Correction (1 October 2026): an earlier version of this page listed ten gyms in West Footscray under chain names, at street addresses such as “Willow Lane” and “Barkly Lane” that we could not find in West Footscray on OpenStreetMap, with prices, hours, equipment lists and “best time to go” tips we cannot stand behind, and it wrongly said every gym had been tested in person. It has been rewritten from scratch. Every place below was checked against its own website and a second, independent source on 1 October 2026.
West Footscray is an inner suburb 7 km west of the CBD, in the City of Maribyrnong, and its fitness scene is smaller and more specialised than the old version of this page made out. Inside the suburb you get a 24/7 gym on Graingers Road, a strength studio for women, an upstairs yoga and pilates studio on Barkly Street, a performance gym built for athletes, and a swim school. Two bigger operators sit just outside: a Derrimut 24:7 on Ballarat Road in Braybrook, and the council’s own Maribyrnong Aquatic Centre.
Haven’t trained since school? Doesn’t matter. Every place here lists some kind of starter option. How we picked: each one had to show its address on its own website and be confirmed by a second, independent source. We list fees only where the venue publishes them, copied as printed on 1 October 2026. Where a venue hides prices behind a form or a phone call, we say so instead of guessing.
The quick picks
| If you’re after | Head to | Fees as published |
|---|---|---|
| A 24/7 gym in the suburb | Snap Fitness West Footscray | By enquiry form only |
| Strength classes for women | Athena Gym | $55 Unlimited Introduction Pack |
| Yoga and mat pilates | Assembly Yoga + Pilates | $29 drop-in, $45 a week unlimited |
| Athlete training and sport rehab | Melbourne Fitness & Performance | Not published; free strategy call |
| Adult swimming lessons | Elite Swimming | Term bookings; call the centre |
| A 24/7 big-box gym with a boxing ring | Derrimut 24:7 Gym Braybrook | Premium Weekly $14.95 |
| A 50 metre pool and a council gym | Maribyrnong Aquatic Centre | $8.50 adult swim; Ultimate $53.00 a fortnight |
Snap Fitness West Footscray — Tenancy 1, 1-19 Graingers Road, West Footscray VIC 3012
The only 24/7 gym inside West Footscray on this list, and the club page calls it “locally owned”. It says the gym is open 24 hours to members and lists the kit itself: free weights, heavy weights, 50kg weights, cardio equipment, functional training, an infrared sauna, group classes, private showers and free onsite parking. Members also get multi-club access to other Snap Fitness gyms.
Fees: not published. The club page asks you to complete a form to find out about membership options, so ring 0419 920 247 or book a tour before you commit.
Get involved: the club page offers a free trial and a “Book a Tour” button.
Athena Gym — 72 Ashley St, West Footscray VIC 3012
A studio for women: its own site pitches training “For ALL women wanting to build confidence, strength & improve their everyday lives through training & recovery”, and it describes its recovery room as women’s only. STRONG teaches you to lift correctly and lift heavy, HUSTLE mixes lifting with conditioning, GROW is a hypertrophy weights class, ALIGN is mat pilates and ZEN is slow yoga. There is also a Teen Strength class pitched “without the aesthetic pressures”. The recovery room has a private infrared sauna and compression boots, booked through the Athena Gym app.
Fees: $55 Unlimited Introduction Pack, or book a free class first.
Get involved: both offers sit on the front page of athenaofficial.com.au.
Assembly Yoga + Pilates — Level 1, 576 Barkly St, West Footscray VIC 3012
Upstairs on the Barkly Street strip, with a timetable that runs from gentle to strong. Gentle Flow is the studio’s pick for people newer to yoga, Flow is its “strongest yoga class”, Mat Pilates is an open-level strength class with props, and the Chill classes are slow, restorative sessions with options for sound or yoga nidra. Classes run 45, 60 or 75 minutes. The listed hours start at 6am Monday to Friday.
Fees: a $10 first class, or a $50 intro offer for three weeks of unlimited classes. Beyond the intro offers it’s $29 for a drop-in, $45 per week for an unlimited membership, or $75 for a 3 Class Pass.
Get involved: passes are sold on the studio’s Passes page, and the studio suggests the Momence app for managing bookings.
Melbourne Fitness & Performance — 4/2D Indwe St, West Footscray VIC 3012
This one is not a casual gym. MFP calls itself “The Home of Athletic Performance and Sport Rehab”. Its services are athlete performance training, a youth development pathway, sports injury rehab and performance physiotherapy. Its site features athletes it labels “MFP Athlete”, including AFLW player Beth Pinchin and professional boxer Tommy Fitzgerald. If you play sport seriously, or you’re coming back from an injury, this is the specialist on the list.
Fees: no membership price is published. The athlete pathway lists what is included but asks you to book a call first.
Get involved: “Book a Free Performance Strategy Call” on teammfp.com.au.
Elite Swimming — 35 Roberts St, West Footscray VIC 3012
A swim school whose contact page lists this branch as its Yarraville centre, though the address is in West Footscray. It runs kids’ classes and a holiday program, and the adult classes are the reason it’s here. Elite says all of its centres except Brunswick run mixed adult group classes. Each class is 40 minutes and you book them by the term. Never learned to swim properly? This is the low-key way to fix it.
