Finchley Lido Leisure Centre Reviews Summary

Pool Quality

Pros:

• "Pool is fine. Good for kids."
• "The Finchley Lido offers a 25m main pool along with a wave pool and an outdoor pool open in the summer."
• "The pools are nice, they seem old but the size and the wave feature is great."
• "Love that there is separate pool for children."
• "A pool with a wave machine and rapids and a shallow area for little children and also a deeper pool with no waves where you can just splash and swim about."
• "It's clean and friendly, and swimming in the outdoor pool on a hot day is delicious."
• "Great place with indoor and outdoor pools. One of the inside pools has a wave machine, which is really fun for the kids."

Cons:

• "The childrens/play pool has a wave machine that was too much for little children to be able to enjoy the pool (or even be in it while it's on)."
• "A fair bit of dirt floating around in the water. What looked like Mould around the pool tiles."
• "The family pool is very small. When it's to full capacity there is hardly any room to play."
• "Pool didn't look clean with what looked like rust and mold on the floor."
• "Swimming pool is so dirty, felt so itchy afterwards."
• "The pool is quite gross. I haven't been swimming for quite some time as the last time I went a man was blowing his nose in the pool."
• "The water in the pool was absolutely freezing."

Gym Facilities

Pros:

• "The gym is modern, clean and the staff is friendly and competent."
• "The gym recently had an extension added to it, so there's more space for the weights."
• "The gym has a good variety of weights and resistance equipment for all round cardio and weight training."
• "It a good gym. Good machines, all working, there is an area for boxing equipped with boxing equipment."
• "Absolutely Pure Gym! I have been using this Gym for the past 5 years! Lots of varieties of classes which are absolutely great with very knowledgeable trainers who are at the same time friendly and helpful."
• "The whole gym floor was clean and there was a visible, active gym instructor."
• "This is actually a really good gym in my opinion."

Cons:

• "The gym is small, but it wouldn't be a problem if the machines worked. Some machines haven't been working for more than a month."
• "THE GYM AND THE CHANGING ROOMS ARE FILTHY, the floors in the studios are covered in dust bunnies and the changing rooms are filthy."
• "The gym is relatively small and not fancy but, it has everything needed."
• "A good gym BUT forever equipment is out of order for extended periods."
• "Very old equipment in the gym. No proper air conditioning."
• "The gym is basic and the price is high!"
• "The classes are overcrowded, the equipment such as weights and mats is so old and dirty and everything is broken and falling apart."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The receptionist gentleman is amazing and always goes above and beyond to help."
• "I was also pleased to see a lot of helpful friendly staff and proper lifeguards at work."
• "Most of the staff are lovely, polite and helpful."
• "Staff are friendly, professional and courteous."
• "Staff generally very helpful when they can be."
• "The staff are always extremely helpful and friendly."
• "I'm really grateful for this gym and all of its staff members. I had my gym induction with Barbara and she was amazing."

Cons:

• "Staff are miserable and only look at their smartphones, absolutely useless and don't welcome customers or help in the gym or the pool."
• "All lifeguards were on their phones."
• "worst reception i ve ever seen the staff is so unfriendly i dont understand why they are still here!"
• "The staff were so rude.. I will not be going back."
• "Staff are very rude and miserable and don’t want to help all they do is go on there phones and talk to each other."
• "Staff are shouting at people."
• "The most miserable staff I've ever come across."

Cleanliness and Maintenance

Pros:

• "The gym is modern, clean and the staff is friendly and competent."
• "Facilities are well kept."
• "The whole gym floor was clean and there was a visible, active gym instructor."
• "Pool area is clean though with plenty of life guards."
• "The female toilet facilities have been upgraded and they are excellent."
• "It's clean and friendly, and swimming in the outdoor pool on a hot day is delicious."
• "Cool vibe and nice and clean."

Cons:

• "The female toilets on the pool level was covered in piss and tissues and stank."
• "Showers and changing rooms were equally dirty. My kids asked to leave halfway as it was just not enjoyable at all."
• "THE GYM AND THE CHANGING ROOMS ARE FILTHY, the floors in the studios are covered in dust bunnies and the changing rooms are filthy."
• "Cleaning policy is very nice on the paper, but literally they clean the bathrooms, changing rooms and floors once a week (checked) which is disgusting."
• "Disgusting changing room, as well as pool itself. They don't keep hygiene at all. Hair, tissues and a lot of other stuff floating in the pool."
• "The changing rooms are filthy and ancient."
• "The swimming pool, changing rooms and toilets are disgusting! Very dirty; people are queuing to take a shower just in front of you, which is very intimidating."

Value and Pricing

Pros:

• "Good for value, especially for those who live nearby."
• "It is cheap and cheerful."
• "Parking is free and plenty, if you are a Barnet resident and you sign up for that membership (it is free) then adult entry is 5.5£ instead of the normal 7.8£."
• "Barnet residents living on benefits, get a big discount when they apply for membership."
• "Parking is free (which is a plus)."
• "Definitely will go there again and will recommend it to my friends. Overall giving 5 stars."
• "Lots of free parking and plenty to choose from to eat after swimming."

Cons:

• "I’m sauna lover but sadly have to say Its bit annoying since the prices of energy went up the sauna has only about 80/85 degrees which is not too much for the right effect."
• "One off swim is expensive at £7."
• "They also have a really strange system with the payment of the membership, as they charge you a price at the beginning and then everyday they ask you for more."
• "Absolutely terrible! I done a swim test and wasted £8.20 which I never got back!"
• "The fundamental advantage of the Lido, its swimming pool, is only available during very specific and very inconvenient times."
• "The gym is basic and the price is high!"
• "Be aware of 4 hour time limit. Although this is a LEISURE Park. What’s the point of a time limit at a leisure park, I would want to pay extra if I knew there was one."