FOI Request - Publically Accessible Swimming Pools

Request 101003708736

1. How many publicly accessible* swimming pools were there in your local authority area on September 30th 2024?

2. Please name the pools that are currently operating a timetable for public swimming, and provide postcodes for them.

3. For each of the pools in Q2, please also provide

a) the year they were built

b) the year they were last fully refurbished – meaning major renovation work, if applicable.

4. If a pool was or is temporarily closed please indicate this, or if a pool is earmarked for closure in the near future, please specify if the closure is intended to be temporary or permanent and if possible, provide reasons and dates.

If there is other information pertinent to my enquiry please send it or indicate where it is available.

Response 19-02-2025

1. There are five council-run swimming pools and one other one, Moray Leisure Centre.

2. & 3.                                              Year Built           Last refurbished
Buckie Swimming Pool & Fitness Centre      1974
AB56 1PX

Forres Swimming Pool & Fitness Centre      1973                  2015
IV36 0DG

Keith Sports & Community Centre             1972
AB55 5GT

Lossiemouth Sports & Community Centre     2021
IV31 6JU

Speyside Sports & Community Centre         1980
AB38 9PN
 

Each of the pools has a timetable with public access seven days a week.

4. There has been no closures of facilities in Moray since the old Elgin Swimming Pool in 1993