West Chester Area Ymca

This gym closes frequently and without notice. Their sauna is often closed for swim meets but the dates aren’t posted anywhere. A staff member told me the sauna closure was due to a member jumping in the pool so instead of banning him, they close the sauna. Today, the gym was closed for a party, which wasn’t posted when I went there 2 days ago. Staff directed me to the Y in the borough which was also closed. Additionally, this Y is closed on ALL holidays (nice for their staff I guess, but I still work and want to go to the gym after). Can’t recommend for a gym. Might be nice if you’re focused on other aspects.

Wonderful facility with kind staff! Great array of amenities and classes. Parking can be difficulty to find during peak hours— it feels like the overall gym should be larger it gets so busy sometimes! Rates keep creeping up. Lastly-and my biggest complaint: hours for the facility and its amenities are not clearly communicated across all channels. For example it opens late today because of bad weather but i was not aware until I drove there. I’m the primary account holder— maybe I missed an email communication??

Clearly pickleball is their biggest priority and some of us who like basketball, for which the basketball courts are actually designed, don't feel like it's worth having a membership if the gym is never open for what the court is designed for. Make more open gym time.

Avoid this YMCA for all reasons. This place has a weird schedule for family/recreational pools. They close their pools at 5 pm on weekends which is ridiculous. On Wednesdays they block all indoor pools for lessons from 5 to 8 pm, so you have no access to any indoor pools as a YMCA member if you are not taking lessons. The morning hours on weekends are also not available due to lessons. Not sure if this is just a swim school. So, I am likely at a wrong place to utilize my YMCA membership. The management appears to just make extra revenue by running lessons during the prime time and restricting members to use the facilities during the lessons. A wiser and more reasonable approach would be to restrict lessons for 2 hours maximum each day and let the members use the pools at their convenience.

This Y is incredible and amazing place for kids and adults. They bring a sense of community and Gary is GOAT there. We just celebrated a pool party and that went off seamless. The staff were so helpful, responsive and made her day really special. Thanks a million Y, I truly appreciate it from our family, Lamplughs.