Ah Glenalbyn, the pool where I learned my fantastic swimming skills, this pool looked huge and…read moremodern when I was young but now i realise its just a normal sized pool that was built back in the 80's. It does have great Aqua Aerobic classes though and its a good size for doing lengths, there are more modern pools around now though such as meadowbrook but i like the nostalgia of going back to the pool of my youth (I;d say its the pool of many locals youth too!)

A brand new shiny swimming pool, what a pleasure, you don't have to fear that there are years worth…read moreof plasters and spiders in this pool because it is only new! The changing rooms are brilliant because they are all little individual cubicles; this is particularly good when you have children with you. Another good point for children with this pool is the fact that there is a smaller paddling pool that is very shallow; this means that children have a safer place to swim but also it means that there are no children getting in your way when you're doing lengths in a free swim in the larger pool. I have gone to Aqua Aerobics classes a few times in this pool early in the year, there are two instructors, one is really good and the other is really bad. But sure you can give it ago anyway, any exercise is good exercise right?

From the owner: Public Leisure Centre - we operate on a pay as you go and we also offer value passes and…read moresubscriptions for a range of products like - Swimming - Swimming lessons for Child, Adults & disability. large range of studio classes like spinning, zumba and GF Boxing. Childrens camps are run during all school mid term breaks and can be booked online. We have a number of pitches for hire to play tennis or football. You can also hire the pitches to host a childs party and we also have swim parties.

Very clean, huge & great selection of classes, very helpful & very friendly staff from all…read moredepartments within, sometimes I notice staff are afraid to make on the spot decisions probably for good reason but can be frustrating to members or guests and I find the members very friendly and some very funny. Since they introduced the Keiser Spin bike in 2015 I have increased my Power/Watts/FTP by over 33% in less than a year (spin class watts was 200/220 Watts now 330/353 Watts per 45 min spin class) with a max Keiser display calorie burn of 800 - 880+ per 45 min spin class, I have learned how to recover in a very high tempo while on the road by using the spin classes. Every time I think I have peaked and it's impossible to get any more power I get a new number :) and because it's the gym it's not weather permitting and more consistent in the winter months which gives a better output for the new year as I can keep an eye on my levels in the spin classes. I Unknown to the instructors use different instructors for different aspects of my training for cycling, Katarina - technique(which gets extra watts for the same effort) and heart/cadence/power zones, Dave, Ryan and Mauraid - Power with huge watts for long periods(The Hurt House Class, help me to hurt others on the road), Alan - Cadence with Power Training, this proves it was within me to improve, I just needed someone to kick my ass pushing me to my limits while training to get me there, and while on the road cycling, I amaze myself with my well earned gains and I do say to myself while raising my bidon "CHEERS one escape", my only complaint is the spin room could be a bit colder and maybe a little more technical as I know the training staff have the latest know how to be, their list of qualifications go on and on" IMPRESSIVE". The gym equipment WOW, plenty & the variety is huge, you won't be waiting, EVER. Swimming pool, Sauna, Steam Room(probably the best in Dublin) and Jacuzzi are all excellent. A big plus is the management are very approachable & do listen, which is an art lost in modern times with businesses and their customers. I have been in this gym for many years so I know that the people who own it, reinvest and give me the impression they adapt to its customers as I do get the impression the P.T. make the decisions on the classes, so it's a case of the people who are in the know are making the decisions, I make this comment strictly from observation and experience. I know I am NOT a member of a one hit wonder. As far as the cost goes you have to ask yourself the question, do you want a hostel or the shelbourne hotel, at what level of fitness do you want to get, are you happy with being fit or do you want to be super fit, one escape gets 5* from me. Yes it's more expensive than the rest but when I look at my gains, "WELL WORTH IT" and an investment in my future health, my resting HR is now 45-50 at 43, it used to be in the 70's in the days of bad diet, smoking 30-60 a day and no exercise with XXL clothing in my early 30's and the belief on bad health, sure it only happens to everyone else. It's future is an ICON for Dublin, and a standard that other health clubs/gyms can only strive to try and achieve. If anyone knows of a better gym in Dublin I would like to know where it is because I have been around jumping in and out of them in Dublin city and I can't find one. Sure they get things wrong and make mistakes, the gym and staff aren't perfect but they are getting by far more things right than wrong.

Ok this is more of a 3.5 than a 3, but I have to talk about the reception staff here. Surely…read moreensconced within the 'receptionist' role, is a warm RECEPTION for your guests? Those who pay the bills? Each time I've come in here, I've had one gripe or another. Either they are too busy chatting amongst themselves to say hello or goodbye, or they're just not super arsed in being friendly. I get that they're busy, but this is not a cheap gym by any stretch of the imagination so it would be nice to be received with a bit more courtesy. I arrived today at 1.42pm to register for spinning class at 2pm. They say that registration opens 15 mins before each class, so despite being there and ready to go, the receptionist turned to another spinner and I telling us we'd have to wait to register. Now this isn't some high tech scenario on a computer that literally doesn't open til the set time - it's jotting your name down on a piece of paper. I would like to say in full disclosure that the receptionist was tending to someone else at the time, but if she had enough time to turn to us and tell us we'd have to wait til quarter to for signing our name, surely she'd have had enough time to pass us the registration paper. Thankfully which is what another staff member did, once he heard the comment from his colleague. It took him about 0.2 seconds to pass us the sheet. A bit of common sense wouldn't go astray in situations like this. I'm still a major fan of this gym and most of the staff so far have been great, but it would be great if there was a bit less of a "Computer Says Noooooo" attitude in here (What an episode that was!)

Never ever open. Closed all summer. Someone's on holidays apparently. Last year it was closed for…read morerenovations which of course never happened. All lies. Employ more people and open the pool or close it completely to the public. Absolute nonsense, waste of time. Don't bother bringing your family here. Rubbish.

