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available to registered members. The others are available for use on a pay andplay basis.220. The location of health and fitness gyms in <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent means anyonetravelling by car can reach one in under 10 minutes. However, the numbers ofhealth and fitness stations are unevenly distributed around the City, with thelargest numbers in the Western and South Western areas. Provision is thelowest in the South Eastern and Northern areas.Figure 23:Health and fitness stations in <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent by NMA(Source: Active Places Power)NMAPercentage of the stations in<strong>Stoke</strong>-on-TrentEastern 12Western 37Northern 5South Western 43South Eastern 4221. Figure 24 shows the location of the health and fitness gyms overlaid with the IMDrank. An interesting fact emerges - the majority of the gyms are located withinthe more deprived areas close to the main road corridors and City centre, andmany of these are accessible only by registered membership. This suggests thatthey are largely catering for people with access to a car, and probably not forlocal residents.Nortoft Partnerships Ltd <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent Page | 178Sport & Physical Activity Strategy 2009-2016October 2009