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Crap Towns / Manchester / Swimming pools

Where can you go swimming in Manchester?

Manchester has 26 public swimming pools open (October 2026): 0.6 per 10,000 people, 14% lower than the typical English town's 0.7. 2 more are temporarily closed. Since 2010, 17 public pools have closed for good, the last in 2025. 5 are not being replaced, 4 are to be replaced elsewhere and 2 are to be rebuilt on the same site.

Closed for good since 2010
PoolClosedReason
Main pool2025Not being replaced
Main pool2024Not being replaced
Leisure pool2023Not being replaced
Learner pool2022Replaced elsewhere
Main pool2021Not being replaced
Main pool2021Rebuilt on the site
Main pool2021Rebuilt on the site
Learner pool2019Not being replaced
Learner pool2016–
Main pool2016Replaced elsewhere
Main pool2016Replaced elsewhere
Main pool2015–
Main pool2015Replaced elsewhere
Learner pool2014–
Main pool2014–
Main pool2014–
Leisure pool2010–
Nearby towns
TownDistancePublic pools per 10,000 people
Old Trafford6.8 km2.3
Reddish5.1 km0.9
Denton6.7 km0.6
Manchester–0.6
Failsworth4.8 km0.5
Droylsden4.2 km0.4
Salford5.3 km0.3
Chadderton7.6 km0.3
Audenshaw5.4 km0.0
Prestwich7.3 km0.0
Stretford7.1 km0.0
The typical town–0.7