Information about Sir Tom Finney Sports Centre


PR1 2HE, Preston
+44 1772 895400

Opening hours

  • Monday: 7:30 AM – 10:00 PM
  • Tuesday: 7:30 AM – 10:00 PM
  • Wednesday: 7:30 AM – 10:00 PM
  • Thursday: 7:30 AM – 10:00 PM
  • Friday: 7:30 AM – 10:00 PM
  • Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
  • Sunday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Named after a Preston and England footballing legend, the Sir Tom Finney Sports Centre is our multi-million pound, state-of-the-art indoor facility located at the heart of our Preston Campus.

Named after a Preston and England footballing legend, the Sir Tom Finney Sports Centre is our multi-million pound, state-of-the-art indoor facility located at the heart of our Preston Campus.

Our Fitness Suite incorporates more than 100 stations of state-of-the-art Technogym equipment including cardiovascular and resistance machines, an extensive free weight area, core area, 'Cardio Zone' and ‘Row Zone.’

All UCLan students based at our Preston Campus have free membership to the Sir Tom Finney Sports Centre, as well as the UCLan Sports Arena. There are separate arrangements for students based at our Westlakes and Burnley Campus at their local facilities.

Membership does not include any sports activities organised and funded by the Students' Union such as joining a sports club, competing in British University College Sport, Students' Union Leagues, or any other activity the Students' Union may organise. 

The Students’ Union offers a wide variety of recreational and social sport opportunities. These range from social sessions that are ‘just for fun’ to weekly leagues and one-off tournaments. We welcome everyone of all abilities whether you are a ‘sporty type’ or not.

Although we exist primarily to serve UCLan students and staff, we also organise and facilitate numerous external events throughout the academic year. These can be anything from international sporting competitions to engagement work with schools, charity events and the University’s very own Lancashire Science Festival.

We provide a range of National Governing Body sports coaching qualifications to enrich your CV and employability. From football to futsal there's something for everyone.

Please stay safe, wash your hands regularly and follow social distancing recommendations. If you have any questions at any time, please ask a member of staff as we are more than happy to help.

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Sir Tom Finney Sports Centre: Opinions

5/5 (51 Opinions)
Zsu Zsa 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: It was amazing!

Lisa Whitaker 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: The staff are always friendly and the gym is clean and tidy. The times I have been have never been that busy, you can always make it onto the machines you need. There are sometimes groups of students in together but usually they are happy to share. Plenty of lockers and showers in the changing rooms, again always clean and tidy. Temperature of the showers can vary a bit. Good, solid equipment and machines.

Myles Pepper 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: I am a sports coach here and the facilities are second to none. The staff are helpful and it's always spotlessly clean. The blue and red dance studios are well set up with fantastic mirrored walls.

Sophie Minchin 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great staff. Clean. Nice place to work out.

chris parrington 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent location for daughters graduation presentation well laid out with big screens to see all of the event

Dave Matthews 2 years ago

Positive experience: Great day out to the UCL science fair, plenty of interesting stuff and all for FREE! One word of advice, plan your visit, as the campus is quite spread out and some stuff is on at certain times, and there is literally loads of other things going on at each venue, it would easily take half a day (maybe a full day) to get around it all.

Darren Butterworth 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good looking building inside - didn't go for sports just for a science event.

Emma (Ems) 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: It's well lit, easily accessible to everyone and very welcoming inside and outside with signs located at each sports hall and different areas that are easy to read.

jatin tare 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: They have a very good gym

Martin Fowler 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Big sports centre starched to UCLAN. Friendly staff, good facilities, can get busy.

Paul Radcliffe 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Dlaughters graduation. The university made all the graduates that day very proud.

lucy dog neve 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very good centre went to my granddaughters graduation there

James Waweru 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: This is a state of the art sports centre centre with advanced gym equipment, studios, indoor basketball fields and professional trainers. I love working out here. It's the best I have been so far in Preston.

Mohammad roshan 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Its great to be at this place always. It has nice infrastructure with multiple facilities.

