The pool is a lovely feature in Cirencester, on those occasions when we do actually get some sun!…read moreIts well supported and rightly so. Its open during the summer and is a perfect place for a cool off, to sunbath or read a book. Highly recommended.

Cirencester open air pool is the main summer attraction of Cirencester. It attracts people from…read morepeople in the surrounding towns and villages. It is really cheap to get in, and great fun. The pool is kept nice and clean and there are food facilities on site. There are changing rooms which are normally kept tidy. It is definitely a place people should try and go for a day out if they live in the surrounding area. There are plenty of picnic benches and space for sunbathing. I definitely reccomend it for groups of friends going together, or families planning a nice day out in the summer months.

So this is where it all started...the beginning of a rather bizarre love with swimming pools as a…read moreplace for fun - the memories of youth - I remember the excitement when this leisure pool originally opened in 1976 - it wasn't a rectangle it was round! What was this madness? Half the pool was too shallow to actually swim in and it had waves. This was the very first time I had encountered a "leisure" pool - oh trend setting, thoroughly modern Swindon you have so much to answer for - (along with the famed "magic roundabout"). I still return here with the kids every time we jump on a train to visit my wife's family. It is a great pool but looking distinctly tatty round the edges now. The domed roof desperately needs renewing - it looked spectacular 30 years ago but putting that aside its still super fun. The pool itself is beach style with a separate small kids pool. Good kids pool with 3 slides plus pirate ship.... The main pool has a steep three lane multislide and a new long slide circles inside the building (77m long). But really it is the flumes here that count and these are top. The Domebusters have a had a refurb this year and one of them has been replaced. All are approx 100m in length.So first off The Sidewinder A fairly gentle, spiralling flume aimed at younger children and parents. You can sit or go head first. The Great White My favourite - heads first ONLY never seen that on any other slide! Normally feet first everywhere.... A fast ride with two small vertical drops and several twists and turns. The Storm The new this year straight fast flume - small circumference with a striped lighting effect and sounds.. Didn't get to try this out this time - but will be back to do so....busy with an under 5... The session time was only an hour - which is really not long enough and it is fairly expensive considering the stingy hour. There are not many reasons to visit Swindon but this is definitely one if you are a water slide fan or the kids love to swim. . --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update So I came back to try out the new flume which I hadn't managed to try out last time. Managed to slip away from a family visit for a couple of hours with my teenagers. Interestingly GLL have taken over the management of the leisure centre since we were here in 2012 (they run most of the pools we visit in London). It had been spruced up a bit with the new corporate livery...but still the stingy session times. We took no notice of the session times and made good use of the domebuster slides. So The Storm was the main attraction - small tube, dark, with striped lightning and fast with the descent as a helix. A big thumbs up from the family - a great slide but not in our top 5 slides. The Great White remains the favourite - head first you can pick up some proper speed and fly over the steepest vertical drops... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Oasis is a great place to take the family swimming! They have a huge laguna pool that boasts water…read moreslides, a wave machine, a smaller pool for the children and a big water sprayer. They do a range of different classes such as mother and baby Swimming, OAP Swimming and also offer swimming lessons. They have also just started doing gigs with people such as 'The Sugababes' 'Cascada' and 'Shayne Ward' perfoming there.

A good leisure centre with lots of facilities; however, parking is very sparse considering the size…read moreof the centre. Also, we came to spectate a swim comp at the weekend, and the spectating area was hotter than the face of the sun, lots of people were finding it hard to cope and had to go outside for fresh air when possible. Also, during the same competition, the Barton Pool was very murky to the point that swimmers were struggling to see under the water, which was not great for a swimming competition! We enjoy coming here, but something has to be done about the temperature in the main pool spectator area, it's unbearable!

I take my children swimming at GL1 and it's fantastic. There are slides, bubbles and even a baby…read morehot tub in the childrens' area, and there's a standard shallow learner pool alongside the fun pool. The family changing area is spacious and there are plenty of cubicles, each with a wall mounted toddler seat and a baby changing station. Everything still looks new and well maintained. The prices are reasonable and the coffee shop is clean and very convenient for a post swimming snack. I believe that the other classes and facilities are of a very high standard, although I personally am yet to investigate them.

This is a really nice sports facility where you get a welcome as soon as you enter. There is ample…read moreparking facilities on site and the opening hours mean you have little excuse not to go and utilise your membership. The reception staff are fantastic, I really feel that nothing appears to be too much trouble for them. The facilities on site are good, occasionally, I have found the water in the pool to be a little cool, but thats maybe me. The changing rooms are always immaculate and they offer good facilities, there are lots of hairdryers and it reminds me of a spa in there. The gym itself is well laid out and is a comfortable temperature for your workout, it has never been too busy and I have never felt that I have been looked down upon for my poor physique - whereas some gyms you feel uncomfortable. The staff are all really friendly and helpful and after your workout there is a really nice restaurant which serves really nice food and really tasty coffee.

This leisure center has a swimming pool, gym and all sorts of courts available. It is cheap to go…read moreswimming and the gym is around £20. The private courts for tennis, badminton and football are quite cheap if you split the prices! Also there is a cafe right at the top overlooking the pool. Great for that after work-out snack!

I used to love this place as a child, it never gets old though! The swimming pool is brilliant, it…read morehas waves and water choots. There are lots of lockers aswell to keep your stuff in while you swim and the changing rooms and showers are clean. The prices are alright, but i would say it is definately worth trying out the pool.

splash splash! At least that's what I would have been doing if I could find a slot to be able to go…read morefor a fun swim. The pool is open pretty much 12 hours a day but the majority of that time is taken up by lessons, classes or lane-swimming. No fun for those like me who just want to have a bit of a splash around when the weather gets too hot. I tried lane-swimming and it wasn't too busy in the summer but during term time the pool is full of fish! It's very cheap though- only £3 and you can stay in the pool all day if you have nothing better to do.