York Sport Village - University of York Campus East

A new facility with free parking. The water was a touch on the warm side, but OK. Only three proper lanes - Slow, Medium and Fast, but if you really are fast, you may struggle. The lanes are a bit narrow, making passing difficult. I was able to just swim up and down in the open part, however, and got my session done. No paddles or fins are allowed. It is, on the whole, pretty quiet and, best of all, it seems to be available pretty much all the time.

An excellent facility with wide lanes and a good swimming temperature. Good lane and speed management with clear signs. It can get busy with a lot of kids, so check the schedule on their website. A £1.00 coin is required to use the lockers, it is returned.

Superb modern competition-standard pool, very wide so allows for three lanes of lane-swimming (fast, medium, slow) as well as large general pool area.