List of long-course swimming pools in the United Kingdom
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This is an annotated list of swimming pools in the United Kingdom which conform to the Olympic standard. Additionally, it lists other long-course facilities that do not quite come up to the full standard of 50 × 25 metres, 10 (middle 8 used) lanes.
At the start of the 21st century, the provision of 50-metre swimming pools in the United Kingdom was very poor for a developed country. Few universities possessed 50-metre pools, and there was a marked reluctance on the part of municipal authorities to build new public long-course facilities. However, the successful bid to hold the 2012 Summer Olympics in London added impetus to the development of new pools. A number of new venues were completed before and after the Games, although some existing pools were demolished and not replaced by 50-metre facilities.
As of 2022, no university in the UK possesses an Olympic standard pool, though several have an 8-lane 50-metre pool. The Aberdeen Aquatics Centre, being part funded by the University of Aberdeen, is the main pool facility for the university.
Olympic size pools
Planned or under construction
Other 50 metre pools
Planned or under construction/refurbishment
Other notable long-course pools
Open
Bourne Lido, Bourne, Lincolnshire – 50 by 13 yards (45.7 m × 11.9 m) open air pool
Brockwell Lido – 160 ft (48.77 m) open air pool; opened in 1937, closed in 1990, and re-opened in 1994
Jesus Green Swimming Pool, Cambridge – 100 by 15 yards (91.4 m × 13.7 m) open air pool
Lymington Open Air Sea Water Baths (Lymington Lido) – 361 by 164 feet (110.0 m × 50.0 m) open air pool
Parliament Hill Lido (Hampstead Heath Lido) – 200 ft × 90 ft (61 m × 27 m) unheated open air pool
Stonehaven Open Air Pool, Aberdeenshire – 55 yd × 20 yd (50.3 m × 18.3 m) heated seawater open air pool
Tooting Bec Lido – 100 yd × 33 yd (91.4 m × 30.2 m) unheated open air pool
Yearsley Swimming Pool, York – 48 yd × 17 yd (43.9 m × 15.5 m) indoor pool
Closed
Broomhill Pool, Ipswich – 55 by 20 yards (50.3 m × 18.3 m) open air pool, plus 5-yard (4.6 m) diving pit. Subject of campaign to reopen.
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