Swimming

Swimming is a great form of all-round exercise. Regular swimming can reduce the risk of chronic illnesses, such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes and stroke. It can also boost your mood and keep your weight under control.

Your swimming experience

Ticketed activities

We are delivering new method of booking particular swimming sessions on our Leisure Hub website at Olympiad Leisure Centre in Chippenham, The Activity Zone in Malmesbury and Trowbridge Sports Centre. This is now also being rolled out at Lime Kiln Leisure Centre in Royal Wootton Bassett, Westbury Pool, Bradford on Avon Pool, Springfield Campus in Corsham and Melksham Campus. This will enable you to book multiple tickets for a single session - without the need for all participants to have their own online booking account.

How to use Ticket Hub

Tickets will be available for Fun and Floats, All Welcome and / or Family Swim sessions at each centre, dependent on pool programming, from the week beginning Monday 8 May.
A person can book online, using our Leisure Hub (opens new window) website, for multiple people to attend any given session, through the ticket.
Whoever is making the booking on behalf of everyone in their group - their book ahead policy will apply for all participants
- If a core member is the lead booker - they can book up to 10 days in advance for everyone in their group
- If a leisure card holder is the lead booker - they can book up to 7 days in advance for everyone in their group
- If a non-member is the lead booker - they can book up to 2 days in advance for everyone in their group
Please ensure the appropriate ticket type is selected for each member of the group
A confirmation of transaction email will be sent, followed by an email to confirm the tickets for the session that has been booked - please bring this email to the session to show at reception.

Leisure Hub

We know some people are having problems creating or logging into their account and we wanted to give a few tips;

• If you already have a profile on our system, for example you are a current member, an ex-member (post October 2021) or have a child on swimming lessons or waiting list, then you will need to click the link which starts with 'I'm an existing member...' You can then register using your email address and card number. Give the relevant centre a call if you don't know your card number or you think we might have an old email address.

• If you have never been a member with us then click the link which starts with 'I'm new...' If you're not sure then contact your local leisure centre

• A common issue is that you may have a membership with us but we don't have an email address on the system and you click on the 'I'm new...' link. This then may create a second account for you. If you think this might have happened contact your local leisure centre.

• If you are a member who has accessed Leisure Hub in the past, but are now having issues, please try clearing the cache in your browser before trying again.

If you are still having problems just give us a call or email us and we will do our best to help, or pass you onto someone else who can!

Contact your local leisure centre

Swim admission policy

Full details on our admissions policy is available on our Swimming admissions policy page, including details on adult to child ratios, information on babies in our pools, and our policy on non-swimmers.

Some swimming sessions such as Family Swim and Fun and Floats may require pre-booking to guarantee a space, this is available at our online booking (opens new window) page. You will need to book one space per person, not one space per family in these sessions. Booking is still available directly at reception in all leisure centres, or over the phone if you prefer.

Contact details for all leisure centres can be found on our Contact leisure services page.

Pool pods

Pool pods help to provide dignified, simple, and comfortable access to the swimming pool, making swimming far more accessible for those people struggling to access swimming pools independently.

Pool pods are perfect for anyone struggling to access a pool via a traditional ladder or steps, and can be used by:

wheelchair users
people with mobility issues
people recovering from injuries
older adults
parents with small children

They are available at the following leisure centres:

Watch a video showing a demonstration of a pool pod (opens new window).

Wiltshire Council have committed to providing pool pods in all council managed swimming pools - read the New Pool-Pods installed at Wiltshire swimming pools - press release for more details.

Children's swimming

Children can attend lane swimming sessions as follows:

Children aged 8 years and over - if they can swim 2 consecutive lengths, and adhere to lane swimming principles, they can book and swim either with a responsible adult, or with a responsible adult remaining within the immediate vicinity of the leisure centre
Children aged under 8 years - if they can 2 consecutive lengths, and adhere to lane swimming principles, they can book and swim with a responsible adult in the swimming pool with them.

Swim Challenge

Get involved with our annual swim challenge for free with various distances available. It's your swimming time - choose your challenge and use it to motivate your continued swimming!

Swimming Pool	Changing room type	Locker information	Other features
Bradford on Avon Swimming Pool	Male / Female separate changing areas	20p	Learner pool available
Calne Community Campus	Mixed village changing room with cubicles	£1	Accessible steps into pool
Devizes Leisure Centre	Mixed village changing room with cubicles	£1	Pool pod in place
Durrington Swimming Pool	Mixed village changing room with cubicles	20p	N/A
Five Rivers Health and Wellbeing Centre, Salisbury	Mixed village changing room with cubicles	20p	Beach pool and learner pool available. Flume available during specific sessions
Lime Kiln Leisure Centre, Royal Wootton Bassett	Male / Female separate changing areas	old £1 coin	N/A
Marlborough Leisure Centre	Mixed village changing room with cubicles	£1	Pool pod in place
Melksham Community Campus	Mixed village changing room with cubicles	padlock required	Pool pod in place. Learner pool available.
Olympiad Leisure Centre, Chippenham	Mixed village changing room with cubicles	£1	Beach pool available
Springfield Community Campus, Corsham	Male / Female separate changing areas	£1	N/A
The Activity Zone, Malmesbury	Mixed village changing room with cubicles	£1	Adjustable swimming pool depth
The Vale Community Campus	Mixed village changing room with cubicles	£1	Pool pod in place and accessible steps into the pool
Tidworth Leisure Centre	Male / Female separate changing areas	£1	Beach pool, and flume available during specific sessions
Trowbridge Sports Centre	Mixed village changing room with cubicles	20p	Adjustable swimming pool depth and pool hoist
Warminster Sports Centre	Male / Female separate changing areas	£1	N/A
Westbury Pool	Male / Female separate changing areas	20p	N/A

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Swimming

Your swimming experience

Ticketed activities

Ticketed activities - more information

Swim admission policy

Pool pods

Children's swimming

Swim Challenge

Changing rooms and locker information

Swimming session descriptions

50 plus

Active aqua

Adult and child

Adult swim

Adult swim school

All welcome

Aqua cardio

Aqua Fit

Aqua Zumba

Available for hire

​​​​​​​Family swim

Feature swim

​​​​​​​Fun and floats

​​​​​​​Funky swim

General swim

Inflatable fun

Lane swim

Leisure swim

School sessions

Swim school

Swim development

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