Information about Govanhill Baths Community Trust

126 Calder St
G42 7RA, Glasgow
+441414332999

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)
Govanhill Baths is a grassroots activist-based organisation in the heart of Govanhill, Glasgow. We deliver health, wellbeing, arts, environmental and heritage projects. We are reopening the Govanhill Baths building as a Wellbeing Centre in 2023.

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

4.3/5 (44 Opinions)
Dave Zabiega 11 months ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing work to get the building to where it is. Not long now and united we will swim again!

Jen McKevitt 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant community action organisation transforming the much loved Calder St baths and creating a wide range of support services for local people

Margaret 1 year ago

Negative experience: Could be more clearer. I'm just looking for a public bathing facility

AKRAM MUHSIN ALHARAZI 2 years ago

Positive experience: nice, lovely

Sharons 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very helpful

Kenny Wands 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Cool old building. Reopening 04/2022

Umar Farooq Memon 5 years ago

Positive experience: Wee nice place but not that good

Adeel Ibrahim 5 years ago

Positive experience: Great to see the place back in the community ownership but needs to get better projects that will make bigger impact

A.GLASGOW GREEN 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great to see this place in the hands of the local community.

Douglas Barton 5 years ago

Negative experience: Don't think this place will ever open again as baths however much money is put in

lauraine hendry 6 years ago

Positive experience: Nice flowers. Only one pool decorated, the middle sized one which was not very wheelchair accessible

John Mcintyre 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic community projects

Stuart Macdonald 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great folks doing great work

Younas Adeel 6 years ago

Negative experience: Closed for biz

Z A QAZI 6 years ago

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.

John Richford 6 years ago

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

Anna Gilchrist 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Go have a look at the old baths. A must see.

Leslie 7 years ago

Positive experience: Great to see it and get photos before the renovation, look forward to seeing it again after refurbishment

Nicola Hamill 7 years ago

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.

Alex Eisenberg 7 years ago

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!

Martyn Connolly 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic facility with very modest prices for kids swimming lessons

P J Harvey 7 years ago

Positive experience: Just a fantastic community centre for Govanhill.

DE 7 years ago

Positive experience: Used for displaying art. Lovely

Major Ecosse 7 years ago

Positive experience: Good food. Reasonable prices. Staff are excellent and friendly.

Hazel McDonald 7 years ago

Positive experience: Great time at the pancake fund raiser

sadhya moin 7 years ago

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

Lyndsay Keogh 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Could be an incredible building

zoyi zia 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: good

John Hargraves 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Made feel very welcome thanks for support

Stephen Paul 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic community space.

Gurbarth Singh 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: I used to go Govanhill swim baths with my dad and uncle

Cain Martin 7 years ago

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!

Saint Andrew 7 years ago

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 .

Zoltán Tompa 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely place, really helpful people!

Deborah Waters 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great community venue.

leigh weir 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place helpful staff they do a lot for the community I volunteer here at the archery club

Jean McGregor 8 years ago

Positive experience: Excellent

Paul Henderson 8 years ago

Positive experience: Culture and community

Philip McDonnell 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: For govanhill having bad name the baths are very nice and reasonable price for amenities

Kenneth Gordon 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Beautiful old building with amazing potential

Alex Brown 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place but still to have a swim

Angus McIntosh 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great community facility

Chris Jones 9 years ago

Fantastic experience: Unique venue with lots of character.

Miranda 11 years ago

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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