Indoor Swimming Pools in Cornwall by Town

Short answer: Fourteen public indoor pools across Cornwall: the fun ones are Bude's Splash (wave machine and flume), Newquay's Waterworld and Bodmin's Dragon; the lane pools are Truro, St Austell (with a diving pit), Wadebridge, St Ives, Penzance and the rest. Falmouth no longer has a public pool.

The fun pools (wave machines, flumes, slides)

• Bude — Splash Leisure Pool — a 35-metre leisure pool with a wave machine and a big flume. The north coast's rainy-day banker.
• Newquay — Waterworld — tropical fun pool with water cannon, slides and flumes, plus a proper swimming pool for lanes.
• Bodmin — Dragon Leisure Centre — 25-metre pool with a flume and a learner pool, plus soft play in the centre.
• Liskeard — Lux Park — pool and flume.

The lane pools

• Truro — six-lane 25-metre pool and a learner pool; the county's main swim-school venue.
• St Austell — Polkyth — 25-metre pool with a three-metre diving pit.
• Wadebridge — four-lane 25-metre pool and learner pool.
• St Ives — two pools, main and children's, with the coastal views.
• Penzance — 25-metre pool and learner pool.
• Helston, Launceston — Phoenix, Saltash, Carn Brea (Camborne–Redruth) and Camelford — the town pools for their patches.

Worth knowing

• Falmouth has no public pool since Ships & Castles closed; Truro and Helston are the nearest council pools.
• Most are run by Better (GLL) on behalf of the council — book public swims and check flume session times on better.org.uk. Penzance, Wadebridge, Launceston, Camelford and Carn Brea are run independently.
• Half term sessions fill — book the fun pools ahead.

The outdoor ones that matter in winter

Jubilee Pool in Penzance has a geothermally heated pool that runs through winter — a warm swim beside the Atlantic — and Bude Sea Pool is free and open all year for the hardy. Hayle's outdoor pool is summer-only.

Times and programmes are the organisers' to change — check the official page before you travel. Spotted something we've got wrong? Tell us and we'll fix it.