Swimming at The Bridge

[citizenED]

Our family (me, MrsC + 2 boys aged 4 and 2) spent this lunchtime swimming in the pool at The Bridge leisure centre near the Sainsbury's Savacentre in lower Sydenham. For the whole half hour of our session we were the only people in the training pool - an entire pool to ourselves! We go there from time to time and is is quite quiet but its never been this bad(or do I mean good).

Does anyone else on here use this pool?

[Cora]

sounds exciting....do you know if any buses from ED pass that way?

[Fuschia]

Yes, it's a nice pool.. and easy to park...

[ryedalema]

Someone recommended The Bridge to me yesterday. Is it a traditional kiddie pool or does it have slides etc? Or does anyone know a kiddie pool around here with slides, other than Wavelengths? We want to go somewhere on Monday for eldest d's birthday treat and I just find Wavelength's changing and shower facilities bizarre - would be nice if there was an alternative.

I'd really appreciate your help xxx

[Fuschia]

Is wavelengths the one at Bromley?

Only that is nice

The bridge is sqiare shallow pool with steps aloong one side

The lesiure pool at Greenwich (arches) is quite nice iirc... little fountains i think

[ryedalema]

Wavelengths is the one in Deptford. I'll def check out Bromley one - shopping shopping shopping ;-))

[Fuschia]

Ah Bromely is much better than Deptford, has a big flume slide, wave machine, elephants slide

has timed sessions

parking nearby

[Fuschia]

http://www.bromleymytime.org.uk/pavilion-photo-gallery.html - pics

[Keef]

Mrs Keef sometimes takes our daughter to bab swimming sessions at the bridge, which she loves, but it is a bit of a pain to get to on the bus if like us, you're not drivers.

I mis Water Palace in Croydon (Purley Way), it was open in the 90s when I was a teenager. Had loads of different water slides, wave machines, a rapids thing that you went around in rubber rings. Those were the days!

[curlykaren]

went to the bridges today after reading this thread, pool was really nice, changing rooms clean and lots of cubicles. Problem was that the showers are so close to the pool that it was a bit stressful trying to stop little man curly from darting back into the pool area every two mins, if anyone spotted a little naked boy poolside...wooops! If you go don't follow signs for ladies changing rooms, they are meaningless, follow signs for the pool and to 'changing village'. Also the woman on reception seemed overly fond of the phrase, 'teaching pool is full you will have to use main pool'...(I heard her say it twice to different people), it wasn't true, loads of room in there and we had plenty of fun.

thanks citizenED x