Venues Location: Aspire Centre Swimming pool in Southfields, Wandsworth, London SW18 5JU
Aspire Centre's Swimming Pool in Southfields, Wandsworth
Aspire centre's swimming pool in Southfields, Wandsworth, Southwest London (SW18). This swimming pool is only for swimming crash courses during school holidays. Currently, there are no plans to offer any crash courses for Summer 2024 at this pool.
How To Get to Aspire Centre Southfields Pool:
Address: Aspire Centre in Southfields, Southfield Academy, 337 Merton Road, London SW18 5JU
This pool is conveniently situated at 337 Merton Road next to Southfields Grid in Wandsworth, Southwest London. It is only 3 miles away from Wimbledon village in Merton and Wimbledon town centre.
It is close to A3, so getting to this pool is easy from Kingston and Merton.
With public transport, it is 10 mins walk from Southfields tube station (on District Line) and only two stops away from Wimbledon and 3 stops from Fulham Board way station.
Bus 156 can take you directly from Wimbledon or Clapham to the doorstep of Aspire centre.
Free car park access for all clients and a good disability access.
Swimming Pool's Size, Depth and Other Specifications:
Aspire Centre at Southfields has a 25 metre indoor heated swimming pool.
Water temperature is set at 29°C throughout the year.
Swimming pool is a three-lane pool allowing plenty of space for stamina training and lane swimming for children who are stages 4 of NTPS and above
The shallow end of this pool is 1 meter deep, which makes it a perfect pool for teaching complete beginners.
The maximum depth in the deep-end is 3 meters. The safety required for teaching and practicing diving in England requires a minimum depth of 1.8 meters. So this pool is suitable for teaching and practicing diving and other personal survival skills with our swimmers (stages 4 and above of Swim England NTSP)
We have all the teaching aids like kickboards, pull buoys, floats, and noodles at this pool. No need to bring along any additional swimming teaching equipment to your lessons. However, if you wish to bring your own kickboard or noodles, that is O.K.
All swimmers, male and female, wear swimming hats for hygiene reasons.
If you'd like to bring along your swimming equipment like fins or kickboards to our lessons, that is fine. Please just use a mesh bag to bring them to the poolside and mark them clearly with your names so, they don't get mixed up with our equipment.
Changing Facilities and Showers for Swimmers
There are two spacious and separate changing rooms at this venue. One is allocated for boys/men and one is for girls/ladies’ usage. Both changing rooms have their own warm showers and toilets. Lockers:There are lockers at this facility. Hangers/Hooks: Each changing room has plenty of hangers/hooks to hang clothes and bags. Changing rooms don't have baby boards. There is a separate toilet for people with disabilities at this facility.
Observatory and Waiting area for Parents
This swimming pool has an observatory area with glass windows with chairs available for parents/carers and siblings to sit down and observe swimming lessons with social distancing. Wearing a face mask is optional.
There is also a reception area with a reception. No need for any body temperature checks before entering the centre. You cannot buy and swimsuit/shorts, towels or goggles from the reception. Please don’t expect to be able to purchase any food or drink (hot or cold) at this venue. There are no cafe or vending machines.
Award and Achievement
Hear it From Our Clients
A good swim school with professional staff
My girls have been going to Blue Wave Swim School for over 2 years, they have been looking forward to each lesson and keep practicing the swimming tricks even in a bath. All teachers and an owner of the school has been friendly, very professional. They found unique approach and made kids happy, but most importantly show them how to swim and have fun. Thank you very much from our family to Blue Wave Swim School.
Easter 2021 Crash Course Various lockdowns have held back my daughter’s swimming development so we opted for a crash 4 day course over Easter and she has come away from it much more confident and with a recognisable stroke as opposed to doggy paddle!
Although I have only attended two lessons, Marjan’s bubbly personality makes you feel instantly at ease. During the lessons, the pool was not very busy which is a good thing (as opposed to public pools) for those who are anxious. I would strongly recommend to adults who have experienced trauma with water at a certain time in their lives.
My son has been going to swimming lessons at Blue Wave in Wimbledon for a few years now and thoroughly enjoys it. The teaching is great and the lessons well run. Helps to prepare him for when we finally get to go on holiday again!
My son went to improve his swimming technique and found his instructor very helpful, very kind and patient. The school itself is very welcoming and feels safe for all the children who go there. I would highly recommend it.
My son is 4 years-old and we were looking for weekend swimming classes in a nice environment that could bring good results. After some research we chose Blue Wave Swim. Our son has been having private lessons since the end of 2018 and he is progressing very well. We believe the professionalism of the team, the clean and tidy infrastructure, and the good care of the management are contributing for his development and confidence in the water. Thank you very much Blue Wave Swim!
I am grateful to Marjan and her team at Blue Wave Swim for their hard work and for promoting happiness and enjoyment in swimming. It is amazing to watch the lessons, see the attention, the encouragement and the support the children receive. I have been impressed with my daughters’ progress and the fact that they love attending their classes and learning a vital life skill. Thank you very much. Great job!
My daughter, who is now 7 years old, started with blue wave two years back and we have been very happy with her progress at the school. Initially we started with group lessons but once she got comfortable in water we moved her to semi private lessons, which made a lot of difference in her ability to learn swimming. As part of the smaller group she is better bonded with other children in the group and gets more attention from the swimming instructor, which is helping her advance her swimming skills. During her 2 years with blue wave, swimming instructors for my daughter have changed and while continuity in learning was maintained, I think this could have been managed better. Needless to say, she still goes and enjoys her time here and looks forward to her class every week. Overall we are very pleased with Blue Wave and would recommend them without any hesitation.
Highly recommend this swimming school. My daughter has been attending since she was 1 years old and she loves it. The teachers are very good with children and my daughter, who is now 4 years old is very confident in the water.