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What a typical soft play or trampoline uses and pays across the UK, from published benchmarks.
Figures are estimates from published UK benchmarks priced at 25p/kWh electricity, 7p/kWh gas and about £365 a year in standing charges. They are not quotes. See how we estimate.
Indoor soft play centres, trampoline parks, adventure and inflatable parks, and indoor climbing and activity centres. Nearly always a large warehouse or retail shed of 5,000-30,000 sq ft with a café or hot kitchen, party rooms and long lighting hours. UK soft play directories list well over 1,500 centres, overwhelmingly independent.
Heating a warehouse-sized volume of air for children who are running around anyway
High-bay lighting across the whole frame that runs from open to close every day
A café or hot kitchen with chillers, freezers and coffee machines bolted onto an already big bill
Main doors opening constantly all day with no lobby, letting the heat you paid for straight out
Typical equipment loads across gyms, fitness and leisure, with annual kWh and cost bands from published benchmarks.
| Equipment | kWh a year | Cost a year (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| Air Handling & Ventilation (gym floor, pool hall) | 25,000–120,000 kWh | £6,250–£30,000 |
| Space Heating (gas boilers) | 40,000–180,000 kWh | £2,800–£12,600 |
| Showers & Changing Rooms | 12,000–45,000 kWh | £840–£11,250 |
| Cardio Equipment (treadmills, bikes, rowers) | 8,000–35,000 kWh | £2,000–£8,750 |
| Lighting (gym floor, courts, car park) | 10,000–40,000 kWh | £2,500–£10,000 |
| Pool Water Heating (gas) | 150,000–600,000 kWh | £10,500–£42,000 |
Fit a draught lobby or air curtain on the main entrance. Carbon Trust names constantly opening doors as one of the biggest avoidable losses in a leisure building.
Use destratification fans to push warm air back down from a high roof instead of turning the heaters up.
Zone your high-bay LED so quiet weekday mornings do not light the whole frame at full output.
Fit strip curtains and check door seals on cafe chillers and freezers. A worn seal makes the compressor run far longer than it needs to, and it is the cheapest fix on any cold cabinet.
Set the hot kitchen and coffee machines on timers so they are not brought up to temperature an hour before the doors open.
Illustrative example
A 24-hour gym of around 800 square metres
Ventilation, showers and lighting run around the clock, so unit rates on overnight use matter.
Illustrative example, not a real customer. Figures are estimates based on published UK benchmarks. See how we estimate. See all worked examples.
A 24-hour gym uses roughly double the energy of a nine-to-nine one, and a pool changes everything. Typical bills for gyms, studios, pools and clubs, and the overnight rate question.
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