The Abbey pool complex includes two swimming pools and an outdoor paddling pool.
The larger pool is 25 metres long with five swimming lanes. It ranges in depth from 1.2 to 1.75 metres.
The smaller learner pool is 12 metres square and is 0.8 metres deep throughout.
The complex is managed by the council in partnership with Everyone Active.
Contact details
Pool Way
Whitehill Road
Cambridge CB5 8NT
Email abbeyinfo@everyoneactive.com
Telephone 01223 213352
Opening times and admission prices
This information can be found on the Everyone Active website.
Getting to the pools
Cycle parking is available outside the main entrance and buses stop nearby on Whitehill Road.
The county council provides bus timetable information, or you can plan your journey to the pool with Transport Direct.
By car, turn off Newmarket Road into Whitehill Road and take the third turning on the right into Pool Way. The pool is located at the bottom of this road on the right-hand side.
There is parking space for over 200 vehicles, including four bays for disabled people and space for three coaches.
Free swimming
The table provides details of free swimming sessions at the Abbey pools.
| Who is eligible? | Information |
|---|---|
Under 3s | During public-swimming sessions. Must be accompanied at all times by a person over 17 years of age. Please notify receptionist |
Everyone Active holders aged 17 or under | Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4-6pm. Everyone Active leisure upgrade subscription required (available from Abbey Pools, Parkside Pools |
| Anybody enrolled on SLM swimming lessons who pays by Direct Debit | Tuesdays and Thursdays during public-swimming sessions, 4-6pm |
| All Cambridgeshire education authority curriculum school groups | Various slots available for group swimming lessons. Email stephen.everett@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or telephone 01480 375857 to arrange lessons |
Disabled access
The complex is fully accessible, with level access throughout the ground floor and a lift to the gym on the first floor.
Two of the three changing rooms and shower facilities are built directly on the poolside. Each changing room has drop-down changing beds and one has a fully automated shower bed.
Access to both pools is available via a fixed hoist, and the learner pool also has gradual steps with handrails.
More information
The pools have modern changing rooms with shower facilities and secure storage areas.
Other facilities include:
- a 45-station gym
- a poolside sauna
- an exercise studio with sprung floor
- astroturf and grass pitches
- a BMX track
- a children's play area