Sue Cumming 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice, needed more air con

robert Thornthwaite 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great centre, thoroughly enjoyed my first experience. Hope to go again

raquel cassarino 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Clean, friendly but at the same time everyone is doing their thing, all equipment has instructions of use which is great for beginners

T3rry 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great gym with great staff. Best student gym I've seen thus far

Alan Caron 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for events we attended the wheelchair rugby 7s rugby union's league competition and the staff were very helpful with everything

Amit Rajendran 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: A well designed Fitness centre with maximum types of fitness and weightlifting equipment alongwith sports centre on different floors

Yvonne Brown 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Easy accessable always clean and tidy,staff very friendly and approachable and professional

mohammad umed 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Absolutely loved, great staff and facilities

Christine Burn 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: A wonderful venue for a Graduation Ceremony. I visited, in July 2019 and, was really impressed by the Venue, the attention to detail, the graphic design, the staging of the event; including great ushers, excellent filming ( used during the Ceremony so that everyone in the audience could see) the free bottles of water given to the audience ( on a hot day in July) the delightful Buffet including very thoughtful VEGAN food. Graduating Students were made to feel VERY special. Congratulations to everyone who helped to make a Degree Ceremony such a memorable, personal and special event.

Bado Isreb 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Rest a while and run a mile At STFSC you do it with a style

Wayne Inman 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: i have been today for my sons graduation . It was a great venue

Natty Bednarova 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing, frinedly and most of all helpful staff, first rate equipment and good music. The best gym I've ever visited.

Krishna Patil 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Awesome.....just need a swimming pool...

Kieron Jones 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Wide range of activites, great staff, good location, and decent gym space outside of peak hours.

Laura Walker 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great for UCLan staff in terms of value.

Tony Butterworth 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: We had a tour inside the sports centre as part of the University applicant day and was very impressed with the facilities which are completely free for students attending uclan.

Teek TK 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Just graduated here. Very nice campus and building.

Tracey Rogers 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: At Uclan SciFest 2018

PERUMALSAMI R 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Awesome place with advanced equipments and trainers

Chris Peters 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very friendly staff and they offer many classes ranging from yoga, spinning and weightlifting. Slightly limited workout equipment and the dumbells only go up to 40kg but for a gym thats is free for Uni students its pretty sick.

Samantha Jackson 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Uclan students who present their uclan students identity card get free membership, the gym has excellent facilities and great staff

Zawar Khan 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Love the general look and feel of the Sports Centre every time I enter

David “Brother Dee” Griffith 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great facility for watching the activities that occurs in the sports hall as spectators can view what is going on from the canteen area or around the seats provided upstairs. I enjoyed the powerful showers after competing in my table tennis tournament.

Bij R 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great equipment, clean facility and friendly staff

Emils Cirulis 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very good gym to attend. If you are Uclan student then do not hesitate and try it out. Even if you have never been to the gym, just give it a go. Staff are very friendly and very supportive in here, thus, you will be assisted whenever you need any assistance. It does get busy but that's what you would expect from a good gym. This gym cater for all people, meaning that there is enough free weight equipment, resistance equipment and cardiovascular equipment. Not even that, you can also play and practice many different sports (team and individual sports). Attend different classes and get healthier day-by-day.

Sam Rahman 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great facilities, great staff and all round amazing!

quang Tran 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: If you want to get fit. Come here.. The best of the best gym

Alex Priestley 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: No gymtimidation and great for students in preston for casual fitness or more professional development with friendly staff

Hugo Dawson (Webhandler) 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent facility. Great staff. Happy place.

Smithy 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Quite fresh, love the pricing for students, some machine my old gym didn't have, so there a small learning curve

Christopher Akabzaa (Chris) 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Free gym membership for students, well equipped.

Martin Jones 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: So much stuff available for the students. Make the most of it guys!

Liam 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: I love the gym, especially the cardiozone and the staff are very helpful the only minor problem is that sometimes repairs can be slow.

Nicole Hill 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Free gym membership if you're a UCLan student!

daniel (247a) 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lots of good activities. Free for most uni students. Clean. Modern. Not too busy but not empty either.

Thomas Holroyd 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great gym and free to students

Tewelde Tesfay 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: I love STSC The gym,friendly approach of the assistants, And hope to c a swimming pool in short period of time.

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