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5 Best Swimming Pools In Wiltshire
Five entries, and they are a sample rather than a survey. A county this large holds more places to swim than that, and what has reached our records leans towards one end of it: The Link Centre and Highworth Recreation Centre sit up in the north-east, with Olympiad Leisure Centre, Trowbridge Sports Centre and Five Rivers Health & Wellbeing Centre spread out below. All five carry an indoor flag. Only Highworth Recreation Centre records outdoor space, and in a recreation centre that usually means playing fields rather than water.
Top swimming pools in Wiltshire
Showing 1–5 of 5
Swimming PoolsHighworth Recreation Centre
Swimming PoolsTrowbridge Sports Centre
Swimming PoolsThe Link Centre
Swimming PoolsFive Rivers Health & Wellbeing Centre
Swimming PoolsOlympiad Leisure Centre
Nothing on this page is a destination and none of it pretends otherwise. This is the category for the afternoon that has collapsed, when the garden is a swamp and everybody needs to be worn out before bedtime, and for that it is exactly right. Check the timetable before you set off, because a family swim is a slot in a busy building rather than an open door, and walking into a lane session with three children already changed is its own particular misery.
Swimming Pools in Wiltshire: FAQs
Which of the five should we try first?
The nearest one, honestly. These are local facilities and the differences between them are small compared with the difference between a ten-minute drive and a forty-minute one with a tired four-year-old in the back. Highworth Recreation Centre holds the best rating on the page and Olympiad Leisure Centre the lowest, but a gap of half a star between town leisure centres tells you very little about how your particular family's hour will go.
Is there an outdoor pool in the county?
Not on this page. The only outdoor flag among the five belongs to a recreation centre, where it most likely refers to grounds rather than a pool you can get into, so do not plan an open-air swim from this list. If that is what you want, search for lidos by name across neighbouring counties instead. It is a genuine gap in what we hold here rather than a claim that nothing of the kind exists.
What do we need to bring for a leisure centre swim?
Less than you think and more than you packed. A coin for the locker in the older buildings, a towel each plus a spare, goggles for anyone who has decided they cannot swim without them, and something warm for afterwards because children come out of a pool colder than they went in. Armbands if the pool does not lend them. Leave the inflatables at home, since many sessions do not allow them and a disappointed child at the poolside is avoidable.