Other 50 Metre Pools
Location | Pool/centre name | Pool dimensions | Further information | |
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Length | Width (lanes) | |||
Aldershot | Aldershot Garrison Sports Centre | 50 m | 18 m (8) | This is a British Army swimming pool, but it is open to the public at certain times. |
Banbury | Woodgreen Leisure Centre Woodgreen Leisure Centre | 50 m | (8) | Heated open air pool. |
Basildon | Basildon Sporting Village | 50 m | (8) | Constructed by Basildon District Council in time to support the 2012 London Olympics. |
Bath | University of Bath Sports Training Village | 50 m | (8) | The University of Bath had promoted free student access to prospective students but has recently reneged on that promise without consultation. |
Cheltenham | Sandford Parks Lido | 50 m | 27 m(10) | Open between May and September. |
Corby | Corby East Midlands International Swimming Pool | 50 m | (8) | Opened July 2009. |
Coventry | Coventry Sports And Leisure Centre | 50 m | (8) | |
Crawley | K2 Crawley | 50 m | (8) | |
Crystal Palace | Crystal Palace National Sports Centre | 50 m | (8) | |
Ealing | Gurnell Leisure Centre | 50 m | Under threat of closure and replacement with new 50 m pool in Acton (see below). | |
East Kilbride | The Dollan Aqua Centre | 50 m | (6) | Recently refurbished, reopened May 28 2011. |
Edinburgh | Royal Commonwealth Pool | 50 m | 21 m (8) | Built for the 1970 British Commonwealth Games. Site to be refurbished, with 50 m pool retained. |
Guildford | Guildford Lido | 50 m | An outdoor pool that is open during the summer months only. | |
Guildford | Surrey Sports Park | 50 m | 20 m (8) | Part of the University of Surrey. |
Hackney | London Fields Lido | 50 m | 17 m (8) | Lido, opened in 1932, closed in 1988, and re-opened in 2006. |
High Wycombe | Wycombe Sports Centre | 50 m | (6) | |
Hillingdon | Hillingdon Sports & Leisure Centre | 50 m | 20 m (8) | The new indoor pool adjacent to a refurbished Uxbridge Lido, opened on 23 March 2010. |
Hitchin | Hitchin Swimming Centre | 50 m | Hitchin Swimming Centre sports indoor and outdoor pools. Outdoor pool opens between May–September | |
Letchworth | Letchworth Outdoor Pool | 50 m | Open between May–September | |
Liverpool | Liverpool Aquatics Centre | 50 m | (8) | |
Loughborough | English Institute of Sport | 50 m | 20 m (8) | Based at Loughborough University. |
Manchester | Manchester Aquatics Centre | 50 m | 20 m (8) | Built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games. |
50 m | 8 m (4) | |||
Norwich | Sportspark | 50 m | 17 m (8) | Part of the University of East Anglia. |
Portsmouth | Mountbatten Centre | 50 m | 17 m (8) | Run by Parkwood Leisure. |
Stirling | National Swimming Academy | 50 m | (6) | Part of the University of Stirling. |
Stockport | Grand Central Pools | 50 m | (8) | |
Street, Somerset | Millfield School | 50 m | (8) | School's private pool, only open to staff and students. |
Stonehaven Open Air Pool | Aberdeenshire Council | 50 m | (8) | Council run public pool, only open June to September. |
Swansea | Wales National Pool | 50 m | 21 m (8) | Part of the Swansea University. |
Read more about this topic: List Of Olympic-size Swimming Pools In The United Kingdom
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