Every month, 14.8k of you ask Google for the best reformer Pilates studios near you. Do that and you’ll find an overwhelming 156 million results – largely from the studios themselves. But how do they compare? Read on for our honest reviews of the top reformer Pilates studios in London, Kent, Manchester, Bristol, Cheshire and more, including their unique selling points.
Reformer Pilates near me: best studios in London
1. Ten Health & Fitness
Keen champions of the benefits of Reformer, Ten have taken on the Pilates technique and added their own refinements — including elements from other disciplines, like circuits, weights and spin — for maximum body-sculpting effect.
- Price: £30 per class
- Location: Chiswick, Notting Hill, Little Venice, St James’s, Fitzrovia, Tottenham Court Road, Hatton Garden, City, Nine Elms
2. Studio Anatomy
Studio Anatomy offers five types of reformer Pilates classes at their sun-soaked studio in Hackney. They recommend that you start with the Essentials class, before progressing to the Signature, Power or Advanced sessions, while they also offer prenatal classes guided by pregnancy-specific Pilates instructors. The teachers really know their stuff, so rest assured you’re in good hands.
- Price: Welcome offer: £55 for three classes, £28 per class thereafter
- Location: Hackney
3. Nobu Pilates
Developed by Creative Director Marsha Lindsay, Nobu Pilates offers three signature classes – Power, Precision and Pure – combining the core elements of traditional Pilates with a fresh flow. Set in an elegant studio in Nobu Portman Square Hotel, and with a maximum of 10 participants per class, you’ll be feeling the burn long after you’ve left the studio.
- Price: £37 per class; 5-, 10- and 20-class packs available
- Location: Marylebone
4. Pilates HQ
Split into just Beginner and Intermediate, with the occasional cardio focus, Pilates HQ’s classes — set in a simple bright, light-filled studio – are a comprehensive starting point for your Reformer journey.
- Price: £25 per class
- Location: Angel
5. Tempo
As the name suggests, Tempo sets your Reformer sesh to an eclectic mix of ‘awesome’ music that sets the pace for your body-conditioning sequence; which are offered in five different experience levels from Beginner to Tempo HIIT, and the ‘tough love’ Up-Tempo Pilates L3.
- Price: £30 per class
- Location: Shoreditch, Hackney, Elephant Park
6. Anthro Contrology
Counting the likes of Louise Roe, Charlie Brooks and Amanda Lamb as fans, Anthro Contrology is a premium space to build core Pilates foundations of inner focus, body awareness and strength. Choose your flow level, from Fundamental, Restorative and Dynamic reformer offerings to the more intense Advanced and Jump Board options – this last one has a specific ab, glute and leg focus. You can even oft for private, one-to-one tutoring.
It’s the details that really enhance the luxury, light-filled experience here. Interior designer Karen Oliver showcases flowing furniture that mimics the human body’s motion, while perfumer Rebecca Tracey’s blends of essential oils complement each individual class, aligning with the seasons and circadian rhythm.
- Price: £35 for drop-in session; welcome offer: 3 session for £55.55 (2-week expiry); class packages and memberships available
- Location: Richmond
7. Core Kensington
The crème de la crème de la Reformer, Core Kensington’s minimal studio only has space for six practitioners per class, meaning you’ll get your money’s worth of the teacher attention.
- Price: £30 per class
- Location: Kensington
8. Exhale Pilates London
As an intro to Joseph Pilates’ technique, there’s nowhere better than Exhale. With state of the art apparatus, highly experienced teachers and max six people per class, you’re getting the most effective version of Reformer.
- Price: £35 per class
- Location: Primrose Hill, North Finchley
9. Power Pilates
As the name suggests, Beckenham’s Power Pilates prides itself on fast-paced energetic reformer Pilates classes that promise a veritable burn. The teachers are unmatched in both skill and motivation (we’re big fans of Natalie Scrutton), with an attention to every participant’s form that makes you feel as though you’re the only one in the class (and you’ll never be unsure of what to do – particularly noteworthy for any beginners).
- Price: £24 per class
- Location: Beckenham
10. KARVE
Keen for a challenge? KARVE is the place to be. The studio is inspired by New York’s Transformer Pilates method, with every 50-minute class designed to ‘karve’ your body, using time under tension techniques, pulses and isometric holds. The music is cranked up high and the lights are dimmed, and you’ll finish every sesh with a breathing meditation to help re-establish your mind-body connection.
