
Govanhill Baths Community Trust

Information about Govanhill Baths Community Trust
Opening hours
- sunday: (closed)
- monday: 9:30-17:30
- tuesday: 9:30-17:30
- wednesday: 9:30-17:30
- thursday: 9:30-17:30
- friday: 9:30-17:30
- saturday: (closed)
Our comment from FitFit UK about Govanhill Baths Community Trust:
Govanhill Baths Community Trust, located in Glasgow, is a unique venue with a rich history and significant potential. The center has made remarkable progress in transforming the beloved Calder Street baths into a vibrant community hub. Local users have praised it for being a fantastic community space with a friendly atmosphere and helpful staff. Visitors appreciate the diverse range of community projects and the inclusive nature of the facility, which brings people together from different backgrounds.
Highlights:
- Supportive community action organization
- Brilliant baby swimming lessons at affordable prices
- Engaging social events, including bingo and art displays
- Beautiful old building with a lot of character
- Excellent food and friendly service
While there are some concerns regarding the public bathing facilities and accessibility, the community spirit and ongoing improvements signal a positive future for this cherished center. Users also express hope for the baths to fully reopen and serve as the heart of the community once again.
Govanhill Baths Community Trust: Opinions
Fantastic experience: Amazing work to get the building to where it is. Not long now and united we will swim again!
Fantastic experience: Brilliant community action organisation transforming the much loved Calder St baths and creating a wide range of support services for local people
Negative experience: Could be more clearer. I'm just looking for a public bathing facility
Positive experience: nice, lovely
Fantastic experience: Very helpful
Fantastic experience: Cool old building. Reopening 04/2022
Positive experience: Wee nice place but not that good
Positive experience: Great to see the place back in the community ownership but needs to get better projects that will make bigger impact
Fantastic experience: Great to see this place in the hands of the local community.
Negative experience: Don't think this place will ever open again as baths however much money is put in
Positive experience: Nice flowers. Only one pool decorated, the middle sized one which was not very wheelchair accessible
Fantastic experience: Fantastic community projects
Fantastic experience: Great folks doing great work
Negative experience: Closed for biz
Positive experience: I personally naver visited this place, but often went passed either on foot or on bus. To assessment it's nice place for local people living around Calder street Victoria Road Glasgow.
Positive experience: On a Thursday it starts at 12 and you can go in and get a chat with people plus pay £1 and you'll get sick and your dinner and tea and afterwards we play bingo it is a good community place
Fantastic experience: Go have a look at the old baths. A must see.
Positive experience: Great to see it and get photos before the renovation, look forward to seeing it again after refurbishment
Fantastic experience: Excellent baby swimming lessons in the baby pool. The instructor Car is brilliant with the children and makes you and the little one confident in the water. The price of the lessons are super cheap compared to the likes of water babies etc. There is also space to spectate.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful old swimming pool. Hope this place gets the renovation it deserves. These sorts of places can be at the heart of communities. Support them!
Fantastic experience: Fantastic facility with very modest prices for kids swimming lessons
Positive experience: Just a fantastic community centre for Govanhill.
Positive experience: Used for displaying art. Lovely
Positive experience: Good food. Reasonable prices. Staff are excellent and friendly.
Positive experience: Great time at the pancake fund raiser
Positive experience: Slowly but surely the baths are getting reused. Not much to do jus yet but staff ate working on making it a more popular place for the community. Children's swimming started but was no good to my children as we were not from the area let me down otherwise was ok
Fantastic experience: Could be an incredible building
Fantastic experience: good
Fantastic experience: Made feel very welcome thanks for support
Fantastic experience: Fantastic community space.
Fantastic experience: I used to go Govanhill swim baths with my dad and uncle
Fantastic experience: Seen a great exhibition as part of the 2017 sonica festival at the govanhill baths today. The venue was as friendly and as raw as ever, perfect setting to see Nelo Akamatsu and others. Also a great space for live performance theatre etc. Bring a coat as it’s a little chilly sometimes!
Positive experience: This community hub is such asset to the community in many ways and being inclusive in our multicultural society of Govanhill Glasgow , well done to the workers funders and organisers ! Saint Andrew Community Pastor and advocate , business and social analyst , management consultant .
Fantastic experience: Lovely place, really helpful people!
Fantastic experience: Great community venue.
Fantastic experience: Great place helpful staff they do a lot for the community I volunteer here at the archery club
Positive experience: Excellent
Positive experience: Culture and community
Fantastic experience: For govanhill having bad name the baths are very nice and reasonable price for amenities
Fantastic experience: Beautiful old building with amazing potential
Fantastic experience: Great place but still to have a swim
Fantastic experience: Great community facility
Fantastic experience: Unique venue with lots of character.
Fantastic experience: Closed as swimming baths for many years, the small pool recently saw water for the first time since the closure. Often used for arts events, and even raves, a visit to the baths will touch you with the infectious community spirit of the 'Save our Pool' campaign and its team.
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