Bucksburn Swimming Pool is a

swimming pool A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a structure designed to hold water to enable Human swimming, swimming or other leisure activities. Pools can be built into the ground (in-ground pools) or built ...

in Bucksburn,

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, Scotland.

History

The swimming pool opened on 20 November 1989. It was built at a cost of £900,000. On 2 March 2023, it was announced that the pool would close on 16 April 2023 along with the

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following a £687,000 reduction in the yearly budget for Sport Aberdeen. The council stated that there were "significant issues" with the plant that would cost over £400,000 to fix. It stated that the site where the pool stands would be required for an expansion of

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. In December 2023, following a council consultation on the decision to close the pool triggered by the widespread backlash due to the pool's closure it was announced that the pool would reopen.

Facilities

The pool is long and has five lanes.

References

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