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Swim with Glasgow Club

You can train to swim at a competitive level or enjoy a few lengths at your local pool. Whatever you choose, we have swimming pools across the city so you will never be far from one. Find your nearest pool

There's no need to book ahead but if you do register (or take up membership) and book and pay in advance it will save you time when you arrive and individual members can beat the queue and head straight to automated gates in venues that have them. 

Supervision Ratios (children)

Where children are swimming it's vital you check our supervision ratios which are there to help keep everyone safe in the water.

Pool Supervision Ratios

What to wear

Appropriate swimwear is required. This includes:

  • Swimming Costume
  • Swimming Shorts
  • Swimming trunks
  • A Bikini
  • Lycra based bottoms
  • Lycra based tops (long or short sleeved, dark coloured – not white)
  • Rash vests
  • Burkini/Hijood or similar
  • Babies Require swim nappies underneath swimwear

Swimming Accessories

We welcome the use of goggles, floats, sinkers, woggles arm-bands and flotation vests. Paddles, flippers and snorkels are only permitted during club and/or full lane-hire sessions.

Lane Swimming Guidelines

At Glasgow Club, we cater to swimmers of all abilities. Each swimmer progresses at their own pace and we want to provide an environment that's enjoyable for everyone.

For all  the information you need, please read our lane swimming etiquette:- 

  • Choose the Correct Lane: Match your speed to the appropriate lane.
  • Follow the Direction: Swim in the signed direction only
  • Stay to the Side: Swim to the side of the lane to leave space for others.  
  • Pass Safely: Pass in the middle and only when safe; please no toe tapping
  • Rest Considerately: Rest at the lane's corner to avoid blocking others or leave the pool to rest 
  • Avoid Sudden Stops: Stop at the pool's end, not in the middle.
  • Ask for assistance: Raise any concerns with a team member.

To help you with selecting the appropriate lane, you should base it on the following speed per length:

  • Slow Lane - 40 seconds or more 
  • Medium Lane - 30 to 40 seconds 
  • Fast Lane - Under 30 seconds

You can double these times for a 50 metre pool. At Glasgow Club Tollcross, 50m lane times should be based on: 

  • Slow Lane - 1 min 20 seconds or more
  • Medium Lane - 60s to 1min 20sec
  • Fast Lane - under 60 seconds 

How to Access Swimming

There is no need to book swimming but if you do register (or take up membership) and book and pay in advance it will save you time when you arrive and individual members can beat the queue and head straight to automated gates in venues that have them. Find out more about how to make bookings here on our website.

Ways to swim with Glasgow Club

Recreational Swimming
Recreational swim sessions let you enjoy a swim for fun, on your own or with family and friends.
Someone relaxing and smiling in a swimming pool, wearing goggles pushed up onto their forehead
Lane Swimming (slow)
Lane swimming lets you focus purely on swimming lengths, to improve your fitness or practice a stroke.
A person doing breast stroke in swimming pool
Lane Swimming (medium)
Lane swimming lets you focus purely on swimming lengths, to improve your fitness or practice a stroke.
Child with goggles on doing forward crawls with arm mid-air
Lane Swimming (fast)
Lane swimming lets you focus purely on swimming lengths, to improve your fitness or practice a stroke.
A person doing breast stroke in swimming pool
Learn to Swim
With parent and child classes for ages 6 months plus through to adult lessons you can learn to swim
An adult swimming teacher teaching a young child to swim. The child is holding a float
Free Family Swimming
Free family swimming during the school holidays helps ensure no-one need miss the fun.
Two children swimming