Best Western White Horse Hotel
Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UNITED KINGDOM
Adult Admission Price & Policy
Non-guests £7.50. [December, 2023]
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Registered guests and day spa patrons: Free.
Full-Size, Year-Round Pools & Boards
20m x 8m, 3 lanes, indoors,
29ºC (84ºF).
Location
Teams That Use This Facility
We have no web links or contact information for teams that train at this facility.
Facility Notes
The pool here is rectangular in shape and has two, large "lane stripes" on the bottom. You could count it as a two-lane pool, but it appears wide enough that three swimmers could be comfortably accommodated between the stripes. Note, however, that the stripes end at the end-walls, not in the customary "Ts" before reaching the wall, also, there are no "+" markers on the end-walls.
Facility Reviews
This is a nice 20m hotel pool that provides free lockers (a £1 coin deposit required is returned). There is no lifeguard. Although the listing shows a water temperature of 29ºC, it felt more like 27º or 28º to me. There are no backstroke flags, but ceiling markings serve that purpose. A “swim hat” is not required. Bring your own towel.
The pool has congenial open hours, being surrounded by municipal pools with extremely restricted lap/lane swimming hours. I was in the pool alone at noon, but the locker room was busy, presumably with people using the exercise equipment, steam room, sauna, etc.
Consider arriving hungry, as there is a restaurant serving tasty food at attractive prices on site.
An American, I felt as if I had passed through a quantum tunnel, as I found the English spoken in Northern Ireland to be even more difficult to understand than that spoken in Glasgow, Scotland.
[June, 2019]
The pool has congenial open hours, being surrounded by municipal pools with extremely restricted lap/lane swimming hours. I was in the pool alone at noon, but the locker room was busy, presumably with people using the exercise equipment, steam room, sauna, etc.
Consider arriving hungry, as there is a restaurant serving tasty food at attractive prices on site.
An American, I felt as if I had passed through a quantum tunnel, as I found the English spoken in Northern Ireland to be even more difficult to understand than that spoken in Glasgow, Scotland.
[June, 2019]