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6 Best Swimming Pools In Suffolk
Which of these is a swim and which is an outing? The distinction matters, because they take up different amounts of a day. Suffolk's six include Funtasia Felixstowe, which shows a flag for inside and one for outside and reads as the day-out end of the list. Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre likewise has ground beyond the doors. The other four — Haverhill Leisure Centre, Crown Pools, Kingfisher Leisure Centre Sudbury and Deben Swimming Pool — are indoor pools, which means an hour in the water and home again. One caution before you look further: Deben Swimming Pool sits well below everything else here, the only score on the whole list under three.
Top swimming pools in Suffolk
Showing 1–6 of 6
Swimming PoolsHaverhill Leisure Centre
Swimming PoolsFuntasia Felixstowe
Swimming PoolsMid Suffolk Leisure Centre
Swimming PoolsCrown Pools
Swimming PoolsKingfisher Leisure Centre Sudbury
Swimming PoolsDeben Swimming Pool
Pack as though you are going to be slower than you think, because you will be. Two towels each, a bag for the wet ones, snacks for immediately afterwards and an afternoon planned that asks nobody to concentrate. Swimming leaves children pleasantly wrecked, which is a gift if you use it and a nuisance if you had booked something demanding for the afternoon.
Swimming Pools in Suffolk: FAQs
What does a rating in the twos tell us?
That enough visitors went away unhappy to pull the average right down, which is unusual and worth a look before you commit. Deben Swimming Pool is the entry concerned. Read what people actually wrote rather than the figure, since with pools the grievance is usually the age of the building or the hours it keeps rather than the water, and you can decide for yourself whether either would spoil a morning.
How do we turn a swim into a proper day out?
Pick the entries that amount to more than a pool. Funtasia Felixstowe shows flags both ways, and a site with something beyond the water leaves you somewhere to be once the swimming stops but the day has not. Ground outside is recorded at Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre too. With the four indoor-only pools, treat the swim as one component and build the remaining hours around it separately.
Is there shallow water for a toddler?
Ask each site directly, because the answer differs far more than the listings let on. Some of these six keep a separate learner pool, some offer a shallow end and nothing further, and one or two may run parent-and-toddler sessions that are warmer and much quieter than the general swim. Hunt for that last detail: warm and quiet is a wholly different proposition with an under-three.
What should go in the bag?
More than you think, and one thing you will forget. Swimming costumes and towels are obvious; the ones families miss are a coin for the locker, a carrier bag for wet kit, a hairbrush, and something to eat the moment you come out, because children are ravenous after swimming and a vending machine makes a poor substitute for lunch. If your child needs armbands, ask whether the pool lends them before you rely on it.