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LONDON OLYMPIC POOL FULL
LONDON OLYMPIC POOL PLUS

The new indoor pool adjacent to a refurbished Uxbridge Lido, opened on 23 March 2010.

8 Lane pool 50m Competition Pool with 4 Lane 20m Community Pool Opened Jan 2016 Replacing Wycombe Sports Centre. Īn outdoor pool that is open during the summer months only. īuilt for the 1970 British Commonwealth Games. Recently refurbished, reopened May 28, 2011. Ĭorby East Midlands International Swimming Pool īuilt to replace the previous 50m pool at Coventry Sports and Leisure Centre which was closed in February 2020īuilt in addition to current 10 lane 25m pool, which opened late 2018 The 50m pool is now open for public swimming on weekday mornings and at weekends. Heated open air pool, open seasonally between March and October. University of Bath Sports Training Village Īs part of new University Sports Centre. Ĭonstructed by Basildon District Council in time to support the 2012 London Olympics. This is a British Army swimming pool, but it is open to the public at certain times. Site planned to be Londonderry Playing Fields, Smethwick. Planned as part of Birmingham hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Planned for Phase 3 of the new sports centre (currently at Phase 1) for the University of Cambridge on the West Cambridge Site. Used for a large number of English and British National events Includes 25 x 25 m diving pool adjacent to main competition pool. Second 50 m pool was added for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The pool was reopened on after refurbishment. Part of the Cardiff International Sports Village.

LONDON OLYMPIC POOL PLUS

Plus a 7 lane (15m?) x 25m diving pool at the end of the main pool. īangor Aurora Aquatic and Leisure Complex Opened as part of the Aberdeen Sports Village complex.

2.1 Planned or under construction/refurbishment.

The Aberdeen Aquatics Centre, being part funded by the University of Aberdeen, is the main pool facility for the university. 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.Īs of 2018, no university in the UK possesses an Olympic standard pool, though several have an 8-lane 50-metre pool. However, the successful bid to hold the 2012 Summer Olympics in London added impetus to the development of new pools. 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.

LONDON OLYMPIC POOL FULL

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.Īt the start of the 21st century, the provision of 50-metre swimming pools in the United Kingdom was very poor for a developed country. This is an annotated list of swimming pools in the United Kingdom which conform to the Olympic standard.