Spring Valley YMCA

Great facilities and the child watch received a great overhaul. The child watch is a saving grace, our boy loves it and it allows us to work out without a guilty conscious. The pools and workout equipment are well maintained and they have a very large catalog of programs for kids and adults.
The price is steep but worth it if your going to participate in more than just weekend workouts.

Very nice activities to do, however the basketballs they have tend to be deflated or small

Great gym but I hate the pool policy. Usually full of teams that have the majority of lanes reserved, then the fee lanes you have left are only for group exercises.

*This review is strictly for outdoor pool*
Spring valleys ymca outdoor pool is absolutely fantastic. I visited here on a Friday with my two children. We got to the pool about ten minutes after it opened and i expected to stay about 2 hours. We ended up staying over four hours we enjoyed ourselves so much.
Staff is super friendly. The lifeguard doing the swim test was very patient w my 7 year old. And when I went to order from the café it took a little while. After politely asking about my food the worker there gave me my food fast and a free water ice coupon!
The facility is gorgeous. A splash center with about 6 or 7 different fountains, a kiddie pool with half of it shaded (talk about thinking about babies w sensitive skin! Love it) and more fountains in the pool, 3 BIG water slides and plenty more pool space to space to spare. Not the mention the oversized playground that surrounds the pool.
My only complaint is the bath house leaves a lot to be desired. It’s pretty small and fairly dirty. But i guess members have the option to go home and shower its kind of low on the list of priorities.
All in all a great time!

Why is it that the whirlpool is not working half the time. That’s the only thing that my client enjoys but 9 ½ out of 10 times it’s not operational. I even call ahead to verify weather or not it’s working and the idiots working the front desk always answers yes, i should know by now what bumbling blithering morons they are and not to believe them. For all the money they put into building this place you’d think that the whirlpool would work. It really sucks cause that’s all he enjoys. Is it too much to ask to keep the dam thing working. This is why I joined la fitness. This to me is just nasty, sitting up in a whirlpool without any whirl. It’s just a communal warm bath at this point. Why would anyone even want to bother. Eeewww, just nasty…

The Spring Valley YMCA has been a saving grace for me and my husband since we moved to the area. I am always impressed by the size, features, and amount of the equipment that this facility offers.
The most important part of the Y that I utilize most often is the childcare. I have not had to purchase a punch card like another review states, but I have been a member of the Y for less than a year, so they may have since changed their policy. The director and her staff are always friendly, and I can exercise peacefully knowing that my son is well taken care of. It can get crowded during peak times (of course), but my son is an only child so it is great that he gets to interact with other kids. They also separate the children by age, so I don’t have to worry about him playing with toys with parts that or too small or being shoved around (for lack of a better word) by the older kids.
Since it is a newer facility, the equipment is more modern than some of the other branches of the Freedom Valley YMCA. The staff is always friendly and always willing to answer any questions that my husband and I may have. I love how family oriented that the facility is, and love that I can do parent/​child classes with my son that are fairly priced (this is in addition to our membership). He began swimming lessons at 6 months old here!
They also have great programs that offer a lot of volunteer opportunities to the community. Although the membership is a bit pricey there are so many programs, classes, and other opportunities that the YMCA offers that I don’t see why other members would not make the best of everything that the Spring Valley Y has to offer. Well worth it for me!

Why so many negative reviews? I love this place. I’m been a member for a little over a year. My primary Y is Audubon, but I frequent here on the weekends and my daughter takes swimming lessons here.
This place was my saving grace this winter while training for a half marathon. Treadmills with your own tv and then when that got boring, I finished up on the indoor track. Simply amazing.
I love that I can have a great work out and then go sit in the hot tub or relax in the sauna.
Sure they have some weird rules in the indoor and outdoor pool, but for the price I pay and as much as I use this gym and others in the areas it’s completely worth it.

The YMCA says that it is «committed to strengthening communities through youth development»…yet, they close a perfectly good, 4 STAR, Child Care Facility that has been helpful to the Royersford community for over 2 decades!
They have lost their way. Don’t give them your money!

My family and I really enjoyed the facility especially during the summer time, but not anymore you have to enter thru the main door to workout and use the indoor pool and then you have to leave and enter the bath house to use the outdoor pool. It’s so inconvenient and once you get outside there isn’t any lockers to put your stuff in, there is only one shower outside. This facility was made for you to be able to access both the indoor and outdoor pool at once or the building wouldn’t have access to outside. They call it Freedom Valley there isn’t any freedom at this facility. They are taking away from their members just so they can make money off the guest. I don’t even enjoy going there anymore soon I’m going to cancel my membership there’s too many rules. and I’m also letting my friends all know so they don’t purchase memberships.

