The Wales National Pool ( cy, Pwll Cenedlaethol Cymru) is a 50-metre
swimming pool in the
Sketty
The suburban district of Sketty ( cy, Sgeti) is about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the Swansea city centre on Gower Road. It falls within the Sketty council ward of Swansea. It is also a community.
Description
The area approximates to the Vivi ...
area of
Swansea,
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
.
The main pool is 50 m long and 21 m wide, so it does not meet the
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
definition of an
Olympic size pool.
History
The £11 m pool opened in 2003 following the demolition of Wales' national pool, the
Wales Empire Pool
The Wales Empire Pool, known locally as the Empire Pool, was an international standard swimming pool building, located in Cardiff, Wales from 1958 until it was demolished in 1998. It was a centrepiece for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealt ...
in Cardiff, in 1998 due to the construction of the
Millennium Stadium, and served as its replacement for a short period, until the construction of the £32 m
Cardiff International Pool.
Use
The facility, which also has a 25m x 9.5m training pool and 1,200 spectator seats, is one of the facilities used to train Wales' world class aquatic sports athletes and houses the headquarters of the
Swim Wales, formerly the Wales Amateur Swimming Association.
Some swimmers used the pool to train for the
London 2012 Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
.
The facility was built with funding from
Sport Wales,
Swansea Council and
Swansea University
Swansea University ( cy, Prifysgol Abertawe) is a public university, public research university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. ...
and is built on the site of the university's sports centre.
See also
*
List of Olympic-size swimming pools in the United Kingdom
Notes
External links
Wales National Pool(official site)
(Denbigh Swimming Club)
Sports venues in Swansea
Swimming venues in Wales
Sports venues completed in 2003
Tourist attractions in Swansea
2003 establishments in Wales
University sports venues in the United Kingdom
University swimming in the United Kingdom
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