Swimming at York Leisure Centre
Swimming at York Leisure Centre
Swimming Prices
Non member: £5.35
Pay as you Go: £4.30
Pay as you Go Concession: £3.20
Junior (11-17): £3.20
Under 3’s: Free
Swimming Only Annual and Monthly Direct Debit Memberships click
York Leisure Centre has three swimming pools:
The Main Pool,
The 6 lane 25m Main Pool is programmed for:
- Swim for Fitness (lane swimming)
- Swim for All (2 lane, with the rest of the pool open to general swimming), Swimming Lessons,
- Swimming Club hire
Learner Pool
The Learner Pool is an ideal pool to learn and gain water confidence with a max depth of 0.9m.
The Learner Pool Is programmed for ‘Swim for all’ or Swimming Lesson sessions.
To book a swim in the Learner Pool and Splash Pad please click book online, or download the Better UK APP. Sessions can be found under 'Swim for All'*
* Learner Pool sessions include access to the Toddlers Splash Pad.
Toddlers Splash Pad
Currently due to government guidelines the water jets are not operational until Monday 17th May.
The Splash Pad is shallow water paddling pool with interactive water play area with a slide for children under 8 years old. Perfect for water babies and water confidence building.
To book a swim in the Splash Pad please click book online, or download the Better UK APP. Sessions can be found under Location: Learner Pool; Swim for All
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Changing Facilities
Lockers take £1 coins, or shopping trolley tokens. You may need two lockers, depending on your bag sizes
Our changing rooms mixed changing rooms with cubicles and showers. We have larger family cubicles with baby changing tables in both the male and female toilets.
Swimming Lessons
SWIMBiES
Bond with your baby and have fun in the water one milestone at a time with Better. Our baby swimming programme SWIMBiES is for babies and toddlers from three months to three years.
Dippers – 3months – 12months
Splashes -13months – 24month
Paddlers – 2 years – 3years
Pre School 3years – 4 Years
What do they learn? Our Pre School Lessons focus on developing water confidence, introducing the essential swimming skills to enable your child to become safe and confident independent swimmers, ready for their first Foundation class.
Junior Lessons
Our swim programme focuses on a set of achievements linked to a set of skills and distances achieved which are natural and progressive milestones for every child to become the best swimmer possible.
Foundation – 4 Years
What do they learn? Teaching pupils the essential swimming skills to ensure they learn to be safe in and around water. Learning the basic techniques for all 4 strokes, achieving 10 metres on Front Crawl and Backstroke by the end of their Green milestones.
Development
What do they learn? Teaching pupils advanced swimming skills, developing their techniques on all 4 strokes to create efficient and effective swimmers. Lessons focus on a wide range of skills across all aquatic sports. Pupils will learn basic water survival and rescue skills as part of the milestone awards. Here we will also work with other partner clubs to assess each pupil's ability to progress in talent pathways.
To book a swimming lesson and to see our lesson programme please click