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Crap Towns / Birmingham / Swimming pools

Where can you go swimming in Birmingham?

Birmingham has 43 public swimming pools open (October 2026): 0.4 per 10,000 people, 43% lower than the typical English town's 0.7. 3 more are temporarily closed. Since 2010, 24 public pools have closed for good, the last in 2025. 6 are not being replaced, 1 closed for financial reasons, 6 are to be replaced elsewhere and 5 are to be rebuilt on the same site.

Closed for good since 2010
PoolClosedReason
Main pool2025Not being replaced
Learner pool2023Financial
Main pool2023Not being replaced
Main pool2021Not being replaced
Learner pool2019Not being replaced
Main pool2019Not being replaced
Learner pool2018Replaced elsewhere
Learner pool2018Replaced elsewhere
Learner pool2018Rebuilt on the site
Main pool2018Replaced elsewhere
Main pool2018Rebuilt on the site
Main pool2018Rebuilt on the site
Main pool2018Rebuilt on the site
Leisure pool2017Not being replaced
Main pool2017Replaced elsewhere
Learner pool2016Replaced elsewhere
Main pool2016Replaced elsewhere
Main pool2014–
Main pool2014Rebuilt on the site
Learner pool2013–
Main pool2013–
Main pool2012–
Main pool2011–
Main pool2010–
Nearby towns
TownDistancePublic pools per 10,000 people
Solihull8.8 km1.4
Pheasey9.3 km1.1
Streetly11.3 km0.6
Royal Sutton Coldfield10.1 km0.5
Smethwick7.6 km0.5
Oldbury10.6 km0.4
West Bromwich10.3 km0.4
Birmingham–0.4
Blackheath12.2 km0.0
Coleshill11.6 km0.0
Hollywood10.2 km0.0
The typical town–0.7