Yesterday I managed to make it over to Small Heath Leisure Centre. It was built in 1975 and doesn’t look like it has had much done to it since then. The pool itself is in a reasonable condition (with its fairly odd L-shaped design), but the changing rooms were a bit of mess. There’s tiling [...]
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Small Heath Leisure Centre
Posted by Andrew Brightwell on November 3, 2009
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Moseley Road Baths
Last night I went to Moseley Road Baths for the first time. The swimming pool complex, opened on October 30, 1907, is the only Grade II-listed baths in England and an extraordinary example of Edwardian public architecture. I’ll be going back there again on Saturday, for the Memories and Memorabilia day, where I hope to [...]
Posted by Andrew Brightwell on October 30, 2009
http://andrewbrightwell.com/blog/birmingham-swimming-pools/moseley-road-baths/
Wyndley Leisure Centre
I’ve not had a chance to swim at Wyndley Leisure Centre, but regular swimmer Dominic Riordan was kind enough to send me his thoughts on the bath. I’ve included them below: “Wyndley’s pretty good: it’s recently been refurbished , although it doesn’t seem like much has been done. The lanes are quite tight, and it’s [...]
Posted by Andrew Brightwell on October 30, 2009
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Harborne pool
This morning I swam at Harborne Baths. It took a bit more than 40 minutes from my home close to Five Ways shopping centre, in Ladywood. The swim was a very pleasant experience, as my short video, below, records. It only took about 10 minutes to go back on the bus and I didn’t have [...]
Posted by Andrew Brightwell on October 29, 2009
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