David Lloyd Kidbrooke vs Honour and Glory: Same Neighbourhood, Very Different Price
Four minutes apart. From £109/month vs £5-£10/session. If boxing is specifically why you are joining a gym, this is a comparison worth making.
About David Lloyd Kidbrooke Village
David Lloyd Kidbrooke Village is a premium health club in Kidbrooke Village. Rated 4.3 stars from over 1,220 reviews. The facility includes pools, spa, tennis courts, a creche, gym equipment, and multiple fitness studios. Membership starts from £109/month.
It is a genuinely excellent premium health club. The question is whether its boxing offering matches its price for someone whose primary goal is boxing.
Boxing at David Lloyd Kidbrooke is delivered via BodyCombat - a Les Mills group fitness programme that blends karate, boxing, taekwondo, Muay Thai, and tai chi into a cardio class. It is an effective fitness product. It is not boxing coaching.
David Lloyd Kidbrooke Village
- • From £109/month membership
- • 4.3 stars (1,220+ Google reviews)
- • Pool, spa, tennis, creche, gym
- • Boxing = BodyCombat fitness class
- • Mixed martial arts movements, not boxing
- • No BBBofC licensed boxing coaches
Honour and Glory Boxing Club
- • £5-£10 per session, no membership
- • 4.9 stars (40+ Google reviews)
- • 4 minutes away - same neighbourhood
- • Actual boxing coaching
- • BBBofC licensed coaches
- • ABA affiliated - competition pathway
The Price-to-Boxing Ratio
What £109/month gets you for boxing
At David Lloyd, your £109/month includes world-class facilities - the pool, spa, tennis courts, and gym are genuinely premium. What it does not include is boxing coaching. The BodyCombat class is one of dozens on the fitness timetable. It uses boxing movements as part of a mixed cardio product combining six martial arts disciplines. Nobody is developing your jab, correcting your guard, or preparing you for a bout.
BodyCombat is not boxing
BodyCombat mixes karate, boxing, taekwondo, Muay Thai, kung fu, and tai chi into a choreographed group class. It is a well-designed fitness product. It is not boxing - not in technique, not in coaching depth, not in the skills it develops. Attending BodyCombat does not make you a boxer any more than a Zumba class makes you a salsa dancer.
When David Lloyd makes sense
If you want a premium family health club - somewhere with a spa, pool, tennis, creche, and broad fitness options - David Lloyd Kidbrooke delivers that at a premium price. If boxing is specifically what you want to develop, paying £5-£10/session at Honour and Glory four minutes down the road makes more sense.
What Honour and Glory Offers
Adult Classes
- • Recreational adults - all levels welcome
- • Senior amateurs - competition
- • 1-to-1 personal training
- • Weekend open sessions
Youth Classes
- • Infants boxing (ages 5-9)
- • Recreational juniors (10-16)
- • Junior amateurs - competition
- • DBS-checked coaches
Four Minutes Away
Honour and Glory is at 122 Broad Walk, Kidbrooke, SE3 8ND - four minutes from David Lloyd by car. Same neighbourhood, completely different offer.
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