When Does David Lloyd Bishops Cleeve Open?
A new David Lloyd club is coming to Gloucestershire, and it’s a genuinely major build, one of the network’s biggest recent investments outside London. This guide covers the confirmed opening date, everything the club will include, and what tier it’s expected to launch at, based on both official announcements and real member reports.
When Is David Lloyd Bishops Cleeve Opening?
The confirmed date has moved since the project was first announced, worth knowing if you’ve seen an older estimate elsewhere. Early coverage from November 2025 quoted an Autumn 2026 opening. The club’s own official Instagram account and the most recent search data now confirm December 2026 as the current target, the more recent, brand-confirmed date rather than the earlier press estimate.
For the original planning and construction coverage as this project has developed, Soglos’s reporting on the announcement is worth reading directly.
What Will David Lloyd Bishops Cleeve Include?
This is one of the more fully-specified new club announcements David Lloyd has made recently, the facility list is genuinely extensive.
If tennis or padel is the deciding factor for you, our tennis and padel guides cover how court booking and access typically work once a club like this opens. The kids’ swimming provision lines up with David Lloyd’s standard Swim Stars structure covered in our swimming lessons guide, and the creche and after-school clubs are worth weighing against our family membership guide if you’re considering joining as a household.
The build is also a meaningful local investment beyond the club itself, generating an estimated 80 to 100 jobs across sport, wellbeing, catering and hospitality roles.
What Tier Will David Lloyd Bishops Cleeve Be?
This isn’t officially published anywhere yet, but there’s a genuinely useful, specific data point worth sharing, clearly hedged as unofficial rather than confirmed.
A Gloucester club member reported being told directly by David Lloyd’s own sales team that Bishops Cleeve is expected to launch as a Tier 3 club, with membership restricted to existing home members only for the first 6 months after opening.
Worth treating this as reported rather than confirmed, it’s a single account relayed secondhand from a sales conversation, not an official published figure. That said, it’s plausible and internally consistent: Gloucester, the county’s other existing David Lloyd club, is also Tier 3 on our tier list, which makes a matching tier for the county’s second site a reasonable expectation rather than an outlier claim.
If you’re specifically hoping to join at launch rather than wait out a restricted window, confirming this directly with the club as opening approaches is worth doing rather than relying on any single report, including this one.
David Lloyd Bishops Cleeve FAQs
Is David Lloyd coming to Bishops Cleeve?
Yes, a new David Lloyd club is under construction on Stoke Road in Bishop’s Cleeve, Gloucestershire, currently confirmed to open in December 2026.
When does David Lloyd Bishops Cleeve open?
December 2026 is the current confirmed date, per the club’s own official announcements. An earlier press estimate from late 2025 had suggested Autumn 2026, the date has since firmed up to December.
What tier will David Lloyd Bishops Cleeve be?
Not officially confirmed, but a club member reported being told Tier 3 directly by David Lloyd’s sales team, consistent with Gloucester, the county’s existing club, also sitting at Tier 3.
Will David Lloyd Bishops Cleeve have padel courts?
Yes, outdoor padel courts are confirmed as part of the club’s racquet sports offering, alongside indoor tennis and squash.
How much does a David Lloyd membership cost in Bishops Cleeve?
Not yet published, pricing typically isn’t confirmed until closer to a club’s opening. Given the likely Tier 3 positioning, our tier-based pricing guide gives a reasonable reference point for what a Tier 3 club elsewhere in the network tends to cost.
David Lloyd Bishops Cleeve: Should You Register Interest Now?
With December 2026 now the confirmed target and construction well underway, this is one of the more substantial new David Lloyd builds outside London in recent years, spa, pools, padel and a genuinely large gym all confirmed from the outset.
If early joining offers matter to you, registering interest ahead of opening through the club’s own channels is worth doing rather than waiting, particularly given the reported 6-month restriction to home members only once it opens.
For everything else about what a David Lloyd membership actually costs once you’re weighing this against other clubs, our personal trainer guide covers another side of getting real value from your membership once you’ve joined.
