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The Pool has recently been refurbished to extend it to 25m
The pool operates regular sessions every day of the week (details available from the timetable below) and provides for a variety of different people with access for everyone.
Why choose Swimming?
Improves Health
Swimming is a fun, healthy activity with both physical and mental benefits, in addition to your heart, lungs and muscles, you will feel better about yourself and be living a healthier lifestyle.
Improves Fitness
Just swimming a few lengths can involve most of the major muscle groups, giving your body a great work out. If you crank up the pace, you’ll get a brilliant aerobic workout too.
Stress Relief
The great advantage of swimming is that water supports your weight and relieves the stress off your joints, so you can put your body through a good workout without your knees, hips or spine being damaged. As well as this it relaxes the mind.
The Importance of Swimming
Swimming is an essential life skill that helps both adults and children safe in and around water. As well as being fun it is a great way to make new friends or get the whole family involved. Try our fun sessions on a weekend for an hour of complete fun.
Children’s Swimming lessons
We also offer lessons from our ASA qualified swimming instructors. They are all experienced in teaching and regularly update their skills in order to maintain a safe, fun and modern approach. Each lesson last 30 mins. Click here for further details
Adult Swimming Lessons
Age should not be a barrier is you want to learn to swim, that is why we have no age restrictions on enrolment onto our adult swimming lessons.
Our programmes are designed for adults who lack water confidence and are non swimmers. We also cater for confident swimmers who want to improve their technique and also for adults who can swim but want to work on skills and stamina - so there are classes for everyone.
The sessions are run in a warm and safe environment by qualified and experienced coaches.
Pool Opening Times and Programme:
Monday: 19:30-21:30 (Adult Only Swimming)
Tuesday: 19:30-21:30 (Adult Only Swimming)
Wednesday: 18.30-19.30 (Women only Swimming)
Thursday: 19:30-21:30 (Adult Only Swimming)
Saturday: 11:00-13:00 (Family Swimming with swim lane)
Sunday: 09:00-10:00 (Parent & baby swim) 10:00-13:00 (Family Swimming with swim lane)
SWIM PRICES
Adult: MEMBERS £2.50 NON-MEMBERS £3.50
Child: (3yrs & above) MEMBERS £1.00 NON-MEMBERS £2.20
Swimming Policies
Under 8's Admission Policy
Children aged 4 - 7 years must be accompanied by a responsible adult (that is, over the age of 16) in the ratio 2:1 Children under the age of 4 years must be accompanied by a responsible adult (that is, over the age of 16) in the ratio 1:1
In Family sessions
Children aged 4 - 7 years must be accompanied by a responsible adult (that is, over the age of 16) in the ratio 3:1.
If one or more child is aged under four, then they must be accompanied in the ratio 2:1
Public Swimming Policy
If any swimmer or non-swimmer has a disability or illness which may affect them, it is the responsibility of that person (or accompanying adult in the case of children) to inform the poolside staff of any special assistance that may be required.
Adult and children non-swimmers must remain in designated safe areas of the pool, i.e. shallow end of the pool.
Swimmers should swim within their own capabilities. Non-swimmers or weak swimmers must not go out of their depth, the wearing of approved swimming aids under supervision is strongly recommended. (the centre are unable to provide any swimming aids unless on a swimming lesson).
A non-swimmer or poor swimmer is defined as someone who is not able to swim one length (20m) of the pool, and then tread water for 30 seconds to the satisfaction of the poolside staff.
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