Really nice facility complete with your own dictatorship! My husband and I often fear that our $ 95 monthly fee only covers the cost of the paper and ink that they print their ridiculous rules on. They are plastered all over the place. I honestly never knew that having an enjoyable day at the pool could possibly have SO MANY RULES. My husband has been to this facility a total of 3 times in the 3 months that we’ve had the membership and has been nagged by the staff every time. Splash pad seems like it would be a laid back experience right? Wrong. Especially if your kid dares to violate the rules such as «no standing under the buckets» and «no sitting or standing on the jets». What kid DOESN’T do that?!
Interested in taking your kid to slash in the pool? That’s cool, so long as you enjoy a nice swimming experience with your 2 year old in a life vest– like you had them on a boat in the middle of a lake instead of 6 inches of water… (especially if you have a kid who clings to you like a freaking gibbon.)
Now don’t get me wrong. Rules have their place in society and in an environment where there are loads of possibilities to get hurt. The thing about the Y that just really chaps my ass is that there is ZERO consistency from staff member to staff member about what rules they are going to enforce at any given time. (Especially in child watch, but that’s like a WHOLE different review/​rant entirely).
We are new to the area and joined the Y first thing. After 3 months of talking to our neighbors, we have discovered that our experience is not unique. ALL of them have been members at one point or another in the past 10 years and ALL of them non longer are…
Oh, and when you decided that you no longer want to be a member, they require that you pay one month past when you cancel.

We are pretty fortunate to have a relatively new YMCA in the area. This one is about 7 years old and was recently expanded in the past year. You can tell that they really maintain this place as nothing really looks rundown or anything. The two indoor pools and one large outdoor pool complete with water slides are lots of fun! Yea, the outdoor pool can get pretty crowded during the summers. They also have a baby pool and a splash pad area. The splash pad is covered so that it can be used year-​around. What I don’t like is the fact that kids have to wear life jackets if they haven’t passed a certain swim test. While I understand their concern, if I’m in the water with my kid and within arms reach, why does he have to wear a life jacket? How’s he supposed to learn how to swim while wearing one?
The fitness center has all the usual equipment and there are sign-​up sheets for some of the more popular machines (30 minute limit), but lately, getting on a machine hasn’t really been an issue. What is frustrating is that machines will sometimes be down for awhile. As of this writing, 3 of the 5 stairmaster machines are down and have been for well over a month now. I’m not sure why machines aren’t fixed quicker. I will say though that most of the machines are in working order – it’s just down machines take longer to fix than I think they should.
They have both an indoor and outdoor track along with a little climbing wall for younger kids. They have 4 gymnasiums with basketball courts. These courts are sometimes used for classes as well.
Childcare is also available most days for a modest cost of $ 1/​hr via the use of a punch card. Simply buy one for $ 15 and you get 15 hours of child watch services.
We’ve had a couple of kids birthday parties here and my sons have always enjoyed them. If you have a swim party in the summer, you can rent the outdoor gazebo, which is nice.
With membership, you have access to four other branches as well. The Phoenixville branch is nice. The Pottstown is older and I’m not sure about the others.
If all you are interested in is the fitness center, there are cheaper alternatives. But if you have kids or want to take advantage of the pools and/​or multiple locations, then this is not a bad deal. All in all, my family is very happy that we have this Y in the area and we have been members for over 5 years now and plan on being members for many more years.

GORGEOUS! The pools would be worth the cost alone, but the facility is amazing. More importantly, the kids that work there are wonderful. First, the pool has about a dozen lifeguards on duty at a time. There are ones that walk around, sit on the stands and camp in the middle of the pool. It really makes me feel good knowing there are people really watching, not texting or looking for a date. Also, my husband lost his wedding band in the pool. I happened to enlist a couple of kids who had goggles to look on the pool floor for us and one of the guards heard me. He said something to another couple of the guards and before I knew it, they had shut down the pumps on the slides so they could wade into the pool and look. I couldn’t believe how sweet they were to help.
They have a coffee bar, daycare rooms, walking track and rock walls. Something for everyone in a very comfortable environment. It’s a wonderful company and a great family facility.

i guess it might be easy to take your local y for granted, but this location is fabulous
recently renovated/​expanded — it offers something for old and young alike
indoor/​outdoor pools/​water slides
indoor track, gymnasiums, exercise rooms, plenty of machines and free weights — the outdoor track is decent as well
plenty of classes — spinning, zumba, yoga, bosu, kickboxing, boot camp, trx — you name it, they probably do it

My child attends the daycare program at the YMCA located at the Grace Luthern Church in Royersford. This is the WORST daycare on the planet. The teachers suck they don’t actually teach your child anything they just run around with no real purpose. They say they are a Keystone Star certified program but that doesn’t mean anything. They probably filled out all the forms on their own and sent them in. I know for a fact when I filled out my form I didn’t say anything positive. This daycare is a JOKE and should be closed. As soon as I find a new daycare I will be pulling my child out.

Totally love this Y! I am a member at the one in Phoenixville, but the pool up here is awesome. Who needs a water park? My kids could live here. They have so much going on, indoor splash area, large kid zero entry pool, 3 waterslides, warm baby pool, lap area, music playing, kid play park, sand volleyball, café, and even water ice! Get a membership already!

The Spring Valley YMCA is a wonderful facility, especially for families. It is a great hang out with healthy benefits for your 12 and up kids and a fantastic place to take the younger ones as they have a variety of programs to offer. The indoor pools are fantastic. Also, if it wasn’t for the fantastic classes and instructors that keep me motivated, I would not be working out at all I am sure!!! It is definitely worth the membership fee!!! Very reasonable for what you get!!!