Charlie
Started the year at over 14 stone and finished at 11 stone 9lb, in the best shape he had ever been in. He did not think it was possible when he started.
Coached at BoxCross
Regal Road, Wisbech
BoxCross is a 24 hour gym in Wisbech with two air-conditioned buildings, over 120 pieces of handpicked equipment and coached classes every day. East of England Gym of the Year, 2024 and 2025.
Inside the building
Two buildings, nine rooms, photographed in September 2026 exactly as members find them.
Dumbbells to 70kg, racks, platforms, Nautilus and Megamass plate-loaded machines and the cable stations, all in one air-conditioned room. Where most members spend most of their time.
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The red sled track, wall ball wall, rig, Skillmill, SkiErgs and kettlebells. Where the classes run, and open to everyone between them.
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A whole room for leg day: hack squat, leg extension, leg curl, Smith machine and plate-loaded kit, next to the functional floor.
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Two full competition rings, heavy bags and coaches who have worked professional corners. Optional, and most members never use it.
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Treadmills, cross trainers and stair climbers on the mezzanine, looking down over the rings.
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Its own room, its own bikes, big music. BoxCross Ride runs Thursdays at 6pm.
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New in 2026. Concrete and black, backlit mirrors, private cubicles and showers. Not an afterthought.
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Luxura stand-up and lay-down beds behind their own front door. Open to non-members.
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Protein shakes from £4.50, coffee, and a shop stocking the supplements the coaches actually use.
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Not stock photos of strangers. Members of this gym, coached by this team, with the numbers they put up.
Charlie
Started the year at over 14 stone and finished at 11 stone 9lb, in the best shape he had ever been in. He did not think it was possible when he started.
Coached at BoxCross
Pat, in 12 weeks
Seventeen years old, most muscle gained of anyone in the gym’s twelve-week challenge. Did not miss a meal and did not miss a session.
Biggest gainer, 2026
Sam
Lost four and a half stone herself before qualifying, and now coaches women in Wisbech from exactly that starting point. The empathy is not theoretical.
Now a coach here
Real members of this gym, coached by this team. Ask any coach and they will introduce you to a dozen more.
Independently rated
Named East of England Gym of the Year at the Bodybuilding News Awards in 2024 and again in 2025, finalists for the national title both years, and ranked in the top six gyms in the UK.
The kit
Not a package deal from one supplier. Damien picked each machine individually from fifteen of the best manufacturers in the world, and twenty-one of them are photographed here in the actual room.
The details
The bits you notice on your second visit rather than your first.
Who trains here
The average member at this gym is not a bodybuilder and has never boxed. They are parents, shift workers, people coming back after years off, and people who joined in January and are still here in October because somebody in the gym showed them what to do.
The thing that stops most people joining a gym is the first fortnight, not the training. So every membership at this Wisbech gym starts with a free induction with an actual coach: twenty minutes, no upsell, walked round both buildings and set up on the kit you care about.
After that the classes carry you. Small groups, coached the whole way through, scaled to whoever walks in.
Membership
Same building, same kit, same coaches. The only difference is when you come in and how many classes you want.
Quieter hours, lowest price
£11first month
then £21.99 a month · cancel any time
Daytime and evenings, one class a week
£16.50first month
then £32.99 a month · cancel any time
The full run of the place, round the clock
£21.50first month
then £42.99 a month · cancel any time
Every class, priority on coaching
£30first month
then £60 a month · cancel any time
Every tier includes a free induction with a coach. No joining fee, no contract, cancel with 7 days' notice. First month price uses code FIRST50.
The money question
The cheapest of the Wisbech gyms is around £22 a month. Silver here is £42.99. Here is exactly what that difference buys, so you can decide whether it is worth it.
| What you get | A budget chain | BoxCross |
|---|---|---|
| Pieces of equipment | A package deal from one supplier | Over 120, handpicked one at a time |
| Brands on the floor | One, usually the cheapest | Fifteen, including Hammer Strength, Nautilus, Arsenal, Megamass, Rogue and Technogym |
| Heaviest dumbbell | Often stops at 32kg | 70kg |
| Free induction with a coach | A leaflet, or a paid session | Included on every tier |
| Coached classes | Screen in an empty studio | Live, coached, small groups, scaled |
| Air conditioning | Rarely, and rarely on | Commercial A/C throughout, all year |
| Space at 6pm | One building, queues for racks | Two buildings on the same site |
| Recovery | Not offered | Sports massage and soft tissue therapy on site |
| Food and supplements | A vending machine | Nutrition bar, fresh smoothies, PrepKing meals at 45g protein |
| Contract | 12 months, or a fee to leave | None. Cancel with 7 days notice |
| Joining fee | £20 to £30 | £0 |
What is included
All of it on every membership. Nothing is locked behind the top tier.
Two buildings, air conditioned, open every hour of the year. Free weights, machines, cardio and functional.
22 sessions a week: boxing, spin, step, bootcamps, Ultimate Athlete, women’s only and kids, plus a free Sunday run club.
Fifteen-plus coaches. Weight loss, strength, women’s coaching, nutrition and physique.
Hammer Strength, Nautilus, Arsenal, Megamass, Rogue. Dumbbells to 70kg, racks and platforms.