I was a frequent swimmer at this pool for a while, but eventually gave up for a number of reasons…read more For one thing, the pool was always simply too crowded. I know, not really anybody's fault, but it really would be too full to swim lanes. I am by no means a fast or even very good swimmer, I just like to swim to help me keep fit, but after a while it was driving me crazy constantly having to dodge other people. The changing rooms were also very crowded, and often a bit dirty, while there was not always hot water in the showers. Another problem was that for the morning swims, when the pool is supposed to open at 9, it often didn't. The staff was regularly late. The pool is part of the facilities of the Central Remedial Clinic. For that reason, the temperature of the air and the water are higher than in 'normal' pools. Some might like it, but for me personally, I found it uncomfortable. I also did the ladies water aerobics in the pool a few times. It is actually good fun, good exercise and pretty good value at €6, but it was really too crowded, especially in the changing rooms before and after. To sum up: the CRC pool is probably okay for kids who want to play around in the water, but if you actually want to swim for a bit of exercise, I wouldn't recommend it.

As a student forced (yes we are required to for our degrees) to pay UCD over €250 a year for this…read morerubbish, only to be told it's extra to use half the facility, I wouldn't bother going near this place. I wouldn't even mind that it's an extra €100 for "full access" (so that's over €350 now) but it's not "full access". You are BANNED from using the pool side gym which is air conditioned and forced to use the small "performance gym" for most of the time you aren't in lectures or meetings. As such I can only comment on the performance gym which is: small, very hot (to the point I have nearly thrown up from training before, not due to exhaustion or over training, but purely from the heat), and lacking in good equipment. One example is there are only 2 rowing machines for students to use in the entire facility since we cannot access the pool side gym. One of which for a long time had a broken foot strap which was "fixed" with a shoe lace, and the other which had a broken monitor so you hadn't a clue of your split time or strokes per minute. The resistance of the machines also was almost certainly broken as it felt significantly lighter at full resistance than any other university gym I've visited before in my undergraduate degree. On top of all that, you are forced to bring a towel (something that just means either paying UCD more money for washing that towel if you live on campus if you go to the gym every day or paying UCD more money to get the towel from reception, either way you are effectively paying UCD per gym trip on top of the €350 you have to pay to be allowed this privilege), supposedly for "hygiene" even though you're meant to use the disposable paper roll and antibacterial spray to clean equipment so not sure what the exact expected use is for. Plus you cannot give any feedback on this. Go to any staff member and they will either pretend like it's perfectly fair that on top of the tens of thousands in fees, this forced gym membership, and the cost to actually use the gym because of this ridiculous rule about towels that is unique to UCD for a shit service, or they will blame an "external company" and feign ignorance regarding any complaints procedure to make you go away. All in all, waste of money, awful place for students and the lack of capacity internally for feedback is shocking. Serious change needed and if I was in government, I'd be wanting to know where UCD is putting the money they are getting for student facilities because it's definitely not going towards students.

Great place for students to come work out. They can facilitate every sport you can think off…read more Have played Olympic handball here. They offer swimming facilities, tennis, outdoor fields for most sports (even american football) and have an indoor sports hall for badminton, basketball and volleyball.

The staff is very mean/rude the people who go to the gym is rude a man turned my tread mill off…read morewhen I was going on it the changing rooms are smelly,dirty. There was means under wear all over the changing rooms never coming back here again!!!!

Markievicz in city centre was renovated a few years back...but still looks like old one. Gym floor…read morevery sticky and smelly :( Only quick, general, old mop wash is done. Cleaning staff should be changed, they chat too much. Polish employee flirts with customers, is also insolent, arrogant type. Recently changed new tiles are already dirty, full of dump, etc. Changing rooms dusty and dirty as well. Looks like no one cares about deep cleaning, scrubbing, bleaching process. That need to be done after closing the centre every day for safety reasons and without people on the site. Dear customers, please use flip flops all time and don't seat on anything without own towel - this message is specially addressed to all ladies/girls so important. And cost of memberships are definitely too high, does not cover the basic requirements of such a centre. Changes, changes, more changes !!!!

Extremely disappointing experience, terrible management…read more Westwood Clontarf is a prime example of how bad management can completely ruin a place. The facilities themselves might look decent on the surface, but the way this gym is run is genuinely awful. Management is unprofessional, unhelpful, and dismissive. Issues are either ignored or handled with zero accountability, and communication is shockingly poor. Instead of trying to resolve problems or support members, management seems more interested in deflecting responsibility and making excuses. Customer service is inconsistent at best, and when you actually need help, don't expect anyone in charge to step up. For a gym that charges premium prices, the experience is nowhere near premium. I would not recommend Westwood Clontarf to anyone who values basic respect, transparency, or competent management. There are far better gyms in Dublin that actually care about their members.

Lee from Westwood clontarf explained everything really well and made it a no brainer to want to…read morejoin. Really helpful and upbeat team member, deserves recognition.

Another great pool and another pool with individual changing rooms ( I love that!). this pool also…read morehas a seperate small pool for children this is so good when you are going to swim lengths because it means you dont have to avoid small children floating across you swimming path! there is a great Gym in here to, i have to really compliment Dun Laoghaire Rathdown on the revamp they have given this pool!

Great facility. Football pitches can be rented for(roughly) under €50 before 4pm and over €50 from…read morethen on. Surprisingly good gym and swimming pool for between €4.50 and €6.50(depending on variables like time of day, student/pensioners discounts etc.) Overall a pretty solid public gym, changing room floors tend to be wet but that's not the end of the world. Be careful about when you choose to go for a swim, flocks of kids are to be avoided at all costs.