Community-first fitness, built in Wales

Health. Wellbeing.
Affordability. Community.

High Street Fitness & Wellbeing is a registered charity that's redefining what a gym can be. Not-for-profit. Community-owned. Open to all.

Welsh Gym of the Year 2025
£15 /month
Affordable for everyone.
No contract. No catch.
Free Sat & bank holidays
No barrier. No excuse.
Everyone's welcome.
All ages & abilities
Fitness that's truly
for the community.
The POW Model

Participation. Ownership. Warrantee.

We don't have members. We have owners. When people feel involved and valued, they achieve amazing things. That's the POW philosophy that drives everything we do.

P

Participation

Our members aren't passive consumers — they're active participants in shaping the gym. Classes, schedules, new equipment. You have a say.

O

Ownership

When you feel ownership, you take care of things. Of the space. Of each other. Of the community. This gym belongs to everyone who walks through the door.

W

Warrantee

We stand behind what we do. Not with corporate T&Cs — with genuine care for the people we serve. Your wellbeing is our guarantee.

2020 Founded in a pandemic. Turned a shuttered New Look into a community hub.
2,300+ Facebook community. Pontypool's most-loved gym.
5 Major awards. Welsh Gym of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Business of the Year.
100% Not-for-profit. Every penny goes back into the community.
Recognition

Welsh Fitness Awards Champions 2025

Gym of the Year
Welsh Fitness Awards
Entrepreneur of the Year
Welsh Fitness Awards
Business of the Year
Torfaen Voluntary Awards
Trustee of the Year
Torfaen Voluntary Awards
"It\'s our mission to break down the barriers of health and wellbeing."
— Daniel Crandon, Co-founder

More than a gym. A community.

High Street Fitness started with a simple question: what if a gym was built for the community instead of extracting from it? We took over a dying high street unit during the hardest year most of us have lived through. We built something that belongs to the people of Pontypool.

We believe in mental as well as physical wellbeing. In affordable access. In making fitness something people actually want to do, not something they feel guilty about avoiding.

Run your gym like a champion.

Behind every great community gym is a team of people who care too much and sleep too little. FitOS is the operating system that gives High Street Fitness the tools to keep delivering — member tracking, volunteer management, outreach automation, and a command centre for everything the gym does.

Built for the gym that puts people first.