Withington Baths & Leisure Centre

I attended this pool this week and it was absolutely disgusting. Immediately as you walk through the doors the poor hygiene is evident. Staff were friendly though. The changing rooms were awful, water everywhere, rubbish littering every cubicle. The showers lacked hot water and the walls were covered in hair. When I got in the pool I thought my goggles had steamed up because I couldn’t see anything underwater but no, the water was so dirty you couldn’t see the person swimming in front of you, let alone the bottom of the pool. Overall awful experience.

Such a great pool and wellness centre, Eleanor at reception was so friendly and went out of her way to show us around our first time there, thank you Eleanor!

Best run community baths in the world. Locals who go there always around for a chat, beautiful architecture

If I can give you one piece of advice: close the pool during the work. It's a shame it's still functional. The cabins are dirty and very cold (as are the toilets), the showers are badly marked. As for the pool, the water is very choppy (why?), which makes swimming difficult. I could see dirt floating in the water. The pool is surrounded by rusty metal bars, work buckets are lying on the edge,... In short, nothing welcoming, you don't feel good there. It's gloomy.

I'd like to to start by saying I have no issues with the facilities and love the restoration route of the baths. But the membership being though Harland's is absolutely dreadful and very unforgiving. I lost my job due to autistic burn out and cannot afford this membership and tried to plead with this service to cancel but I am locked into the 6 month contract. It takes money I do not have every month. Today I receive an email that they are rising the cost of the membership too. So disheartening.