September is coming.

Which means gyms across Britain are about to welcome the annual migration of people who have decided:

“Right. Back on it.”

But what should a gym membership actually cost around Peterborough?

There is quite a spread.

Vivacity Silver membership at Hampton Leisure Centre is currently listed at £29 a month, with access also extending to Bushfield, Werrington and Jack Hunt.

JD Gyms Peterborough lists its standard 24/7 membership at £29.99 a month after the current introductory first month. Classes are included.

Move up to Vivacity Premier Fitness and the single-member peak price is £58, including swimming, gym access, sauna/steam room and multiple Peterborough venues.

Then Bannatyne Peterborough Health Club and Spa currently starts at £65.99 a month for full access, or £55.99 off-peak.

That means the gap between a £29 membership and £65.99 is almost £37 every month.

Over a year, that is more than £440.

But cheapest is not automatically best.

If one gym is five minutes from your house and another takes twenty, guess which one you are more likely to use on a freezing Wednesday evening?

If you swim twice a week, a gym-only bargain may not be a bargain.

If you train at 5am, 24-hour opening suddenly matters.

And if you only go six times a month, you may want to look harder at passes or pay-as-you-go options rather than proudly funding a treadmill you never meet.

Peterborough also has far more than traditional gyms.

Vivacity currently lists free wellbeing walks, athletics-track sessions, adapted cycling at £6, and Netfit Teens and Juniors at £4 a session.

So here is the September fitness test:

What do you actually use?

Gym?

Pool?

Classes?

Walking?

Sport?

Or do you pay a membership fee mostly to receive monthly reminders that you should probably go?