Hadleigh Pool & Leisure

Information about Hadleigh Pool & Leisure
Opening hours
- sunday: 8:30-16h
- monday: 6h-21h
- tuesday: 6h-21h
- wednesday: 6h-21h
- thursday: 6h-21h
- friday: 6h-21h
- saturday: 8h-16h
Our comment from FitFit UK about Hadleigh Pool & Leisure:
Hadleigh Pool & Leisure in Ipswich, United Kingdom, offers a friendly and welcoming atmosphere, making it a great place for families and individuals alike. Visitors appreciate the following aspects of the facility:
- Cleanliness: The pool and changing rooms are reported to be very clean and well-maintained.
- Friendly Staff: Many users highlight the helpful and polite nature of the staff, enhancing the overall experience.
- Good Facilities: The swimming pool is described as nice and well-kept, with recent refurbishments improving the environment.
- Family-Friendly: It is an excellent choice for children's swimming lessons, with positive feedback on the swimming instructors.
- Community Focus: The center fosters a community feel, hosting various events and offering activities like backgammon nights.
However, some users have pointed out areas for improvement:
- Some facilities, including the gym, could benefit from modernization and expansion due to crowding.
- A few visitors experienced challenges with the online booking system and day passes for the gym.
- Water temperature in the pool has been noted as chilly by some visitors.
Overall, Hadleigh Pool & Leisure stands out for its cleanliness, friendly staff, and community-oriented services, making it a great destination for leisure activities.
Services, Machines and Guided Classes
Hadleigh Pool & Leisure: Opinions
Positive experience: Only have experience taking my kids swimming (lessons). No separate viewing gallery, so have to be within pool area to watch (which is fine), but as a mobility scooter user, cannot take this down as no shoes or socks allowed (cleanliness), so have to struggle down slippery ramp on walking sticks. They do have a self contained wheelchair available which I have not tried yet. This IS allowed into the pool area.
Fantastic experience: Nice staff , good facilities, nice new swimming pool. Kept clean. Usually enough car parking most days. Plus bicycle frame to lock your bike to. Overall very good. I have become a regular user here.
Hi Ker, thank you for your positive review - we look forward to seeing you again at our centre :)
Positive experience: It's ok
Negative experience: The worst membership deals and small prints I’ve ever experienced! Will not be returning.
Fantastic experience: Small but friendly gym.
Hi FTF radio, thank you for your positive review - it means a lot to us here at Abbecroft :)
Fantastic experience: Brilliant, water perfect, not too busy, I went just after 3, and loved it, very clean, showers nice and warm, friendly staff. First time I've been and am booking another swim for next week.
Hi Lucy, thank you for your positive review - we look forward to seeing you again at our centre :)
Fantastic experience: Great place to find. Great staff.
Hi David, thanks for your positive review - it means a lot to us here at Abbeycroft :)
Fantastic experience: Very good pool, 45 mins Lane swim then 15 mins sauna . Pool ans changing rooms very clean
Fantastic experience: A very clean and friendly leisure centre and very much enjoying my swimming.
Fantastic experience: We've been here regularly for a while. The staff are helpful, polite and courteous to customers and also with each other.
Negative experience: Tried using the gym here but it was a no go from the start. The only place i've ever came across that to get a day pass you first need to book an instructor to show you the equipment and then gauging by the appointment info on their membership site you also need 2 instructor led courses when signing up to use the gym to make sure you're using the equipment correctly? Oh, and theres no instructors available for the next week as their online calendar has been blocked out. So unfortunately i cant review what the gym is actually like as i never made it through the front door.
Fantastic experience: Nice swimming lesson and good clean pool. Very basic looking
Fantastic experience: Wonderful pool. Perfect for little learners. Showers were warm. The whole place is well looked after.
Hi Guy, We're glad you've enjoyed your visit!
Fantastic experience: Lovely pool and very friendly staff. Really enjoyed our visit, the children loved the inflatable session. Clean and tidy, will happily go again. Thank you X
Hi Hayley, that's great to hear - see you again soon.
