Leisure, Fitness & Sports Units For Rent

Take your leisure and sports business to the next level with a warehouse space at BizSpace. Our larger industrial units offer the size and height required for high-impact fitness and sports ventures. Whether you are launching a training gym, a martial arts dojo, or a sporting facility like a padel court, our spaces provide the blank canvas you need to build a first-class leisure business.

What is a Leisure, Fitness & Sports Unit?

A commercial gym space in an industrial setting offers the square footage and structural strength that high-street locations can’t match. These units offer expansive open floor plans and high ceilings, ideal for boxing gym space, indoor sports courts, and functional training spaces. From warehouse space for a karate school to a multi-court Padel hub, our warehouses are built to handle the noise, movement, and heavy equipment of a high-energy sports business.

Meeting the needs of sports and fitness businesses

Scaling a sports business requires a rugged, flexible environment. Here is how our units support your vision:

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High internal clearance

Our warehouses offer the vertical space needed for overhead activities, whether you’re installing Padel court structures, basketball hoops, or high-reaching climbing walls and pull-up rigs.

Heavy-duty floor loading

From heavyweight lifting platforms to specialised sports turf and mats, our reinforced concrete floors are designed to withstand the impact of high-intensity sporting operations.

Open-plan layouts

Move away from the restrictions of internal walls. Our units provide vast, unobstructed floor space, allowing you to design the perfect flow for your boxing classes or functional fitness zones.

Industrial-grade ventilation

Managing the environment is key. Our units allow you to install high-spec extraction and climate-control systems to keep your members cool during intense training.

Easy access & parking

Unlike city-centre studios, our industrial sites typically offer better parking for your members and easier level access for delivering bulky equipment such as treadmills, rings, and mats.

A community atmosphere

Joining a BizSpace site places you in a vibrant business hub. The local trade population of a site often becomes the first wave of members for a new sports or fitness business.

*Features and benefits may vary depending on the site.

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Recommended industrial spaces for your business

At BizSpace, we provide the raw space you need to create a bespoke fitness environment. For larger sports ventures, we recommend our warehouses. These units are often suited for Class E(d) (Indoor sport, recreation, or fitness) use. Their industrial nature makes them far more durable and cost-effective than retail units, offering privacy and a stripped-back aesthetic that many modern fitness brands crave.

Why Businesses Choose BizSpace

Fitness and sports founders choose BizSpace because we offer the freedom to modify. We provide the secure, high-quality shell, allowing you to invest your capital where it matters most – in your equipment, your coaching, and your community.

What’s Included?

Unrestricted 24/7 access – use your space day or night as you see fit.

Excellent security – roller-shutter doors, CCTV, & barrier entry where applicable.

Tall clear heights – ideal for safely storing more on large racking.

Vehicle access – drive right up close, with ample space for loading and unloading.

Onsite parking – onsite or nearby street parking.

Phase three electricity – stronger power supply to accommodate higher loads.

Site manager – for onsite business and maintenance support.

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Customer stories

Customer inspires others with fitness journey

Lisa Lecheminant struggled with her weight before becoming a personal trainer and taking a unit at our site

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Performance gym goes from strength to strength

A strength and conditioning gym at our Greencroft Industrial Park in Stanley has proved so popular it has already expanded since opening in January.

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Get going in just three simple steps

View

Find a room that interests you and book a viewing. We’ll show you around our spaces and be on hand to answer any questions you have.

Sign up

We have simple one-page licence agreements for short-term rentals or leases for longer-term rentals. Signing up is quick and easy, and all our terms are transparent.

Move in

You could be set up and ready to go within an hour. Our dedicated centre managers are on hand to support you during and after moving in.

Leisure, Fitness & Sports FAQs

Our units are provided as shells, giving you the flexibility to install your own changing facilities, showers, and toilets (subject to the usual building and water regulations) exactly where you want them.

Because our sites are industrial, they are better suited to high-volume music and the clanking of weights than commercial high-street properties.

Absolutely. One of the main reasons people rent our spaces is the ability to install heavy-duty mats, rings, and bags. You are generally free to fit out the unit to your specific sporting standards.

Indoor fitness and sports typically fall under Class E(d). Many of our industrial units are suitable for this classification. Our on-site teams can help you understand the specific status of our commercial property for gym use.