- Price: £35 per class
- Location: Kensington High Street
11. Psycle
If power, banging playlists and passionate instructors sound like a bit of you, Psycle is the place to be. Each class – including beginner, signature and advanced sessions – takes a more dynamic approach than classical reformer Pilates, but rest assured your instructors will coach you through every move, to help reshape your body, realign your posture and release stress. We’re big fans of teachers Matt McCell and Ben Stott.
- Price: £25 per class
- Locations: Oxford Circus, Shoreditch
12. Reformcore
Designed by the fitness experts at Barrecore, Reformcore is a high-energy, low-impact reformer Pilates class that focuses on isometric training. With the lights ever-so-slightly dimmed, the 50-minute classes at Reformcore effortlessly blend the intense burn of a Barre class with the lengthening of the reformer machine. Targeting every muscle, these Pilates classes seriously bring the burn (trust us, our glutes were on fire!), while focusing on breath and rhythm. Expect the trainers to keep telling you that ‘your breath is the one thing that will get you through this class’, when you’re wincing in pain.
- Price: £30 per class
- Locations: Chelsea, Mayfair, Islington, St Mary’s Axe
Reformer Pilates near me: best studios outside of London
13. Zero Gravity
Zero Gravity prides itself on an ultra-dynamic approach to reformer Pilates, which the founders say will help you see results in your body ‘in a matter of weeks’. You’ll use Pilates rings, hand weights and boxes to help you hit all your muscle groups, making every 60-minute class totally unique.
- Price: £25 per class
- Locations: Potters Bar, Mill Hill, Loughton, Temple Fortune, Muswell Hill, Brentwood, Beaconsfield, Henley on Thames, Marlow, Chelmsford, Sevenoaks
14. Clifton Pilates
At Clifton Pilates, eight guests are permitted per 55-minute reformer Pilates class, to ensure that your instructor can pay attention every individual’s form and technique. The sessions follow a slower structure, with a focus on posture and agility, but rest assured you’ll get a full-body workout.
- Price: £25 per class
- Location: Bristol
15. Sculpt in Haus
Central Manchester’s top reformer Pilates studio Sculpt In Haus hosts three types of classes: reformer full-body, reformer ass and abs, and reformer bounce. The latter involves the use of a jumpboard, a piece of equipment that’ll be attached to the end of your reformer, for you to push off. Each class caters to every ability.
- Price: £20 per class
- Location: Manchester
16. Sópers House
Sópers House‘s reformer Pilates classes are rooted in Joseph Pilates’ original method. You’ll run through his original Pilates exercises on one of the best brand of reformer Pilates beds: Peak Pilates, with a selection of top trainers. Expect an exclusive and intimate feel.
- Price: Membership prices available on request
- Location: Cuffley, Hertfordshire
17. R3FORM Pilates
Set in one of the most beautiful, sun-drenched studios in a reformed barn, R3FORM Pilates‘ reformer classes are a fusion of HIIT, Pilates and strength training, suitable for all fitness levels, and designed to help you build core strength, and kiss goodbye to any aches and pains. Bangin’ playlists and expert instructors are a given.
- Price: £20 per class
- Location: Peterborough
18. Balance Pilates
Balance Pilates is home to the most extensive of reformer Pilates offerings, with seven different types of classes. Choose between reformer basics, reformer, reformer barre, reformer bounce, reformer stretch, party reformer and reformer 1-1. There really is something for everyone.
- Price: Intro offer, 2 classes for £25, or £20 per class
- Location: Macclesfield, Cheshire
19. Studio Flex
Studio Flex‘s standard reformer Pilates classes focus on alignment, core development, coordination and balance. Then, once you’re ready to up the ante, try the dynamic reformer Pilates classes for an intense full-body workout that will help you build more lean muscle and leave you buzzing with endorphins.
- Price: £25 per class
- Location: Suffolk, Ipswich
20. Flex and Tone Classical Pilates
Flex and Tone is what you need if you’re after a more personal approach, with classes held on a 1-1 basis. Sessions follow a classical structure, with founder Francis focussing on moving ‘to heal’.
- Price: Available on request
- Location: Blewbury, Clubhouse
21. STRONG Pilates
STRONG Pilates classes use a Rowformer, or Bikeformer – a combined Pilates and Rowing machine or a Pilates and Resistance Bike that blends resistance training with cardio HIIT training. The perfect class for those looking for something more high-intensity in a guaranteed sweat session.
- Price: Available on request
- Location: Islington London, Leicester
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Bridie is Fitness Director at Women’s Health UK. She spends her days sweating over new workouts, fitness launches and the best home gym kit so you have all that you need to get fit done. Her work has been published in Stylist, Glamour, Cosmopolitan and more. She’s also a part-time yoga teacher with a habit of nodding off mid savasana (not when she’s teaching, promise).
