If you are bringing kids or are more elderly and looking for a casual paddle this place is passable but DON'T bother coming if you are looking for lane swimming. It's like playing dodgeball with elderly swimming starfish backwards. No hope of swimming more than one length uninterrupted. Water is not clean and very murkry. Good if you want a paddle.
Swimming lessons are NOT SAFE for PRE-SCHOOL children My child was in the pre-school swimming class and she has been enjoying the lessons. Unfortunately in one class, she went under the water. The teacher did not even realise!!!, life guard was nowhere to be seen. Luckily one of the parent noticed and screamed for help . Only then the teacher realised it and pulled the child out of the water. She did not bother to comfort the child did not even care to check if child was ok. Reported this to the management, who said they did an investigation and investigation was closed without any meaningful outcome. It's been almost a month now and my child is still scared to swim and thinks she might go under the water. She loved the water until this incident happened. Think before sending your child here.
Today was our second and probably last time at this swimming pool.We booked for a family splash,our first time last month was all fine, my kids enjoyed it, they could use some of the floating toys that were there ,today this wasn't allowed, changes of rules or just different staff?!who knows...also in walnuts and other locations we were able to use them , rules should be the same in any of My Time Active swimming pools. My 3 and 4 years old kids were very disappointed about that as they remembered that last time they could use the toys and today they couldn't . We booked the slot 4pm to 5 pm ,at 4.01 pm the (Asian) swimming teacher said to me in a very rude way that we couldn't go inside the pool yet because the swimming class was not over ,I am paying from 4 pm, I don't think it's right that I have to lose this time because their class is late. Few times the same swimming teacher was looking at my 3 years old son telling us that he couldn't take any of the swimming pool floating toys, basically this lady instead of teaching swimming to her students was looking at us interfering in something that it's not her business, the life guard man who is sitting there should tell the people what to do and not to do ,not her.Anyway I wanted to spend some nice time with my children and they kind of ruined it, very bad experience today!I don't think I will go back there anymore.
What can I say its original 1930s style..no changing rooms,no lockers or private showers..pool side changing small shallow pool. Very murky with bad taste water..but staff and customers very friendly. Pool side showers were good Love it ..it's unique!!!@@@
Teachers and teaching quality is good, but since the walnuts closed, they are running 4-5 classes in the pool at once. It's now hugely overcrowded and completely unsuitable for a site of this size. Have had kids learning here for ten years, but sadly will be looking elsewhere for lessons now.
This is a very small swimming pool for children, adults would struggle to have a swim here. Very friendly staff and swimming instructor. We chose to do lessons here with our 4/nearly 5 year old as the pool not too deep or overwhelming and she loves her lessons here.
A brilliant community pool. Took my 2 year old there for family swim on a Saturday morning and she loved it. Floats/noodles in the pool and music playing. Changing rooms are around the pool and you can leave your belongings in them whilst you swim in full view (and you don't have to pay for them). £4.40 for an adult and child is good too.
A little gem. Clean, well looked after, everyone is very friendly and the water is WARM. After 30 odd years of full size pools this a little smasher.
Nice pool, but on the smaller side so it can make it crowded during open swimming times. The staff are very friendly, and the swimming instructors are really good. There are plenty of changing rooms, but only a limited number of open showers.
I used this pool in the early 1950s when we used to be taken on the bus there from my primary school in Chislehurst. I am amazed to find it is still open. It was a nice little pool, but, as said by previous reviewers, freezing cold in winter. My abiding memory is of the sadistic man in charge, who used to delight in grabbing us by the arm and thrusting us under a freezing cold shower before we were allowed in the pool. We all learned to swim though.
Darrick Wood Swimming Pool is located at Lovibonds Ave, Orpington BR6 8EL, UK
You can contact Darrick Wood Swimming Pool at +44 1689 857021
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