Clarendon Leisure Centre

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1. Andrew Fachau ★☆☆☆☆

   I regularly swam here as a child 3 to 4 decades ago (I know, I don't look it, do I?) as it was within easy walking distance of my home then. Many a Saturday morning was spent their at 'Splash' and I even think I went there with school once or twice. I visited the other night for the first time since then, and having lived in Salford all my life I am used to many of our civic buildings slowly turning (on the outside at least) into something more resembling a rebel base or crack den. And here it was - fenced, tinned with nary a window in sight. Razor wire angled away like some high-security facility. The car park was dotted with people sitting in their cars. I assumed waiting for others inside - no one foolish enough to actually leave their car their unattended for long. Indeed, the 10 year old in our car almost proudly proclaimed 'that's where they set that car on fire' as we drove past the football pitch nearby. Inside I hope that things maybe had changed in the decades since my last visit - I was wrong. It looked decrepit. I expect a strong smell of chlorine at a swimming baths but here the sweet accrid fug of some kind of solvent attacked you wherever you went. Rusting and flaking paint was in evidence everywhere and when I went upstairs I could swear (once I stepped over the children just lying on the floor) that it was unchanged. Certainly the furniture (what little there was) had been there for decades and broken and unusable examples were simply moved to the far stairwell. Not quite out of sight - but certainly out of earshot if somebody injured themselves on them at the top of the stairs. The viewing area was just those hard wooden benches with no back rest and no legroom unless you wanted to rest your feet on the shoulders of the person sitting in front of you. After 5 minutes I was watching the clock - not to get on-the-nose timings on the last lengths completed down below (I leave that to the living vicariously, angry-dads) but because I so wished I was elsewhere. Of course this it all our own stupid fault - grotesquely underfunded services like swimming pools and sports facilities in general are a result of two generations of voters reinforcing policies that push these needs to the bottom of the pile and telling our politicians that we don't want to fund our social services, we don't want to fund education and we don't want to fund the health service. You could always go to Irlam - seems almost posh there by comparison. I'd say we were in at the deep end, but Clarendon doesn't really have one.

   1 year ago
2. John Maher ★★★★★

   This is a clean, well-managed sports facility with indoor courts, a generously-appointed couple of pools, and a more modestly-appointed gym with up-to-date equipment. There are, of course, shower and changing facilities. The centre is rarely very busy... so if you prefer working out or swimming in a less public environment, this is ideal. For the morning gym sessions, for example, there are seldom more than three or four people (mainly elderly gentlemen) at any one time. The staff are polite, helpful, friendly and approachable. But if you like a busy, humming environment, you might like to try elsewhere.

   almost 2 years ago
3. Liam Garcia ★★★★☆

   Took the kids to a parkour class here which they loved, the building itself had all we needed which in this case was a sports hall and a vending machine. Staff were very friendly.

   almost 3 years ago

1. Gaer Buchanan-Parkin ★★★☆☆

   I have used this centre many times in the past 10 years and the issues are always the same. The toilets are not checked often enough in terns of cleanliness and the replenishment of toilet paper etc and the changing rooms are the same. The classes, gym and pool are good, but these things let the centre down.

   almost 3 years ago
2. Sybil O ★★★★☆

   I am there many days of the week. It is quiet and has an atmosphere of intimacy though on the whole, it is quite expansive. I know how to use most things. I do not feel threatened by anything.

   almost 3 years ago
3. Fatemeh Moayed ★★★★★

   You can get both first and second jabs of your vaccine here. Both Astrazenica and Pfizer are available in this site but you need to check the Salfold NHS website to find out what kind of vaccine is available on the day you want to attend.

   almost 4 years ago

1. immy Hader ★★★★★

   Extremely efficient and friendly staff workers , no waiting in queue at all straight away seated for our turns to be vaccinated. Take your text message confirmation along about jabs administration whither its received by text or by post etc .

   almost 4 years ago
2. Prince Jacob ★★★★☆

   Liked here for my child, trainers are knowledgeable and will get back here.

   more 7 years ago

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