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Get Wet, Stay Warm. Community run Heated Pool & Gym, Jacuzzi, sauna and Steam Room. Campervan parking and showers on site. Open to all. Walk-ins welcome!
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Swim lessons, aqua aerobics, kids club available. Various memberships available. Holidaymakers, as well as permanent residents, can keep trim at the Baltimore Community Leisure Centre. The centre has a 16.5 metre swimming pool with children's pool, jacuzzi, and sauna. There is also a well-equipped gymnasium with treadmills, exercise bikes, ski machine, rowing machine, Stairmasters and a wide range of machine weights. Temporary membership and other deals are available for summer visitors and special events are run during the course of the season for children and adults.

30/10/2026

💦🏊 BALTIMORE POOL – UPDATE 4! 🏊💦

We’re getting closer! 💙🙌

Firstly, a huge THANK YOU to everyone for your kind words, encouragement, continued support and generous offers of help. It really means so much to us all! 💙

We’re delighted to share some more positive progress with you!

✅ The pool has been sealed and dried out!
✅ The new tiles have arrived!
✅ Tiling is now underway! 🎉

As you can see from the photos, things are really starting to move forward, and every day brings us another step closer to welcoming you all back! 🏊‍♀️

🧹🪣 NOW WE NEED YOUR HELP! 💪

Before we can reopen, there will be a BIG clean-up, and we would be incredibly grateful for a few helping hands!

If you could spare even a couple of hours, it would make a huge difference. Many hands make light work, and together we can get our wonderful community pool ready to welcome everyone back! 💙

🙋 CAN YOU LEND A HAND?

We're putting together a list of volunteers now, so please get in touch:

📍 Leave your name and contact details at pool reception.

💬 Send us a private message here on Facebook.

📧 Email [email protected] with your name and contact details.

We’ll be in touch when we're ready to get the clean-up underway.

💙 Thank you for sticking with us! We know everyone is eager to get back in the water, and believe us, we can't wait to see you all again!

We're nearly there, Baltimore! 🏊💦

📸 Take a look at our latest progress in the photos below!

30/10/2026

Good morning, everyone, and Happy Halloween! 🎃

I hope you all had a lovely midterm break!

Meanwhile, exciting things are happening in the pool – the tiler has arrived, and the tiles are finally being laid! Woohoo! 🥳

In other news, Jen will be returning Friday mornings to run yoga classes in the gym from 7:30am–8:30am. 🧘‍♀️ It will be a Vinyasa flow yoga class, a mix of all body stretches and strength yoga class that complements going to the gym or just as a regular exercise and wellness class ✨

I’ll attach our new schedule along with Jen’s poster for anyone who would like to join her.

Thank you all once again for your continued patience, support and understanding. It’s very much appreciated!

Have a lovely day, everyone! 😊

19/10/2026

Progress is slowly coming along, and we’re feeling hopeful that the tiles will be going on soon! 🤞
We’re hoping to get all our swimming lessons up and running, most likely after Christmas, and we honestly can’t wait to get started! 🏊‍♀️💙
Please see our attached our October/November schedule for the time being. Just a reminder that the gym will remain closed during the middle of the day, Monday to Friday, and will close early on Sundays, as these are unfortunately our quietest times.
We also have a bank holiday coming up this weekend, and we’ll be open from 9am to 6pm on the day. 😊
Thank you all so much for your continued patience, understanding and support. We really appreciate every one of you and can’t wait to get everything back up and running fully! 💙

27/09/2026

🌊 Sherkin to Baltimore 2K Swim — A Huge Thank You! 🌊

What a fantastic day for our Sherkin to Baltimore 2K Swim! 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️

A huge and heartfelt thank you to every single participant who took on the challenge and made the swim such a special occasion. Your enthusiasm, determination and support for the event mean so much to us.

We would also like to extend our sincere thanks to everyone who helped make the day safe, welcoming and enjoyable:

🛶 Our wonderful kayakers

🚤 The safety boats and crews

⚓ The Harbour Master

🚑 The RNLI

☕ All those who provided hot drinks and refreshments after the swim

📝 Those who looked after registration

🔢 Those who counted swimmers in and out of the water

🙌 And every single helper who gave their time, energy and support on the day.

