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London Central YMCA
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| Official Web site: |
http://www.centralymca.org.uk/ 
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| Address: |
112 Great Russell St
, Bloomsbury
, London - Central
, England
, UNITED KINGDOM
(Postal Code: WC1B 3NQ)
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| Telephone: |
(020)
7343 1844.
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Admission:
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Visitors (adult):
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£15.00 (a one-day trial rate that may be limited to one visit).
If the adult, single-visit admission price to swim here
has changed and you know the new price, please click HERE and
tell us.
Note:
The Swimmers Guide database was originally created for publication as a travel
guide; at some facilities, single swim admission may not be available to local residents.
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| Affiliate:
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YMCA Call; world-wide YMCA membershps are honored here.
Masters swimmers should contact the team for guest fee charges. |
| Hotel(s):
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Guests registered at the St. Giles Hotel (7636-8616) Free.
Note: Arrangements between hotels and pools change and we're rarely notified when they do; if you're considering making a reservation at a hotel mentioned in this listing, we recommend that you contact the hotel to be sure the deal is still on offer.
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Facilities:
(Full-size, year-round)
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Pool:
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25m x 18m, 6 lanes (usually operated as three double width lanes),
indoors,
82°F (28°C). |
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What's On:
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Masters swim team:
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Y Swim.
Contact Julian Meldrum by e-mail at julian_meldrum@hotmail.com.
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Locator:
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To Find:
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Close to the Tottenham Court Rd. underground station in the West End of London. It's the first building on your left as you walk from the station towards the British Museum.
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County or region:
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Greater London.
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For a map:
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See the Multimap.com scalable street map for this
location.
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Reviews:
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Rating: 6 on a scale of 10. Unusual grotto effect of dark blue floor and ceiling. Cool water, reasonable lane discipline. Probably the best pool in London for out-of-town swimmers. 25m all laned off, floats readily available. The pool is a dark at first and it takes time to adjust to the low lighting effect. Best times to swim are 10-12 and 2-5, when the office workers are back in their offices.
If you disagree with this review, click HERE. If we can fit your comments into this section, we will - "different strokes for different folks" is particularly applicable to the swimming community.
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Data source:
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The information for this listing was provided by a London swimmer.
(The "Data source" may have contributed the initial, basic information used to create this listing but, in most cases, that information will have been added to over time by a number of other sources - most often, other swimmers. We can't acknowledge the source of each bit of information, but we are grateful to all contributors.)
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Other useful sites: |
Art Hutchinson's Lap Swimming Etiquette 101.
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Sensitive to chlorine byproducts in pool water? See Chlorine-Free Swimming. |
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Sport England's http://www.activeplaces.com/ Web site has a comprehensive database of sporting facilities, including swimming pools, throughout England. The content is first-rate and the interface is creative and flexible.
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Oliver Merrington's www.lidos.org.uk has an extensive list of "lidos" (that's British for "outdoor swimming pools"). If you're looking for a place to swim in the U.K. that's not under roof in the summer, www.lidos.org.uk should fill the bill.
Looking for a real Olympic-size swimming pool? Check Pete Stubbs' Olympic and 50m swimming pools in the UK Web site. Pete also has a page on outdoor pools at Lidos and Outdoor swimming pools in the UK.
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