
Crash Course
Better Swim School - Summer Holidays Kids Short Course
If you’re looking for swimming lessons for your child, Finchley Lido Leisure Centre provides Swimming Lessons at a foundation and development level during the summer holidays. The lessons are delivered by our friendly and qualified swimming instructors who aim not only to teach your child or you to swim but develop the swimmers aquatic skills and water confidence in a fun and safe environment.
Our crash course will run daily from Monday 28th July - Friday 1st August The course will run between 10am-11.00am. We will be running the below stages:
- Foundation
- Development
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Swim For All
Swim for all
Over the summer holidays, we'll be offering swim for all in our leisure pool and outdoor pool (Weather permitting. Outdoor air temperture must be 22 degrees and above).
The leisure pool will include our wave feature during these sessions.
Swim for All session times are:
Leisure Pool
Monday - Friday: 10:00 - 18:30
Saturday: 10:00 - 17:00
Sunday: 10:00 - 17:00
Outdoor Pool:
Monday - Friday: 10:00 - 18:30
Weekend: 10:00 - 16:00
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Junior Gym
Junior gym sessions are lead by a qualified experienced Fitness Instructor. The Junior gym sessions are designed for children aged 11-17 and will provide a fun and social surrounding for juniors to improve their overall fitness.
Our sessions at Finchley Lido Leisure Centre are:
Monday - Friday: 3:45pm-6:15pm
Saturday: 1pm-3pm
Sunday: 1pm-3pm
During the summer holidays we have the below additional junior gym sessions:
Monday - Friday: 11:00 - 13:00
We also have adult and junior gym sessions that run daily on the below sessions:
Weekdays: 6.15pm-7.15pm
Weekends: 3pm-5pm
During the summer holidays we have the below additional adult and junior sessions:
Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 16:00