This gym was at the Two Saints Retail Park in Ormskirk, Lancashire. The Places record carries a closure flag, and nothing has been written since October 2020.
Check before you travel. The flag is the ambiguous kind, holding both a temporary status and a permanent one, so it isn't conclusive on its own. But nearly six years of silence points the same way. The Active Nation venue page is at activenation.org.uk/venues/ormskirk.
It Changed Hands At Least Once
A member in March 2019 calls it something else entirely: "The Ormskirk energie fitness team are an amazing, hard working, friendly and enthusiastic team."
So it was an energie Fitness before it was Active Nation. The record carries the later name, and the reviews span both eras without anyone explaining the switch.
That's worth knowing if you're trying to work out what happened here: a small retail-park gym that changed brand and then, apparently, stopped.
What It Was Like
A member in August 2020, five stars: "On the small side but overall good so far. Fairly new equipment."
Small, with fairly new kit. That's the most honest description on the page, and it's from someone giving five stars anyway.
A member in July 2017: "I have been a member of many gyms and this one has the best customer service by far. Good range of sensibly chosen equipment for fitness and a body building workout."
"Sensibly chosen" is a nice phrase for a small gym. It's not claiming everything, it's claiming the right things.
A member in April 2018, four stars: "Great team of trainers. Friendly atmosphere. New clean equipment! Clean boxing gloves."
Clean boxing gloves. That's a detail nobody invents, and it tells you there were classes with shared gear.
The Manager Got Named
The March 2019 member again: "Ryan runs a tight ship in Ormskirk and his team and him each have a unique style of taking fitness classes bringing variety and professional expertise to each gym visit but most of all they make members feel like part of the family."
That's from the energie era. Whether Ryan carried over to Active Nation, I've no idea.
Every review here is about the staff. Nobody describes a machine beyond "fairly new" and "sensibly chosen." For a gym with 16 ratings, that's a record about people rather than equipment, and the people are the part that doesn't survive a closure.
Why I'm Keeping This Short
Sixteen ratings, five short reviews spanning 2017 to 2020, a brand change nobody explains, and a closure flag. There are no opening hours on the listing and no phone number.
Padding that into six hundred words would be inventing a gym that may not exist.
Unit 2, Two Saints Retail Park, Ormskirk L39 3RN.
FAQ
Is this gym open?
Unknown. The record carries a closure flag and nothing has been written since October 2020. Check activenation.org.uk.
Was it called something else?
Yes. A member in March 2019 refers to "the Ormskirk energie fitness team," so it appears to have been an energie Fitness before becoming Active Nation.
How big was it?
Small. A member in August 2020 says it's "on the small side" with fairly new equipment.
What are the opening hours?
None are published, and there's no phone number on the record.