New research from Swim England has shown almost a quarter of public pools across the country still remain shut – nearly a month after they were given the green light to reopen.
Pools were closed on Friday 20 March as part of the coronavirus lockdown – and operators had to wait 128 days until Saturday 25 July before they could allow customers in again.
Now insight from the recognised national governing body reveals that while 767 of the 1,002 public accessible pools have reopened in some form, or have published an imminent reopening date, 223 remain indefinitely closed.
The majority (193) still have no confirmed date for when they will open again, 25 are shut for maintenance work, while 15 have been mothballed or confirmed as permanently closed.
