Galway Swimming Pools

Muzzy

Ok, moving up to the big smoke fairly soon.

What are yer recommendations for a good swimming pool. Close to town center or Knocknacarra.

Names and where abouts please, not intrested about prices but if you know them, stick 'em in!

Please and thank-you as the only Galway City pool I ever was in was Leisureland!!

hamsterboy

Not near Knocknacarra but the Kingfisher in Renmore is a nice pool.

po0k

Leisureland is the only public one I know of.
Aside from that, it's clubs like Kingfisher, Ardilaun (Taylor's Hill, near enough to Knocknacarra) etc. as far as I know.

kippy

Kingfisher is nice but only open to the public at certain times.

biko

Radisson SAS Hotel in city centre has an indoor pool afaik

galwayrush

i think they will be a new Swimming Pool in Knockcarragh soon.

lasair

there is a hotel in knocknacarra called the Clybaun Hotel and With the NRG gym there is a pool and spa

Muzzy

Nice wan lads, cheers lads, sounds like the Clybaun Hotel for me, but I'll have to check out the Kingfisher, with its reputation and all.

Now, any body know where I can get a spare few hundred quid. I might as well join the gym and all!

padi89

Muzzy wrote:

Nice wan lads, cheers lads, sounds like the Clybaun Hotel for me, but I'll have to check out the Kingfisher, with its reputation and all.

Now, any body know where I can get a spare few hundred quid. I might as well join the gym and all!

I think the Clybaun only has a 15 metre pool but i could be wrong.Not very good if you wanna do lenghts.

JohnCleary

Clybaun is membership only

fifib

Days hotel have a nice new shiny leisure center. pool is always clean and the new gym has all new equipment

?banned?

just a word of advice, steer clear of Leisureland

I bought a monthly pass a few weeks ago for €40 with the intention of getting fit and swimming every day (its only across the road from my house!) - I swam there about 5 times and then refused to go back. The filth of the place. I put it down to staff shortages once or twice but then after that it became unbearable. It is so filthy, literally with rubbish on the floor. i didnt even want to touch anything..

Kingfisher is good I heard though!

Redhairedguy

?banned? wrote:

just a word of advice, steer clear of Leisureland

I bought a monthly pass a few weeks ago for €40 with the intention of getting fit and swimming every day (its only across the road from my house!) - I swam there about 5 times and then refused to go back. The filth of the place. I put it down to staff shortages once or twice but then after that it became unbearable. It is so filthy, literally with rubbish on the floor. i didnt even want to touch anything..

Plus everyone pees in it.. young and old!

learnerplates

Any updates on this?

I used Leisureland and found it alright, very busy at the time though, 6pm.

I'm looking for a public pool, preferrably in the Newcastle/salthill (or short driving distance, 5mins, from here abouts). I'm not on for joining anywhere just pay per session. Somewhere clean, no kids, nearly always weekly evenings.

gaeilgegrinds

NRG Knocknacarra is a good choice.

learnerplates

Cool, are you sure they have public sessions?
Their website doesn't tell much except fitness lessons.

Steyr

learnerplates wrote: »

I used Leisureland and found it alright, very busy at the time though, 6pm.

I go swimming 7 days a week to Leisureland, no problems there its cleaned regularily and the 5:45pm-7:15pm Public session is the most busy time due to people training after work etc, for 40e a month its great value, i love it. Fast lane only for me though..;)

learnerplates

It looked fine to me alright, the dressing rooms aren't as fancy as the hotels' alright but that's not an issue for me.
A nice clean pool is what I really want for only once or twice a week at peak times.

galvianlord

for cleanliness the spirit one pool at the rad aint bad, oh for your own pool without the need for those pesky bathing hats!

learnerplates

galvianlord wrote: »

for cleanliness the spirit one pool at the rad aint bad, oh for your own pool without the need for those pesky bathing hats!

That's not a public pool though is it?

Mrs OBumble

I think Leisureland @ Salthill is the only public pool. Galway's not so well endowed with public facilities as other cities ...

The gyms often do allow one-off visits, but charge and arm and leg for 'em.

If you join NRG Clyburn, your membership covers their Bohermore site as well (about 15 mins walk from Eyre Square, in the other direction). It's steep though, about 650-euro for 12 months. But cheaper than the Radisson which is about 950 for the same.

(In context, Leisureland is 7-euro per swim ... 7 * 3 days/week * 50 weeks/year = about 1000. Even at 40/month, a year is still about 500, and that only gets you the swimming pool, not the gym/sauna/spa).

learnerplates

It's a pity if that is indeed true but I suppose the new pools are expensive to build.

I'm only interested in a swim a couple of evenings a week for the next few months, that'd be 8pm for the next 3 months (8x3x7euro = 168euro max), come April the indoor life will be over, plenty of fresh water out there for a swim after that (especially if you've a wetsuit).

Rant: I'd rather swim the corrib than pay those gyms that kind of money, that kind of thing is for fools round this time of year, fine for January, February but that's usually that.