Hathersage Swimming Pool Reviews Summary

Facilities

Pros:

• "Good changing rooms, and cute little grass sections to relax on."
• "Lovely out door pool, with lane swimming as well as family sessions, recently renovated 28 deg so not so cold, good caffe area and foot ball area outside, highly recommended."
• "The pool, changing rooms, toilets and showers were all very clean and there's plenty of seating for spectators."
• "Great changing and showering facilities, retains original Victorian charm though."
• "There are plenty of changing rooms (not gender segregated as they are individual cubicles) and showers at the end of each block."
• "Showers, changing cubicles and toilets are available, as well as a cafe."
• "A fantastic facility! Sheltered spectators area (for us who are a little sun-shy) as well as grassy picnic areas with tables and chairs (if you want)."

Cons:

• "The only problem is the terrible opening hours - unless you're a member, please check the opening hours before turning up."
• "If you are planning a trip here bear in mind that the parking situation is appalling."
• "Without question the most archaic booking system I have tried to use in years."
• "And the difficulty booking on. More non member slots please!"
• "It's probably time they introduced a ticketing system or online booking as the expectation to queue 100 deep out into the car park on a first come first serve one out, one in policy is absolutely insane."
• "Why is there no online booking for the public sessions? In this day and age surely it would make sense?"
• "This pool has a very very unfair booking system!"

Staff

Pros:

• "Staff were nice!"
• "The staff were cool and really friendly."
• "The staff on duty were also lovely Would happily return sometime in the future."
• "Friendly staff too."
• "Lovely staff."
• "Staff friendly and helpful."
• "The staff are all very helpful and friendly."

Cons:

• "Strike Day and wanted to take my son to practice his swimming and have some fun along with the other kids. Twice (I) got told, rather chastised, by the lifeguards."
• "The lifeguards are a bit overzealous - my daughter who can swim wasn't allowed in the deep end even with me."
• "Stroppy Life guard told us to stay in shallow end when 2 parents were present with child (who could swim)."
• "Also the man in the kiosk wasn't in the least bit friendly or understanding."

Pool Experience

Pros:

• "The pool was clean and so refreshing to go in, swimming outside is lovely."
• "The pool itself is the perfect temperature for length swimming and 30 metres long so it's quite easy to accumulate swimming distance quite quickly."
• "Great large outdoor pool very popular though would advise going to the earlier times as parking and getting in can be troublesome."
• "Designated times for each of lane swimming, fun swimming and more, so no conflict of interest."
• "A real gem!! The pool is in an amazing setting, has incredible facilities and is always super clean."
• "The water is nicely heated."
• "Amazing pool, there is something so special about swimming outside."

Cons:

• "Back to the pool though.... it's great but did get extremely busy on weekends when the weather was good, so be prepared to queue, and potentially not to get in depending on numbers."
• "The pool water is VERY dirty, you can't see your hand in front of your face under water."
• "Only issue was a large school group turned up to a public swim making the pool extremely busy and less enjoyable."
• "Disappointing experience as only allowed to use a ring area of pool."
• "Pool also very congested for swimmers, very expensive for lane swimming."
• "Was absolutely rammed, to the point of just not being enjoyable."
• "£7.50 for 55 minutes in the pool, and it was chaos."

Value

Pros:

• "It's expensive for a swim, but worth for a special treat."
• "Will definitely be coming again. Reasonable pricing too."
• "The cafe on site is very well stocked and reasonably priced."
• "Great time, for both serious and fun swimming."
• "Everything is really clean and well looked after."
• "Fantastic food, beautiful rooms, marvellous countryside and views."
• "There is an on site cafe with a good selection of food including marked vegetarian options!"

Cons:

• "Can someone please explain the extortionate spectator fee and exactly what I am getting for my £3.00?"
• "It's not cheap to get in either, so I'm sure they could afford a cleaner."
• "Was left waiting outside as it was busy so only got an hour and a half, but paid the same price."
• "Really nice pool but VERY cold water, wasn’t the temp as advertised."
• "45mins queuing only got 50mins in the pool before have to vacate and leave."
• "Low stars due to pool needing a clean to get rid of unwanted hair and dead flies."
• "The cafe shutting at the same time as the pool so no refreshments are available is a ridiculous schedule."

Temperature

Pros:

• "The water wasn't as warm as I thought I would be and could have done with a hot chocolate after to warm back up."
• "The water is nicely heated."
• "It is heated and was a comfortable 27c on a 13c day in September."
• "The pool was lots warmer than the outside which was great."
• "The water was warmer than I thought it would be!"
• "A heated pool means you can have a lovely swim in the coldest weather."
• "Lovely heated pool with beautiful views."

Cons:

• "Lovely pool and friendly staff but there was no way the pool was heated!"
• "It was cold, this did not feel heated at all."
• "Water was freezing cold."
• "Heater was broken when I went so the temperature hovered around 19."
• "When we got here it said 22 degrees on the sign outside. The real temperature was at best in the high teens."

Cleanliness

Pros:

• "The pool was clean and so refreshing to go in, swimming outside is lovely."
• "A real gem!! The pool is in an amazing setting, has incredible facilities and is always super clean."
• "You can see the staff cleaning constantly."
• "It is clean, well maintained and the water temp is excellent."
• "Wonderful, clean facility."
• "Everything is really clean and well looked after."
• "The facilities are very clean."

Cons:

• "The pool water is VERY dirty, you can't see your hand in front of your face under water."
• "It was also filthy! I know it's an outdoor pool which comes with challenges in regards to keeping things clean but even the basics weren't done."
• "People walking barefoot in toilets then jumping straight back into the pool, which doesn't look like it had ever seen a filter before."
• "Pool wasn't too clean but expected as you walk across grass to access."
• "Was over crowded, changing rooms dirty, also dirty toilets with no toilet paper."
• "Low stars due to pool needing a clean to get rid of unwanted hair and dead flies."
• "The steps into the shallow end need replacing as not only had they never been cleaned by the look of them, the bottom one was broken which wasn't ideal when getting in and out safely with a Baby."