Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing Club at Cambridge

Nuffield Health is in the process of transforming its health, fitness and wellbeing clubs across the UK, reimagining the spaces members use every day, from gym floors and studios to lounges, shower facilities and changing rooms.

Cambridge, one of the not-for-profit’s largest and most successful sites, was chosen as the first club to trial this new approach to changing spaces, with newly upgraded facilities that have been met with an overwhelmingly positive response from members.

Brief

Nuffield Health wanted to elevate the shower and changing facilities at its Cambridge club as part of a wider estate-wide investment in member experience. Safe Space Lockers was selected for its industry reputation, collaborative approach and strong recommendations from other operators.

Working closely with Nuffield Health’s architects, designers and programme team, Safe Space helped refine the original concepts, offering guidance on modern design trends and responding quickly to changing briefs throughout the project — all while keeping the club on track to reopen on schedule.

The success of the Cambridge project has since led Nuffield Health to partner with Safe Space on further changing room upgrades across its estate, with multiple sites now underway.

Solution

  • 28 No. two-door lockers, 2000mm high x 520mm deep x 400mm wide, providing 2 x 1000mm high doors — per changing room
  • 20 No. three-door lockers, 2000mm high x 520mm deep x 400mm wide, providing 3 x 666mm high doors — per changing room
  • 116 locking compartments per changing room (232 in total)
  • Door finish – Egger MDF U767 Cubanit Grey, PerfectSense Matt Finish
  • Locker bodies – High-density 18mm Egger Cream MFC with black ABS lipping
  • Locking – Ojmar Hasp Lock (Black)
  • 240mm upstand above lockers, finished in Kronospan AL03 Brushed Inox
  • 4 No. changing cubicles per changing room, 2000mm high x 520mm deep x 1200mm wide, finished in Egger MFMDF U767 Cubanit Grey, PerfectSense Matt
  • Fully upholstered bench seating, finished in Agua Furnisoft Spice
  • 500mm x 120mm hanging rail with 3 black hooks per changing cubicle
"Members absolutely love it. Both Cambridge and Glasgow (recently) opened and the feedback on the new environment has been overwhelmingly positive. They've given us a big thumbs up and they like what they get to use now."
Gurpreet Gujral
COO, Nuffield Health