Crap Towns / Wem / Swimming pools
Where can you go swimming in Wem?
Wem has 1 public swimming pool open (October 2026): 1.6 per 10,000 people, 2.3 times the typical English town's 0.7. None has closed for good since 2010.
| Town | Distance | Public pools per 10,000 people |
|---|---|---|
| Oswestry | 22.0 km | 1.7 |
| Market Drayton | 16.8 km | 1.7 |
| Nantwich | 27.0 km | 1.6 |
| Wem | – | 1.6 |
| Whitchurch | 12.7 km | 1.0 |
| Shrewsbury | 16.4 km | 0.9 |
| Newport | 25.4 km | 0.7 |
| Telford | 25.1 km | 0.6 |
| Bayston Hill | 20.6 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.7 |