What makes access control in leisure centres different?
Gyms and leisure centres need to keep visitors moving with smooth entry and exit throughout the day, every day of the week.
- Complex membership options. Centres may offer memberships covering different combinations of gym, swim, spa, courts, and other facilities.
- Variable traffic and self-service. Gym traffic peaks at certain times of day, like after working hours, and entrances need to handle that without creating bottlenecks.
- Credential and security issues. Staff need to be vigilant to the common issues of card sharing and misuse of credentials.
Our approach: how we make leisure centre access secure, flexible, and efficient
We’re here to help your gym or leisure centre manage access smoothly and securely, navigating the peaks and troughs of weekly traffic.
Flexible membership permissions
Different access permission levels can be assigned to different types of memberships, allowing facilities to ensure that only people with valid memberships can access each service area.
Frictionless self-service entry
When visitors can validate their entry rights with a swipe card, tag, app, or biometric information like their fingerprint, entry is smooth and easy. Doors or turnstiles unlock automatically with no input from staff.
Connected site management
Integrating access control with membership systems, turnstiles, intruder alarms, CCTV, and numberplate recognition systems ensure visibility and security across the whole site.
Access control for leisure centres
Your challenge:
Leisure centres may include a gym, swimming pool, studios, sports halls, spa facilities, and staff-only areas. Memberships and individual bookings may require access to only some of those zones. At some times of day, such as after working hours, traffic levels may increase, putting pressure on entrances.
Our solution:
ATRIUM access control enables you to group access points into areas. Each set of access permissions is assigned to selected areas – this enables you to control access for different types of memberships. Members validate a credential at doors or turnstiles, with permissions updating according to day or time to reflect membership options.
Self-service entry for 24-hour gyms
Your challenge:
Opening 24 hours a day means there are big peaks and troughs of traffic throughout the day, and times when reception may not be staffed. Members still need safe, secure, and smooth access, even when dedicated staff are not present.
Our solution:
A centralised access control system such as ATRIUM ensures smooth entry at any time with built-in anti-passback to prevent credential sharing. For even greater assurance that only paid-up members can gain access, choose ievo biometric fingerprint readers.
Biometric access for gyms & leisure centres
Biometric readers link access permissions not to a card or tag but to a biometric characteristic that a user must be physically present to use. This helps reduce membership sharing, with the added benefit of convenience for members, as they no longer need to remember to bring a card or tag.
Reduce membership misuse and card sharing practices
Improve convenience for members with seamless entry
Avoid constant replacement costs for cards and tags
Turnstile access and membership integration
ATRIUM controllers provide two lock outputs, making it easy to control both entry and exit through turnstiles. Meanwhile, integration with a membership management system helps control access permissions automatically.
🔒 Secure and convenient self-service at doorways
🔒 Keep membership and access permissions aligned
🔒 Reduce queues and peak time pressure at entrances
Accessible entrances for leisure facilities
Gyms and leisure centres should be welcoming for everyone. DIGIWAY automatic door operators improve swing door access for wheelchair users, people with limited mobility, parents with pushchairs, and staff carrying equipment.
🚪 Improve accessibility and independence for members and visitors
🚪 Keep traffic flowing at busy entrances, even in peak periods
🚪 Include touch-free buttons for more hygienic access
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