First Floor Changing Rooms available for showers, lockers provided for safe keeping of belongings.
Pool temperature is always comfortably warm with a large thermometer on the wall. Housed in a glass walled building with views of the woodlands above, it's like swimming in a big conservatory. There are Aquatots and AquaNatal classes along with many varied others, including fun swims with music. I believe it's only a few years old, perhaps newly built less than 5 years ago? But I'm not sure. I've noticed the chlorine smell that usually overwhelms in public pools isn't so strong here. One end of the pool has a rising floor to make it shallower for certain teaching classes, with a dividing wall. The unisex changing rooms have baby changing facilities in selected cubicles and it's always pristine clean. Unlike Rochdale baths where I went to once and saw cockroaches scuttling around the changing rooms! People I've talked to at Todmorden pool say that's usual! The showers have useful harnessed seats for strapping baby in safely whilst you have your shower. I would say these are only suitable for young babies not toddlers though. A very family-oriented leisure centre with a creche, bookable in advance for 2 hours at a time at £2.40 per session, so you could have a swim by yourself while your youngster is in the creche, then go and get your child for his Aquatots session. It's quite open-plan and swimmers walk around in their swimgear or towels, except in the cafe, so you don't have to get changed out of your swimsuit to collect your child. 10/10 in my opinion!