Swimming in Sligo
Apart from all the beautiful Sligo beaches there are also lots of swimming pools. Most of them are membership only but there are a couple of public swimming pools in the county too. Do check the websites before you head out for opening times.
Public Swimming Pools
Waterpoint in Enniscrone. A 17.5 metre heated swimming pool with a 65-metre flume water slide & separate children’s pool. There’s also a health suite and gym.
Sligo Regional Sports Centre, Cleveragh, Sligo town. A 25 metre heated swimming pool, separate children’s pool, Jacuzzi, steam room and gym. Plus sports hall and Astro turf pitch.
Yeats Country Hotel, Rosses Point. There’s a 18m swimming pool, sauna, steam room and gym. This is also open to members of the public depending on capacity so contact them before you arrive.
Membership only pools (and for hotel guests)
Club Vitae at the Clayton Hotel. Club Vitae Gym Sligo has a 20 metre swimming pool, separate children’s pool, sauna, steam room, Jacuzzi and extensive gym. They also have mini golf.
Healthstyles at the Radisson Blu Hotel. There’s an 18m pool which also has a feature pool and children’s pool, Jacuzzi, sauna, steam room and gym.
Southern Hotel, Sligo Town. There’s a swimming pool, sauna, steam room, plunge pool and a gym.
Sligo Park Hotel, Sligo Town. There’s a 16 metre pool, Jacuzzi, sauna, steam room, plunge pool and gym. They also have two tennis courts.
Avena Ballisodare. There’s a 20 metre swimming pool, hydro pool, Jacuzzi, sauna, steam room They have a 15 day special offer on for €30 at the moment.
Pier Head Hotel, Mullaghmore – we think this might be for guests only but we are waiting to hear back.
If you are looking for swimming lessons or swimming summer camps check out Splash Swim School. They are based in the Clayton Hotel and specialise in providing individualised, small group swimming lessons to children and adults.
Sligo sports complex pool is so dirty it’s such a shame. Changing room smell and are freezing. The toilets are filthy and smell of urine. AFAIK the Yeats Hotel in Rosses Point do take pay as you go? Have gone there a good bit since I decided to boycott the sports complex as it is so dirty.
Thanks for telling us Laura
I also used Sligo sports complex in Sept 2018. I was a visitor and knew as a public facility it would be a 25 metre pool which I enjoy for my Ironman training. It served all my needs it was clean had lockers showers toilets. Because it’s not spanking new and shiny it’s hard to make it gleam. I say Laura get into that lovely clean pool swim for 1 hour come out feeling fit and slim and shower and use the toilet and you’ll worry less about the shiny tiles. Fab facity on your doorstep so cheap and lovely friendly helpful staff. I’ll see you there in my lunch break to day.
Thank you Marie
Pier Head hotel is open to the public on a pay as you go basis. Hotel is open at weekends only until season starts in mid March. Not sure if the pool is open until hotel is open fully Thanks for info about Yeats country hotel didn’t know non members could swim there.
Thanks Lisa, we contacted the Pier Head but they didn’t get back to us.