Fees: not published online. Ring the centre on 9315 3400.
Get involved: Elite’s site says to get in touch to book a trial.
Derrimut 24:7 Gym Braybrook — 227 Ballarat Road, Braybrook VIC 3019
Over the border in Braybrook, and the answer if you searched for a Derrimut or a boxing gym. The club page says it is “Open & Staffed 24:7”. It lists a ladies only section, group fitness, Boxing & MMA, all brand-new cardio equipment and free parking. The page also describes a boxing ring and a functional training space.
Fees: Derrimut’s membership page shows Core at $9.95 and Premium Weekly at $14.95 for Victorian clubs. A $59 establishment fee and a $10 Ezypay fee apply to the first payment, payments come out fortnightly and there’s a 30-day cancellation notice period. Premium adds unlimited instructor-led reformer pilates and group fitness at select locations.
Get involved: join online from the memberships page, or call the club on (03) 9318 4296.
Maribyrnong Aquatic Centre — 1 Aquatic Drive, Maribyrnong VIC 3032
The council option, run by the City of Maribyrnong, which calls it its “premier aquatic recreation Centre”. The Ultimate membership covers the gym, group exercise, the warm water exercise pool, the 50 metre lap pool, SwimFit classes, and the spa, sauna and steam room. If you only want to swim, there’s a cheaper casual rate.
Fees (rates correct as at 1 July 2026, per the centre): an adult aquatics session is $8.50, a casual Health Club session is $28.50 and a casual group fitness class is $22.50. Memberships are Ultimate at $53.00 per fortnight, Off-peak at $39.00 per fortnight, and Aquatics only at $40.00 per fortnight.
Get involved: sign up online or through the centre’s customer service, both linked from its Join page.
Quick answers
Is there a 24-hour gym in West Footscray?
Yes. Snap Fitness West Footscray, Tenancy 1, 1-19 Graingers Road, says it is open 24 hours to members. Its prices are only given through an enquiry form. Over the border, Derrimut 24:7 Gym Braybrook at 227 Ballarat Road says it is open and staffed 24:7.
Is there a women-only gym in West Footscray?
Athena Gym at 72 Ashley Street is built for women: its site pitches training “For ALL women” and describes its recovery room as women’s only. It runs strength, conditioning, pilates and yoga classes, plus a Teen Strength class. Its own site offers a $55 Unlimited Introduction Pack or a free class. Derrimut 24:7 Gym Braybrook also lists a ladies only section.
Is there a Derrimut or Anytime Fitness in West Footscray?
Not in West Footscray itself, going by the brands’ own location lists on 1 October 2026. Derrimut’s list includes Braybrook (227 Ballarat Road), with Premium Weekly at $14.95. Anytime Fitness’s Australian location list includes Footscray and Sunshine clubs but no West Footscray club, and its Footscray page publishes no prices online.
Where can I do yoga or pilates in West Footscray?
Assembly Yoga + Pilates, Level 1, 576 Barkly Street, runs yoga, mat pilates and slow restorative classes. A drop-in is $29, unlimited membership is $45 per week, and new students can start with a $10 first class or a $50 three-week intro offer. Athena Gym runs a mat pilates class (ALIGN) and a yoga class (ZEN) for women.
How much does the Maribyrnong Aquatic Centre cost?
At rates the centre says are correct as at 1 July 2026, an adult swim is $8.50, a casual group fitness class is $22.50, and the Ultimate membership (gym, pools, classes, spa, sauna and steam room) is $53.00 per fortnight. The off-peak membership is $39.00 per fortnight.
How we checked
On 1 October 2026 we read each venue’s own website and copied every fee exactly as it was printed. The Derrimut fees come from its national memberships page for Victorian clubs. The Maribyrnong Aquatic Centre fees come from the council’s own casual-price and membership pages. Assembly’s drop-in price also matches its Momence booking page. We confirmed each address at a second, independent source on a different website: OpenStreetMap, the Australian Business Register (which confirms the 3012 postcode, not the street) or the MyNextGym directory. MyNextGym’s own prices differed from the venues’ sites, so we did not use them. We left out businesses whose sites showed no studio address, such as The Yoga Group, which runs teacher trainings and retreats. We also left out allied-health clinics. The suburb facts come from Wikipedia’s West Footscray article. Fees change and promotions end, so check the venue’s page before you sign anything. The photos are illustrative, from Unsplash: they show the kind of training, not the venue itself.
Seen something out of date? Email [email protected] with the page link and what has changed, and we will check it again.
Sources
- Snap Fitness West Footscray: club page; address also at OpenStreetMap
- Athena Gym: athenaofficial.com.au; also on the Australian Business Register and MyNextGym
- Assembly Yoga + Pilates: home, passes and classes; also at MyNextGym and its Momence booking page
- Melbourne Fitness & Performance: teammfp.com.au and its athlete performance page; also on the Australian Business Register and MyNextGym
- Elite Swimming: contact page and adult classes; address also at OpenStreetMap
- Derrimut 24:7 Gym Braybrook: club page, locations and memberships; address also at OpenStreetMap
- Maribyrnong Aquatic Centre: home, casual prices and memberships; location also at OpenStreetMap
- Anytime Fitness location list: sitemap and Footscray page
- West Footscray distance and council: Wikipedia
