Friends of the Pool at Waltham Forest College

Take a look inside and try us out with a free swim!

Film maker, Jonathan Brind, is an FOTP member. Here’s his short film about the pool he loves. Take a look inside…. and if you like what you see as much as we do, then why not try it out for real. When we re-open after 20th August you can come for a free swim. Contact us first, come along with costume and swimming cap. If you like your swim, fill in a form, pay online and join us. No commitment, but we think you’ll love it. (See below how to join/renew)

A Pool for the Community

The Community Pool at Waltham Forest College is thriving once again after being rescued, from a string of closure threats, by dedicated users and campaigners with the unwaivering support of Waltham Forest College. Many groups now use the pool –  East London Triathletes hold training sessions  and children and adults  learn to swim with the Tritons Swim School. Already swimming lengths? Then  you can  join our group, Friends of the Pool (FOTP).  From January, signing up for a term  allows you to choose up to 10 times a week to enjoy this vintage 30m pool.

What a wonderful weld!

For those of you following the exciting but lengthy prelude to re-opening the pool,  you will be delighted to know that the welding we needed to do on the leaking pool filter has been successfully carried out. The costs were shared by Tritons, Friends of the Pool and the new operators, Active Leisure Management Ltd (ALM). Thanks to everyone and to the College for being helpful as always. So sign up to our RSS feed, follow us on Twitter or just look in on the website where news will be posted as soon as we have something definite to tell you. So, as the late Louis Armstrong didn’t say,  Oh, What a wonderful Weld!