As they say, it takes a village — and what a village we have! ❤️

The Wild Atlantic Pool Committee has undertaken a huge project in retiling our Swimming Pool and we are incredibly grateful for all the good wishes, encouragement, support and kind words of praise we have received for this work.

It has been truly appreciated, particularly during this time, and it means more than you know.

To everyone who swam, volunteered, supported, encouraged, helped behind the scenes or simply cheered us on — thank you. 🌊💙

Here’s to the wonderful community spirit that made the Sherkin to Baltimore 2K Swim such a memorable day!

With sincere thanks,

Wild Atlantic Pool Committee 💙

26/09/2026

SHERKIN TO BALTIMORE SWIM TODAY! 🏊‍♂️🌊
We are hi delighted that the iconic 2km Sherkin Island to Baltimore Swim is taking place today, Saturday 26th September, in aid of the Wild Atlantic Pool & Gym! 💙

This spectacular open-water swim takes swimmers from Sherkin Island Pier across Baltimore Harbour to Baltimore Pier — 2km of Atlantic swimming, incredible scenery and a fantastic community atmosphere. 🌊💪

📅 TODAY — SATURDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 2026
📍 Start: Sherkin Island Pier
🏁 Finish: Baltimore Pier
🏊 Distance: 2km
⏰ Swim starts: 4:00pm
Today's schedule:
• 📝 Registration: 12:00pm – 2:30pm
• ⛴️ Ferries to Sherkin: 2:00pm – 3:30pm
• 🛟 Safety briefing: 3:45pm
• 🌊 SWIM: 4:00pm

The event is being held in aid of the Wild Atlantic Pool & Gym — our community-run pool and gym serving West Cork. Funds raised will help us with our centre upgrades, helping us continue to provide a fantastic facility for our local community. We are currently undertaking the huge project or retiling our pool which is a major financial undertaking. We have grant support but need to make up shortfall with funding - so please help us in any way you can. Every euro counts !! 💙

A huge THANK YOU to every swimmer, volunteer, organiser and supporter who has helped make this event happen.

Whether you're swimming, volunteering, cheering from the shore or simply supporting our fundraising — we're incredibly grateful for your support. 🙏

Come along, soak up the atmosphere and cheer the swimmers home! 📣🌊

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OUR SWIMMERS! 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️

💙 Every stroke helps us build a better Wild Atlantic Pool & Gym. 💙

25/09/2026

🏊‍♂️ Gearing up for the Sherkin to Baltimore Swim tomorrow! 🌊

Come on down and show your support as we cheer on our brave swimmers taking on this amazing challenge. We’d love to see as many of you there as possible! 💙

🇮🇪 Flag Day in Skibbereen Today!
A huge thank you to everyone who has donated and to all of our wonderful volunteers for giving their time and support. It’s very much appreciated! 🙏

🏋️ Please also take note of our new gym opening hours.
Be sure to check the updated schedule before your next visit.

Thank you all for your continued support! ❤️

08/09/2026

🏊‍♀️ PRIOR TO POOL REOPENING – CAN YOU LEND A HAND? 💙

As our pool refurbishment moves closer to completion, our attention is beginning to turn to something we are all looking forward to — getting the pool ready to reopen.

Behind the scenes, an enormous amount of work is being done by a very small voluntary committee. At the moment, many of our committee members are giving more than 20 hours every week at the centre, alongside their own work and family commitments, to keep the project moving and ensure everything is completed as smoothly as possible.

Once the main works are finished, there is still a mountain of work to do before we can welcome everyone back.

The pool hall will require a major clean after all the dust and construction work. While the pool is empty, we are also taking the opportunity to repaint the pool hall. There are numerous smaller DIY, preparation and finishing jobs to be completed throughout the centre.

We had also hoped to use this closure to retile the pool deck and side walls. Unfortunately, our applications for grant assistance towards this additional work were unsuccessful. Having committed the funds available to us to the essential pool works, we simply don't have the resources to complete the deck and walls at this time.

It's disappointing, particularly when the pool is already closed and this would have been the ideal opportunity to complete everything together. But it will remain on our list for the future.

For now, our priority is getting the work we can complete finished and getting our pool back open. And this is where we're asking for a little help from our community.

🙋 Could you spare a few hours?

