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Portobello Swim Centre is a multi-facility leisure venue in Portobello, Edinburgh.Built by Edinburgh City Architect Robert Morham in 1898, [1] it comprises swimming pools, a gym and fitness studio, and Edinburgh's only authentic and publicly available Victorian Turkish bath, one of three remaining in Scotland, and one of only eleven in the whole of the UK.
Students in the Meadows, Edinburgh The Meadows The Meadows is a large public park in Edinburgh, Scotland, to the south of the city centre. It consists largely of open grassland crossed by tree-lined paths, but also has a children's playground, a croquet club, tennis courts and recreational sport pitches. It is bordered by the University of Edinburgh's George Square campus, the Gordon Aikman ...
The pool has been used for elite diving events including the 1986 Commonwealth Games hosted by Edinburgh [6] and the 2014 Commonwealth Games and inaugural 2018 European Championships, both hosted in Glasgow. The pool was closed 2009 to 2012 for major internal remodelling.
In 1886, some Edinburgh residents and members of the Bellahouston Private Baths Club, Glasgow, decided to build a swimming club in Edinburgh. Frank Y. Henderson therefore formed the Warrender Private Baths Club Limited which bought some land from Sir George Warrender, 6th Baronet, [3] and, using the local architect Robert Paterson, had the baths built.
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Warrender Baths Club is a swimming club which originated at Warrender Baths in Edinburgh, Scotland, established in 1888.In 2013 the Club had 600 members with an active membership of 350 swimmers training at nine swimming pools across Edinburgh.
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Indoors there is a 12-court sports hall, eight squash courts and a four-court sports hall. [27] Other facilities available on the high-performance side of the centre include a HydroWorx 3500i Series hydrotherapy pool with an integrated treadmill, a rehabilitation area and gym area for strength and conditioning. [25]