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Indoor Swimming Pools in Cambridge (UK) Area
(partially) updated September 2005

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My Ranking
Address
Pool(s)
Water
Changing rooms
Price (adult)
Parking facilities
Overall feeling
1
Newmarket Swimming Pool, High Street, CB8 9AP, map, official www,
tel. 01638 661736
~25m
(25yds x 15yds),
Timetable
chlorine,
warm (29C),
looks very clean
NRT#=30h
lockers (50p coin, refundable);
very clean
1 swim: £2.50
12 swims: £t.b.d.
[May05]
there are some parking spaces 100-200m away and a few spaces just in front
the biggest? (volume) pool in the area; nice and clean
2
Mildenhall Swimming Pool, Recreation Way, Mildenhall, IP28 7HG, map,
tel. 01638 712515
25m,
Timetable
chlorine, sometimes very warm (31C), looks very clean
lockers (£1 coin); clean
1 swim: £2.40
12 swims: £26.40
  3 months: £70
[Oct04]
free parking
nice and clean
3
Impington Sports Centre, New Road, CB4 9LX, map, www,
tel. 01223 200415
25m (4 lanes),
Timetable
sometimes too warm (~29C), chlorine,
NRT#=30h
changing cabins + lockers (non-refundable 20p);
rather clean
1 swim: £2.70+0.20*
12 swims: £27+2.4*
[Mar04]
free parking
nice, deepness ok but too much chlorine and sometimes too warm.
4
Bottisham Swimming Pool, map, www
tel. 01223 811121
25m x 10m;
one end very shallow,
Timetable
chlorine,
warm ("82F"), NRT#=30h
look for lockers (20p, refundable); rather clean
1 swim: £2.85
11 swims: £t.b.d. (+£1^)
[May05]
free parking
usually clean; many swimmers do not shower before
5
Abbey Swimming Pools, Whitehill Road, Cambridge, CB5 8NT, map, official www,
tel. 01223 213352
25m (5 lines) + leasure pool,
Timetable
average quality, lots of chlorine,
warm (30C),  NRT#=30h
lockers (£1 coin);
  often dirty
1 swim: £3.30
10 swims: £28
1 month: £34.50
[Apr04]
free parking
seems to have more chlorine than average pool; modern facilities but could be cleaner
n/a
The Paradise Pool, Newnham Street, Ely, CB7 4PQ, map, official www,
tel. 01353 666154
25m (+leasure pool);
one end very shalow and the bottom surface sharp,
Timetable
low/no chlorine
NRT#=4h; quality average
changing rooms very clean;
lockers for 20p + £1 deposit
1 swim: £2.50
12 swims: £ *
[Jul05]
free parking
the pools is open again (23/7/2005);
n/a
Cambridge ParkSide Pools, Gonville Place, Cambridge, CB1 1LY map, www,
tel. 01223 446100
25m (8 lanes) + shallow, diving, etc.
Timetable
low/no chlorine,
sometimes very warm
NRT#=4h
changing cabins + lockers (£1 coin); dirty
1 swim:£3.20
10 swims: £27.20
[Jan04]
ugly and dirty, "sardine can", city council car park; £1 after 18:30 & Sundays, before - you may consider cycling
I never go there as it is very hard to get to (too much in the centre of Cambridge)
n/a
Chesterton Sports Centre, Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY map, www,
tel. 01223 576110
17m, 1-3m deep
Timetable
n/a
n/a
n/a
Free car park on-site

* locker charge
^ membership ("JAN-DEC")
#NRT - "Nose recovery time", i.e. the amount of time, after one hour of continuous swimming, required for my nose to fully recover
Notes

1. The opinions above are based on the following number of visits: Impington: 50+, Parkside: 5, Bottisham: 10, Abbey: 50+, Ely: 20, Newmarket: 100+.
2. At ParkSide Pools I have noticed quite an interesting phenomenon - a kind of Brazilian children syndrome: children age 10 or so go through all the lockers looking for coins and banging the doors terribly. When finished they go through all the cabins looking for some articles left. Don't leave your belongings unattended!!!

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