West Reservoir Centre

London, England, UNITED KINGDOM

Important Notice Please Read

Swimmers Guide is not connected with any of the facilities listed on this site in any way. We cannot tell you the pools’ opening and closing times or when Senior Aerobics classes are held; we cannot tell you about the availability or cost of swimming lessons; we cannot get you discounted admission to swim at any of them; and we cannot help you find your children’s lost goggles or bathing suits.

We can and do try to give you reliable information about the pools, their locations, their admission policies, and their single-visit or casual swimming prices. Where possible, we include hypertext links to the pools’ own official websites and Facebook pages, clickable email addresses, and links to the websites of the clubs and teams that swim there. Look to those resources within each listing for more detailed information.

The data in the site is under continual review and is revised whenever the site’s editor becomes aware of a change, but, with more than 20,000 listings, a complete, periodic review of every listing takes about seven years to complete; in many places, prices will change four or five times before we have a chance to check the pool’s official website again.

For that reason, we ask for your help: If any of the information in the listing is incorrect, out of date, or could be improved, please tell us. There is an "Edit" button on just about every line of every listing, click on the edit button to tell us what needs to be changed. (No, it's not a place for you to ask us questions. What we have in each listing is the latest news we have.)

Also, please consider checking the listings of the pools you regularly use at home or when traveling, as your knowledge may be helpful to someone else who is unfamiliar with the area and visiting for the first time. Just go to the Add a Pool section of the site, read the first page, then fill out the questionnaire.

Updated April 14, 2020.

Facility Overview

Facility Name
West Reservoir Centre
Address
Green Lanes, Stoke Newington, Hackney, East London
London, England N4 2HA
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone
(020) 8442 8116

Adult Admission Price & Policy

Drop-in/Casual
£10.00. [October, 2021]
Note: Admission policies and prices shown in Swimmers Guide listings are believed to be correct as of the date(s) shown in brackets. If not correct now, please click on the "Edit" button and tell us so this listing can be fixed and the information brought current. This site works best when its users take an active role in the maintenance of the data.

Full-Size, Year-Round Pools & Boards

Pool 1
100y (91.4m) x 60f (18.28m), outdoors, unheated, water temperature available in real time on the reservoir's official home page ("Website" link above).

Location

Historical County
London Metropolitan Area
GPS
51.566672, -0.091346

Teams That Use This Facility

Triathlon
Click on the Team Name to view its website.

Facility Notes

The "pool" described above is a partially enclosed section in a large lake; two piers run from the shore out into the reservoir. In addition, there are sections going into and across the reservoir with bouys laid out for 200m, 400m, and 750-metre open-water swimming courses.
See the Open Water Swimming section of the reservoir's website for information about scheduling and requirements that must be met to be permitted to use the facility.
The facility also has a Facebook page.
Also see Outdoor Swimmer Magazine's web page for the facility HERE.

Facility Reviews

A fabulous open water swim, but not for the faint of heart. The water is cold! You have to do the 200m course in one stretch as there's no place to stop along the course. A great experience. No lockers; you leave your belongings outside by the reservoir, but the reservoir is not accessible unless you've paid to get in to swim.
[October, 2021]