Wath upon Dearne Leisure Centre

Reviews

• GW

  Grace Wakefield

  Oct 2, 2026
  3.0
  Facilities are decent but the Group Swimming Lessons - Preschool Stage 1 on a Saturday morning can’t be defined as a lesson. Our son attended Water Babies lessons for two years and whilst I knew these lessons wouldn’t be as good, I thought they’d still be taught basic principles of swimming and water safety. The sessions had no structure and it was basically just spend the session playing with the water toys. The instructor would give light direction maybe once per session, but it was more “can you swim on your back?” “Can you kick your legs?” With absolutely no guidance on how to do this, no games or drills to introduce these things to them. My niece didn’t even get that, he’d come over and drizzle water on her hair once a session, but she wasn’t scared of getting it wet or anything so not sure why that was all he did. We spent our time going through things we’d learnt in Water Babies. We gave it a few weeks to see if there was any improvement and I did go to the front desk twice to discuss this with them and they basically said the sessions aren’t really designed to be lessons, they’re just for getting toddlers used to being in the water. I double checked with them the pricing for the family fun sessions and it worked out cheaper to just attend those once a week instead, so we cancelled and do that now. I wouldn’t normally leave a review but don’t give up your place on another session in favour of these lessons because they’re closer to home. The sessions got the older kids that ran at the same time in the other side of the pool looked good though and was more of what I expected so I would consider taking him back to those.
• JR

  Jef Robinson

  Aug 16, 2026
  2.0
  Not enough equipment for me. Just one medium sized room fitted out. I just wanted it for the gym. If your into fitness and lighter weights maybe give it a visit. It might be for you?
• KG

  Karen Gaukrodger

  Jul 4, 2026
  5.0
  Great place , staff lovely, always clean
• RR

  Robert Richards

  Mar 23, 2023
  5.0
  Good my daughter learns to swim here
• JK

  Jack Kent

  Aug 14, 2016
  4.0
  Nice place, with a well kept pool and facilities, and well priced.

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