Talk:List of long course swimming pools in the United Kingdom

Olympic Size
Might it be an idea to have a symbol to show quickly which of the listed pools are "strictly" Olympic? --mervyn 14:54, 13 October 2006 (UTC)


 * The article is intended to be a list of Olympic size pools; I (along with moving the page to a more clear title) would support removing any pools which are not actually Olympic size. -- Jonel | Speak 17:45, 13 October 2006 (UTC)


 * The UK has a chronic shortage of long-course pools and the page as it stands is pretty much it. It was clearly intended to document this, but suffers from a poorly-chosen name. The problem with removing non-Olympic standard pools is that that would mean the majority of those on the list. It would be better to have the page named "50 metre swimming pools in the UK". Nick Cooper 08:16, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Irish 50m Pools
There are now three 50m pools in Ireland - at the University of Limerick in Limerick City, and the National Aquatic Centre and the private (members-only) West Wood Club Clontarf in Dublin. Limerick and Clontarf both claim "first in Oylmpic pool in Ireland" status, but the latter is only 6-lane. I think these should be covered, either on a separate page, or here, but that would obviously merit a name change (e.g. "List of Olympic size swimming pools in the United Kingdom and Ireland" or "List of Olympic size swimming pools in the British Isles"). Nick Cooper 10:27, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Would be useful to have some link -- my guess is that wikipedia policy is against clumping info on UK and Ireland together, as they are separate countries (and using the term "British Isles" opens up a whole can of worms!!!), so probably best to start a new page List of Olympic size swimming pools in Ireland and crossref as needed. --mervyn 12:41, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Done. I've added cross-links, and also amended the link description to Pete Stubb's site, since it also covers Irish pools (two of them, at least). Nick Cooper 18:09, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

UEA Norwich pool name
Recent events brought the name of the UEA pool to mind, and upon checking on the Sportpark site it seems that the erroneous use of the word "Olympic" isn't official. In addition, this document dated September 1999 (presumably when they didn't realise that "Olympic" was wrong) states that Bernard Matthews's involvement is actually a £50k sponsorship deal lasting six years from the Summer 2000 opening of the pool, so if this has not been renewed the whole naming may now be redundant, anyway. Nick Cooper 22:18, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Uxbridge
The original plan for Uxbridge was for a 25m x 16m (8 2m lanes) pool adjacent to the Lido, if they couldn't get funding for a 50m. Although the press releases about approval for the 50m don't give a precise width measurement, I think we can presume that if Sport England say it's going to be Olympic standard, then it will be (i.e. unlike most media sources, which think 50m alone "counts"). Nick Cooper (talk) 14:04, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Sea Lanes Pool - Brighton
Plans for a 50-meter outdoor pool in Brighton are mentioned in the current planning permission granted for the 25-meter pool currently being constructed with the aim to the national open water swimming centre 109.153.100.58 (talk) 19:03, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Removal of non-Olympic 50m pools from List of Olympic-size swimming pools in the Republic of Ireland
Attempts are being made to remove non-Olympic 50m pools (or rather the single example) from List of Olympic-size swimming pools in the Republic of Ireland. Interested editors are invited to offer their opinions, as obviously that page was specifically created to parallel - and was directly based upon - this one. Nick Cooper (talk) 15:29, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

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