We are putting together a volunteer list at reception for anyone willing to help with cleaning, painting preparation or some of the smaller DIY jobs before reopening.

You don't need to commit days or weeks. Even a few hours would make a difference.

As a community facility, we simply don't have the funds available to bring in a cleaning contractor to undertake the major post-construction clean. Every job we can complete with the help of volunteers is money that can instead remain within the centre and help us continue providing facilities for our community.

This centre belongs to the community it serves, and sometimes keeping facilities like ours going takes a community effort too.

If you've enjoyed the pool over the years, if your children learned to swim here, if you use the gym or other facilities, or if you simply believe that community amenities like ours are worth protecting — perhaps you could give us a few hours.

Please leave your name and contact details at reception if you would be willing to help. We'll contact volunteers when we have dates and jobs confirmed.

And to those already giving so much of their time — thank you. Your work may often happen behind closed doors, but it certainly isn't going unnoticed.

Many hands really do make light work.

08/09/2026

🏊 POOL TILING PROJECT – UPDATE 3 🏊

Another major stage of our pool refurbishment has been completed — all of the old mosaic tiles have now been fully stripped from the pool.

As you can imagine, this phase of the work has created a very dusty and noisy environment throughout the pool hall. We have tried to keep the Jacuzzi, Steam Room and Sauna open, but conditions are proving increasingly challenging. The level of dust and noise is affecting both staff and patrons, with dust and dirt also being carried into other areas of the centre.

For this reason, check-in has now been moved upstairs for the coming weeks.

We will endeavour to keep the Gym open, but we may need to reduce opening hours depending on conditions for staff and patrons as further works get underway next week. We really appreciate everyone's patience and understanding while this essential work continues. 🙏

💧 What’s happening with the pool?

The pool is drying out well. All water jets and light fittings have now been removed and will be replaced where possible. The next major task is to remove all of the old grout from the pool lining in preparation for the next stage of the project.

💙 A huge thank you

We would like to sincerely thank everyone who has generously given their time to help us throughout the works — from sorting and saving the old mosaic tiles, to continuously cleaning the centre, protecting and sealing equipment, and helping wherever needed. Your support has been invaluable.

♻️🎨 Giving our old tiles a new life

We haven't simply thrown the original mosaic tiles away! We have carefully salvaged and sorted them, and we are hoping to apply for grant funding to repurpose the tiles into a mosaic mural here at the centre.

It would be wonderful to see part of the old pool given a new life as a piece of artwork that can remain at the centre for years to come — preserving a little piece of its history while creating something new for our community. ❤️

We’ll continue to keep everyone updated as the refurbishment progresses.

Thank you for bearing with us while we make these important improvements.

03/09/2026

💦 Pool Refurbishment – Update 2 💦

The work continues at Wild Atlantic Pool!

A huge thank you to our wonderful staff, who have really stepped up while the pool is closed – cleaning and painting around the centre, sorting tiles and helping wherever needed. 💙

Thank you also to the members of our volunteer committee and our contractors, who have been working hard on the pool itself. Most of the old pool tiles have now been removed, as you can see from the photos.

The next important stage is to allow the pool shell to dry out thoroughly before it can be sealed and retiled. It all takes time, but we’re making progress!

🏋️ REMEMBER – OUR GYM REMAINS OPEN!
While refurbishment work continues in the pool, our gym is open as normal. We’d love to see you there – and every visit helps support your local community facility. 💪

We’ll continue to keep you updated and look forward to sharing the transformation with you. 🏊‍♀️💙

We are incredibly grateful to everyone who continues to support Wild Atlantic Pool. If anyone would like to make a donation, organise a fundraiser, or help support this refurbishment project in any way, we would love to hear from you. We are making a list of volunteers at the desk.

Every bit of support makes a difference to our community pool and centre. 💙

Please like and share our update and follow along to see the next stage of the refurbishment!

Address

Baltimore
Baltimore
P81C438

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 8:45pm
Tuesday	8am - 8:45pm
Wednesday	8am - 8:45pm
Thursday	8am - 8:45pm
Friday	8am - 8:45pm
Saturday	9am - 5:45pm
Sunday	9am - 5:45pm

Telephone

+3532820622

Website

http://www.baltimorepool.ie/

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