Depends what you want from a gym. Some of them have loads of modern, fancy machines, but very few (if any) free weights. The two gyms with the best free weights sections (from the ones I've been in) are Total Fitness and David Lloyd. That's what's important to me, so they would be my recommendation.

24/7 have a massive free weights section as well as all the fancy machines and fixed weight machines

David llyod is your best bet if your close. I go there and it's superb. The free weights are great, gets pretty busy on a night but between 6 am and 4 pm it's pretty quiet. The pool is good as is the outdoor one in summer. As for drovers there only there between around 9 to 11 but it's getting less and less. They must have been told to pay the bill.

Ah. Never been there.