Fantastic experience: Friendly helpful staff. Nice and clean changing rooms and showers
Positive experience: Good temperature of the pool. Would of been 4 stars but Only 1 Hair dryer working, so you have to wait 20 minutes til it's free and no private shower cubicles to use!
Fantastic experience: Lovely, helpful staff. Excellent swimming pool & facilities.
Fantastic experience: my mate went here and had a blast!!! staff were lovely and he had a nice iced cream soda Here's a picture of my mate this is his face when he realised he had to go back home
Fantastic experience: This is one of my favourites, friendly staff, very clean, change my life, manythanks john
Fantastic experience: 'we' used this as a meeting place but, excellent facilities & staff
Fantastic experience: Absolutely lovely, friendly staff! If I lived closer, I would definitely go again.
Fantastic experience: Love this pool. Great community feel about it. The depth works out well for my kid, a good 10 metres before it gets deeper. Changing rooms always clean when I attend. Open quite early as well.
Positive experience: A clean and often quiet place to bring the kids swimming. The floats and inflatable assault courses are good fun and terrific value. Male changing rooms only have four changing cubicles and one curtained shower, so expect to wait if you want complete privacy.
Fantastic experience: Very nice swimming pool.
Fantastic experience: Fantastic place great swimming lessons
Fantastic experience: Great place to bring kids and let them enjoy themselves in the water. Also recently discovered that they run a backgammon club on A Friday evening from 7pm. All levels of players are welcome
Negative experience: Good modern facilities and fantastic swimming tutors. A real shame the young male life guard has more interest in staring at the ceiling and talking to his colleagues that watching out for the safety of learner swimmers.
Fantastic experience: I only use the gym there at the moment but I think the facilities are very good and I can do exercises fine there.
Positive experience: I was at the social room for a training event. I have not used any of the other facilities.
Fantastic experience: What a fantastic time we had, pool has had a referb and it was such a pleasure, friendly staff. very clean.
Fantastic experience: almost got banned from here for throwing a hot wheels car around the changing room 5/5 stars i will come back here at some point and get that hot wheels car back and throw it again (whether you like it or not) P.S i was also the person that was throwing a bottle of ice cream soda at the wall in 2016 :) (i want that bottle back)
Fantastic experience: Great pool
Fantastic experience: Go there most weeks with my job, always have a coffee for a rest
Positive experience: It's a swimming pool with pleasent staff
Hi Dave, thank you for your positive review - it means a lot to us here at Abbeycroft :)
Fantastic experience: Attendants and reception staff were all helpful as I went in to collect information
Fantastic experience: I would definitely recommend this place, friendly staff and instructors, good facilities.
Fantastic experience: Grant.
Positive experience: Water is so cold!
Negative experience: Someone who is more serious or a competitive swimmer would not find this facility training friendly. No fins and other training equipment is allowed, even when the pool is empty. Also, very slow breastrokers will be allowed in the fast lane almost every day. Finally, eventhough covid measures have been lifted the pool management chose to keep a now ludicrous covid imposed 30 minute gap between each session. If you are a leisure swimmer and/or don't mind all the above, it is an excellent and newly renovated facility.
Fantastic experience: Love it - great gym, pool and classes. You can't beat it for quality and price, and friendly supportive staff.
Fantastic experience: Clean, organised and friendly atmosphere
Fantastic experience: Great staff
Fantastic experience: New pool facilities excellent, well organised re covid. Had a great time getting back to things we love. Ideal for family
Positive experience: Nice pool and very clean
Positive experience: Needs to be expanded, it's getting very crowded.
Fantastic experience: The new pool is great. Superb swim, staff were excellent, polite, smiley, which is always nice. Clean changing rooms, water not too cold either. Great value, free parking. Will return next week.
