DUBBED as 'Freedom Day', April 12 saw the reopening of non-essential shops, gyms, hair salons and pub gardens as lockdown restrictions across England start to ease.

We asked our readers where the best gyms are in the area.

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Here's what they had to say.

Reading

ARC Gym, Reading Road, Wokingham

ARC Gym

ARC Gym

Although it's technically in Wokingham, ARC Gym proved to be very popular with our readers from Reading with more than 30 people voting it as the best gym in the area.

Loddon Valley Leisure Centre, Rushey Way, Earley

PT:U - Personal Training, Grovelands Avenue Industrial Estate, Winnersh

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The Gym on the Park, Woodford Park Leisure Centre

TNT Gym, Bridgewater Close, Reading

Bracknell

Absolutely Fitness Bracknell, Easthampstead Road

Base Gym, Market Street, Bracknell

The Gym Bracknell, Easthampstead Road

The Gym Bracknell

The Gym Bracknell