Corby East Midland International Swimming Pool (also known as Corby Pool) is a sports facility located in
Corby
Corby is a town and civil parish in the North Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England, northeast of Northampton. In 2021 it had a population of 68,164. From 1974 to 2021, it was the administrative headquarters of the Borough of ...
,
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire ( ; abbreviated Northants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Leicestershire, Rutland and Lincolnshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshi ...
,
England
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, which is owned and run by
North Northamptonshire Council
North Northamptonshire Council is the local authority for North Northamptonshire, a local government district in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. It is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the funct ...
. The centre, which cost £19 million, was opened in July 2009 and is regularly used by the Northants
ASA to host competitive swimming galas and their annual championships. The pool is used by Corby Swimming Club and Corby Steel Diving Club as their main training facility. It is also used by Northampton Swimming Club for training and for hosting open meets.
Facilities
Pools
The main pool is a
long course
An Olympic-size swimming pool is a swimming pool which conforms to the regulations for length, breadth, and depth made by World Aquatics (formerly FINA) for swimming at the Summer Olympics and the swimming events at the World Aquatics Champion ...
50m pool with eight lanes. The pool has adjustable floors at both ends of the pool meaning that the pool can be split into three sections.
There are also diving blocks and 'touch pads' in all lanes at both ends of the pool allowing for competition to take place. At the west side of the pool there is diving equipment including a 5m fixed platform and four spring boards. The floor at this end can go down to a maximum of four metres for safety reasons.
South west of the main pool is a four lane twenty metre pool. This is often used for lessons and as a warm down pool at competitions.
East of the main pool is a fun pool with a pirate ship theme. The pool is of varying depths and includes a large 'water flume'.
Gym
The pool also features a 70 station gym, which looks over the pool, as well as a studio.
See also
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List of long course swimming pools in the United Kingdom
This is an annotated list of swimming pools in the United Kingdom which conform to the Olympic-size swimming pool, Olympic standard. Additionally, it lists other long-course facilities that do not quite come up to the full standard of 50 ×&nb ...
References
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Swimming venues in England