amey Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Hi, wanting to find a good swimming pool in sheffield, around the s10 area, or around the childrens hospital area of town or even further afield really. Need a decent size pool for lane swimming and just wondered where the best pools are? Thanks Amey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotPhil Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 There's the King Edward's (?) school pool near the Children's Hospital. Otherwise there's the USport one, Pond's Forge and Hillsborough that I know of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Pond's Forge is Ok...but the male changing rooms have a funny smell about them...it's not very pleasant. Hillsboro' is Ok for kids and has nice gentle 'beach' style shallow bit. But it's not near where you are, as I've just noticed, hence this edit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAIRBOY Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 It sounds a little more serious than recreational. You can be in the centre so quickly from Sheffield 10 that I would suggest Ponds Forge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alevans Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 It sounds a little more serious than recreational. You can be in the centre so quickly from Sheffield 10 that I would suggest Ponds Forge. Theres a public baths at Heeley too but I dont know what its like, I used to use Virgin's Pool across the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diskoheaven Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 The uni swimming pool at goodwin is really nice, i think the general public can probably go as well... http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/s10/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAIRBOY Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 The uni swimming pool at goodwin is really nice, i think the general public can probably go as well... http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/s10/ I think the University pool is excellent but haven't been there for 12 yrs and have not seen the S10 set-up. If that is available, even as membership, I'd prefer it to Ponds Forge having used it every day of the week at one time. It's on the higher part of Northumberland Road if you don't know at the Goodwin Centre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 There's the King Edward's (?) school pool near the Children's Hospital. Otherwise there's the USport one, Pond's Forge and Hillsborough that I know of. King Ted's is actually nearer the Hallamshire than the Children's. Dad and I used to go up there quite a bit years ago, always remember it being not all that warm in the Pool though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alevans Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 King Ted's is actually nearer the Hallamshire than the Children's. Dad and I used to go up there quite a bit years ago, always remember it being not all that warm in the Pool though When I was at City Grammar we used to 'borrow' King Teds for our swimming lessons, it was always a nice pool in those days, but I dont think it was open to the public. How many schools in Sheffield now have their own exclusive pools I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingle Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 If you're interested in regular lane swimming, it's worth looking into the fitness unlimited scheme - http://www.fit-un.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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