Bil Sha Boxing Club

What it’s like

Kids' and juniors' boxing classes in a 16ft ring, with drop-in sessions if you don't want to commit to a monthly membership first.

Children from six upwards train here in kids and juniors classes, sorted by age, so your six-year-old isn't paired up with a seventeen-year-old. The thing they'll talk about afterwards is the 16ft professional ring, which is a proper one rather than a roped-off corner of a gym floor. Sparring sessions happen in it. Personal training is on the menu too if one-to-one suits your child better than a group.

Memberships run monthly and split by age: £60 for the 6 to 11 class, £70 for 12 to 17. Grown-ups pay £125 a month for classes only or £150 if you want the gym as well. That's a real outlay if your child is testing whether they like it, and the club gets that, which is why they also sell individual sessions and bundle packages so you can try a class or two before a direct debit starts.

Classes run during the day and into the evening, from 11am most days, with a last class around 8:45pm Monday to Friday. Weekends are mornings only, 9am until 3pm, which suits a Saturday session better than a Sunday lie-in. School pick-up sits comfortably before the evening classes start.

Everything's indoors and step-free, and they say all the facilities and club equipment are fully accessible. Birthday parties and group bookings are both offered, which is worth knowing if you've got a child whose birthday lands in a wet month and a hall full of restless guests.

Facilities

Need to know

Best for

6 to 11s starting out; the juniors class runs to 17

• Memberships are monthly, so a bundle of single sessions is the lower-risk way to start
• Weekend classes finish at 3pm, so the morning slots go first
• Sparring happens in the 16ft ring, which is the bit most kids remember
• Step-free access throughout, and the club equipment is accessible too

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