published on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: awesome place

Beverly Davison Published on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Attended the basketball gym, great facility. Was pleasantly surprised at the parking available.

Zhong Wang Published on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: 大部分基督城的小学篮球比赛都在这里,大量停车位,实施完备。

Hiral Pinkesh PATEL Published on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Good

Chris Swain Published on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Absolutely fantastic. Lots of fun and great if you have someone with a disability

Debbie Hawkins Published on Google 1 year ago

Positive experience: Good venue for basketball. Parking a little tricky but central location.

Barbara Savage Published on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: I go for exercising to music on Monday and Ruth takes the class ,she is friendly and caring and very popular

David Pigou Published on Google 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: I visited here to attend the Rotary annual bookarama. Excellent event. Heaps of books and very well organised. Well done Rotary.

Tamatea Arikinui Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: good parking

Gordon Nairn Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for physio treatment.

Nic Pethig Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Best little gym in chch

Marllon Eufrásio Braga Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Perfect place for holiday program. My daughter just loves it.

T K Published on Google 2 years ago

Positive experience: Great place great coffee

Rochelle Hodgson Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: This place is great for children's ⛹

Clare Bray Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great venue, very helpful and friendly staff.

Colin Abbott Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great

Diane Brenchley Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Work out time

life of the Aikmans Published on Google 2 years ago

Positive experience: Fun step class

Prateek’s Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Clean court and staff was friendly as well

John Barr Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good as usual, great facility

Gavin Bell Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good squash courts & facilities.

sean brookes Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff great facility

matauboy Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Visited for the antique show. Made a great contact for my research

Janet Slack Published on Google 2 years ago

Positive experience: Class I go to is helpful & Michelle is excellent

Jeff Hunter Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Always a friendly smiling face at reception. Lifefit Spin is good fun and great work out.

Hare LeLievre Published on Google 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Encouraging, friendly, helpful, caring staff I have made a lot of friends since I joined Tha facilities are exactly what I needed for my age and abilities... excellent cafe

Michael Peach Published on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good place to play sports and all that

Robert Pinto Published on Google 3 years ago

Positive experience: Great facilities

Sebastian Bach Published on Google 3 years ago

Positive experience: Great venue for basketball in particular!

Tyrone Stock Published on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: it was a Wonderful place to go for a day

Michael Burke Published on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: best venue for monday night basketball

Greg Rindel Published on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Well priced, friendly fitness center with gym, group classes, spin, squash courts and loads more.

Jan Barber Published on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for exercise for those of all ages.

Mark Published on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great facilities, lots of parking and nice cafe

Cat Management Ltd Turkington Published on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Best organized fitness centre in Christchurch.Activities for all ages sizes etc.

Lyssie Patterson Published on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: I've always had a good experience here, place is clean and the staff are friendly and helpful

Ashleigh Kortegast Published on Google 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: great school holiday programs opportunity for kids learning. also gyms for all ages

jason anderson Published on Google 4 years ago

Positive experience: Like it

Spanish Gladiator Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good

Tony J Clark Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great facilities

Charlotte Mc Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice wee gym

Barney Haami Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent venue n food

Blair Russell Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great facilty highly recommend

Alan and Les Dickson Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Always welcoming and helpful.

Mau Te Rangimarie Clark Published on Google 4 years ago

Positive experience: Air con in main gyms needed

Chasing My World Traveller Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great small halls to hire for small events

Greg Crosson Published on Google 4 years ago

Positive experience: Scoreboard doesn't work for Monday social, sort it out

Kate Fox Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great facilities and well maintained

Colin Massey Published on Google 4 years ago

Positive experience: Not too busy but starting to fill up.

jillian hooper Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to work out.friendly environment.great instructors.

Keith Sanders Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Grandson playing basketball and they won. A sign on door said no food in gymnasium. Disappointing to see some people disregarding the sign.

James Published on Google 4 years ago

Positive experience: Great gym. Ronin is an excellent pt for programs suited to individual

Pierre Ghobrial Published on Google 4 years ago

Positive experience: The YMCA is a good place to play sports (basketball, Football etc). But the gym is kind of overpriced especially because it is small with old equipment that tends to break on a regular. City Fitness Burnside is a much better gym alternative.

Katy Roche Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: I did the step/pump class, loved every minute of it. Great instructor, very mindful of a new person to the class

Syakirin Ghazali Published on Google 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Did our bersatu training for futsal here

sheryl smith Published on Google 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place.

Kiwi T G Published on Google 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good facility

Dwayne McCormick Published on Google 5 years ago

Positive experience: Great facility, friendly staff.

M#J Lee Published on Google 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Enjoy watching the kids play futusal

Joey Lee Published on Google 5 years ago

Negative experience: Pretty good place

Francis Sullivan Published on Google 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent Gym and Instructors very affordable.

sheryll mccullough Published on Google 5 years ago

Positive experience: Great venue for leisure marching days

Rori furness Published on Google 5 years ago

Positive experience: Good for sports, nice staff and nice and clean.

Ian Lothian Published on Google 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, great classes, very good value

Michelle Cross Published on Google 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Worth a visit Big gym, great variety of classes and friendly staff, recommend!

Zenn Rarere Published on Google 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very spacious gym run by an awesome set of trainers. Super friendly and welcoming making this gym a pleasure to come to daily

Jesse Chase Published on Google 6 years ago

Positive experience: Friendly staff

Fadi Seenawi Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place

Karen Drayton Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Big centre

Slobodan Majkić Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great

Shane Rhodes Published on Google 6 years ago

Negative experience: Bad experience playing basketball

Leslie D. Bush Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Magnificent book sale

Jisoo H Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Grate place and grate staffs

Pete Hopping Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great gym and PTs.

Maureen Dew Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fab staff lovely.

Maringi Parnell Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Awesome recreational place

Michael Hoet Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very good

chris auton Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great day at bookorama

Craig Barr Published on Google 6 years ago

Positive experience: Excellent coffee at Ken's Cafe.

Greg Davidson Published on Google 6 years ago

Positive experience: Very tidy but small carpark

Emma Clark Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Love the YMCA. Best gym staff in Christchurch

Ella Toa Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: A great place to be friendly reception great sports room

Cassandra Woollett Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Rox does an amazing Zumba class Thursday nights at 6:30

Tracy Unger Published on Google 6 years ago

Positive experience: I like that they have a really good physio office.

Lyndon Baty Published on Google 6 years ago

Positive experience: Good equipment, good facilities & fantastic staff

Llemie Smith Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: A friendly place to workout filled with helpful trainers. All the encouragement I need ~

Mike Harrow Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Futsal facilities are great.

Lutfi Zougub Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good facilities and helpful staff. Prices can be more competitive.

Noname Mont4d Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent facilities for people living with an impairment. Staff bend over backwards to assist me. Excellent

Ben Wilkinson Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Doing a free months trial there. My induction went smoothly and the trainer was very friendly and helpful. All the equipment is fairly new and well maintained. Plenty of space too, and not too busy.

sarah sonal Published on Google 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: I really like this gym. It is a community gym, so there is a mix of all ages - very few beef heads! I feel very comfortable as a woman wo likes to use the free weights and squat racks. No staring, very friendly environment. I very rarely have to wait for equipment. Both my fiance and I are members here. Keep up the great work! Ps you get access to this gym and the city one for your membership, I use both as city is close to work and this is close to home. This is the bigger and more spread out of the two, but both are great!

Pinkesh Patel Published on Google 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good place

maurice austin Published on Google 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great exercise facilities

Kev Cumiskey Published on Google 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good venue

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