Two full rings and proper coaching, for everyone from first-timers to professionals. Kids’ and youth classes six days a week.
Luxura stand-up and lay-down sunbeds, own entrance, open to non-members.
Who is behind it
BoxCross opened in December 2023 in a converted factory on Regal Road. Three expansions later, the most recent costing £250,000, it is ranked in the top six gyms in the UK.
Damien Pearl runs the place and chose every machine on the floor. His brother Brendan is a competitive bodybuilder with over a million YouTube subscribers. Jordan Gill is a former Commonwealth, European and WBA International champion. Gareth Watts handles the strategy.
None of which makes this a gym for athletes. It means the standard is set at the top, and everybody who walks through the door trains underneath it.
Code FIRST50 takes 50% off your first month, from £11. Every membership starts with a free 20-minute induction with a coach. No joining fee, no contract, seven days’ notice to leave.
Find the gym
01945 742012
info@firefiteboxing.co.uk
Open 24 hours, 365 days a year on Silver and Gold. Free parking on site and on Regal Road. Wheelchair accessible. The tanning studio has its own entrance on the same frontage.
The rest
Open what you want. None of it is required reading.
BoxCross is a 24 hour gym in Wisbech at 15 Regal Road, PE13 2RQ, open 24/7 on Silver and Gold. Two air-conditioned buildings, over 120 pieces of handpicked equipment from fifteen manufacturers, two boxing rings, coached classes every day, a nutrition bar, a tanning studio with its own entrance and sports massage on site.
Memberships at this Wisbech gym run from £21.99 a month, and £11 for your first month with code FIRST50. There is no joining fee and no contract, and you cancel with seven days' notice. Every tier includes a free induction with a coach.
Of all the Wisbech gyms, it is the only one to win East of England Gym of the Year twice, in 2024 and 2025, and it holds a 5.0 rating from 236 Google reviews, the highest of any gym in the town. Over a thousand people train here, from age five to their eighties.
24 hour gym access in Wisbech comes with Silver and Gold, 365 days a year including Christmas. If you would rather train when it is quiet, the off-peak tier covers 9am to 3pm and 9pm to 3am for £21.99.
Members drive in from March, King's Lynn, Leverington, Chatteris, Whittlesey, Outwell and Upwell. Parking at the gym is free and the entrance is wheelchair accessible.
Classes are included from Bronze upwards. The group exercise classes in Wisbech that run here cover boxing, spin, step, bootcamps, Ultimate Athlete, women's only and kids, 22 sessions a week, plus a free Sunday run club. Most fitness classes in Wisbech run one or two evenings a week; these run every day, all coached live by a person rather than a screen on a wall. If you have been hunting for exercise classes in Wisbech that are not either a village hall or an app, that is the timetable.
The boxing side is a proper Wisbech boxing club, not a bag hung in a corner: two full competition rings, coaches who have worked professional corners, kids’ and youth sessions six days a week and pad work for people who will never step through the ropes. Nobody has to take part, and most members never do.
It is also a gym with personal trainers in Wisbech in a way that most are not. Fifteen coaches work out of the building, covering boxing, bodybuilding, women's coaching, weight loss and nutrition, and you pick the one you book rather than take whoever is on shift.
The tanning studio has its own front door on Regal Road, so the sunbeds in Wisbech here are open to people with no interest in training at all. No membership, no walking through the gym.
If you have typed gym near me or gyms near me from anywhere in Fenland, the map tends to land on Regal Road, partly through geography and partly because there is not much else of this size between March and Lynn. The same holds when the search narrows. A 24 hour gym near me, from most of the Fens, means this one: Silver and Gold open the doors 24/7, 365 days a year. Anybody looking for boxing gyms near me or boxing clubs near me will find this is the only place with two full competition rings sitting inside a 24-hour facility for a fair distance in any direction. People weighing up the best gyms nearby are usually comparing three things: floor space, opening hours, and whether anybody will actually show them how to use the equipment.
Common questions
Yes. Every membership starts with a 20-minute induction with one of the coaches, who walks you round both buildings and sets you up on the kit you care about. No extra charge, and it is the simplest way to stop feeling lost in a gym in Wisbech.
No, and the induction exists precisely so you do not. Members here range from five years old to their eighties, and most of the people in the classes had never trained before they started. Say it is your first time and the coach will pitch it accordingly.
Because you get considerably more: over 120 pieces of handpicked equipment across fifteen brands, two buildings, dumbbells to 70kg, live coached classes, air conditioning throughout, sports massage, a nutrition bar and a free induction with a real coach. The comparison is set out in full further up this page.
At BoxCross, Off-Peak is £21.99 a month, Bronze £32.99, Silver £42.99 and Gold £60. With code FIRST50 your first month is half of that, so £11 to £30. No joining fee. Cancel with 7 days’ notice.
Yes. BoxCross on Regal Road is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, on Silver and Gold. Bronze runs 7am to 9pm and Off-Peak covers 9am to 3pm and 9pm to 3am.
Not at all. Boxing is one of six things on offer and most members never touch it. It is there because it makes the coaching better, not because you have to take part.
Free on-site parking plus free street parking on Regal Road. The entrance is wheelchair accessible, and there is an accessible toilet.