Negative experience: Dirty
Positive experience: Quite an old pool the water was quite chilly but all clean staff helpful entry price good value for money
Positive experience: The swimming pool isn’t great. the physiotherapist is very good
Positive experience: Been using the swimming pool for years here and have always been very happy with it....quite old now.and maybe a bit 'tired', don't let this put you off as a new pool is due soon apparently!!! There's a big gymnasium here , which I've never used but is popular , and there's lots of classes available ...there's a lovely coffee shop area where you can sit and natter...staff are always helpful and friendly ...and there's free car parking ,!!!
Hi Julie. Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review we're glad to see that you're happy and enjoying our leisure centre.
Fantastic experience: This place has got better and better over the years.opened by the community, prevented from closing by the community provides not only fitness but Slimming Clubs , older persons classes and baby clinics.A real hub. Join by monthly membership for savings
Negative experience: Pool needs revamping and the gym is too expensive
Positive experience: Much better than it used to be nice swimming lessons available for little ones...
Fantastic experience: Lovely pool. Online booking can be a pain but thats the world we live in now. Swimming lessons are very good.
Hi Dorothy, We're sorry your experience wasn't what we'd hoped. Please can you confirm if this was at our Hadleigh Pool, or Kingfisher Leisure Centre in Sudbury?
Positive experience: Cafe is nicely looked after and managed, function rooms well sized and supplied
Fantastic experience: Think the cafe is great
Positive experience: Gym was great and staff were very helpful
Positive experience: Great pool since the refurbishment project. Changing rooms okay but could do with a refurbishment
Fantastic experience: Very clean and well run gym
Negative experience: Pool is old and dark and no place to take children.
Negative experience: Is a good gym and pool but not worth the monthly price as they have limited facilities compared to other gyms and not a very welcoming atmosphere in the upstairs gym.
Fantastic experience: Great place for your children to learn to swim. Excellent teachers.
Positive experience: Nice local leisure centre, pool needs cheering up a bit tho!
Negative experience: Not very welcoming. Feels like a bad atmosphere amongst the staff. Which is a shame. Changing rooms are clean though.
Positive experience: Friendly and helpful staff
Positive experience: Good facilities, changing rooms are nice, clean and new. The pool itself could be updated.
Negative experience: The pool needs some renovation.
Fantastic experience: Great facility. Friendly and helpful staff.
Positive experience: Love it here, friendly and not too busy
Positive experience: Friendly staff, but needs a huge amount of modernisation in order for it to be clean and presentable
Positive experience: Good price for the inflatables session. I personally found the water cold but the kids don't mind, so I sit out and watch these days. A couple of the female life guards are rather rude to say the least but that's made up by the lads, pool manager and the blonde receptionist.
Positive experience: Lovely friendly staff
Fantastic experience: A great good priced gym.great staff..everyone off all ages cateted for..something for everyone.
Positive experience: I only go to attend Slimming World meetings so facilities are probably great!
Positive experience: Pretty small pool but it's very chilled not a lot of people pretty much had pool to our selfs
Positive experience: Nice gym, but the pool is very old and quite grotty. I hope sometime in the future they'll do it up.
Fantastic experience: Great
Positive experience: I really like this little gym. Although space is at a premium, it is fully stocked with the latest equipment such as TRX straps, Vibroplate and a Krankcycle. The reception area is clean and modern, making it a great place to meet up for a coffee and a chat after your workout. Even the coffee is surprisingly good for the little place. The only thing that taints the experience for me is the sweaty small of the soft furnishings. Time to have these cleaned of swapped for wipe clean fabric I think!
Fantastic experience: New pool is good for younger swimmers as it starts off quick shallow and gradually deepens to 2m
Hi Dan, thank you for your positive review - it means a lot to us here at Abbeycroft :)
Fantastic experience: Good place if u want to have a swim or hit the tred mill
Negative experience: Average pool that requires an update. Gym has the very basic equipment if you want to lift anything above 20kg your out of luck.
Fantastic experience: I don't gym much, but when I do gym, I gym here. 10/10 IGN
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