Fenton Manor Sports Complex - Stoke-on-Trent

Sarah Staples

We went to a robot wars event here at the weekend it was well organised and had a lovely café. But the car parking is a pain you have to download an app to park.

Dan Phillips

Great venue for RobotLive
The main arena worked really well

Car park pricing could do with a bit of work

Joanne Carpenter

Attended for a family swim during school holidays. Really friendly staff and nice updated venue. Clean changing rooms with lots of private changing and family rooms, excellent facilities for those with disabilities including SEND swimming sessions and free swimming lessons for children 6+ during the holidays. Didn't use the gym or sports hall but plan to view the gym as monthly membership includes free pool use for 1 adult and 1 child. Great value and can include other sites for just a little more.

Billy Read

Toddlers swimming pool was cold unfortunately. Also no heating outside the pools which means we were shivering as soon as we stepped out the pool, and the fact the toddler’s pool was farthest away from the showers meant we had to walk shivering and soaking wet all the way past the adult pool to the showers.

It’s a shame that staff keep pool heating to a bare minimum to save money, despite raising admission prices over the years not to mention taking in a tidy profit from their car park charges.

Aimee Clarke

Attend for swimming lessons, the swimming lessons are fab, teacher Joe is great however the place needs a complete refurb. The changing rooms stink of urine, the sinks and toilet areas are filthy with dust and grime. There is too many members of staff on reception chatting to each other when we go in and same when we come out, talking while serving you, absolutely no customer service. 1 staff member's problem seems to affect all members of staff on the reception creating a staff discussion including the member of staff who is dealing with yourself, seems unprofessional to me. Needs more family changing rooms. Pools are great and clean.

Lindsey Bell

We attended for a large event and it felt like the catering was a bit under prepared which is a shame as I'm sure that they could have made a lot of money from the spectators. The venue is large, a bit tired fine, the tiered seating was pretty comfortable, the toilets were remarkably clean and could handle the large event which was impressive. The staff were friendly and inconspicuous, parking is plentiful although the rates are a bit strange.

Grace Christopher

Incredibly poor experience. The facilities are adequate at best but the prices are extortionate and they drained your money at every single interaction. Booked a tennis court with my friends - it was 12 pound for a badminton court that they lowered the net on to "make it a tennis court", so not even a full size tennis court. Then to borrow tennis rackets you have to pay a sizeable deposit that you only get half of back even if everything is returned in perfect condition. And the final straw was having to pay parking as well to park in an overcrowded car park where you had to avoid crashing into a dance group practicing there as the facilities themselves were massively over crowded. In total it cost 20 quid to rent one "tennis court" for an hour and I left feeling incredibly scammed.

Niki Richards

Second time I've been here for a competition. Not a venue I like. It's just a bit run down. The stands in the sports hall are filthy. The car park has no one way system and is tight if you've got a bigger car. There are two contactless machines but they're very slow. Otherwise it's cash.