PLEASE ENSURE YOU CHECK IN FOR ALL YOUR BOOKED SESSIONS AT RECEPTION OR AT A CHECK IN POINT.
Members can book fitness classes up to 8 days in advance. Non-members can book 7 days in advance.
Adult Laned Swim: Aimed at adults wanting to swim lengths for health, fitness or to simply relax. Lanes are often available at these sessions.
Public Swim: A general swimming session open to all. No water features, no floats are available at these sessions. Lanes may be available.
Big Splash: Our Big Splash sessions offers the ultimate fun swimming experience for all the family. The wave machine, flumes and water features operate during these sessions. *Although we try our best, we can’t guarantee all features will be in operation*
Swim Fun Floats: A fun session where you can enjoy the water as a family with a range of floats and toys available to play with. All children, regardless of age must be accompanied in the water by at least one adult for this session.
Family Night Big Splash: Our Family Night Big Splash session offers the ultimate fun swimming experience for all the family. The wave machine, flumes and water features operate during these sessions. All children, regardless of age must be accompanied in the water by at least one adult for this session. *Although we try our best, we can’t guarantee all features will be in operation*
Inflatables: This session is great fun for children while helping to build confidence and stamina in the water! Race against friends along the giant pool inflatable avoiding the obstacles to see if you can reach the end. Children should be able to swim 25 metres confidently for this session. If they can’t, they need to be accompanied by an adult in the water on a 1-2-1 basis, regardless of their age.
Swimming is one of the most popular activities for adults to enjoy. Not only is it accessible and affordable, it is also one of the greatest ways to improve your overall health and fitness. Some of us have a lifelong passion for swimming from an early age, whilst others can often discover our thirst later in life due to the breadth of health benefits associated with regular swimming. Whatever the reason, Stockton-on-Tees is home to 4 swimming pools offering a variety of adult focused sessions and a popular adult swimming lessons to keep you happy, active and feeling revitalised.
Following your swim you can also make use of the sauna and steam facilities located within Billingham Forum and IB Leisure (Activ8 members only).
Swim England – Value of Swimming Report
1.4 million adults feel swimming has significantly reduced their anxiety or depression.
Swimmers report feeling on average 6.4% healthier than non-swimmers - comparable to feeling 12 years younger!
Swimming more than doubles self confidence in females.
We have lots of sessions that are naturally more suited to adults. Choose your session then use the filter options on the timetable below to find sessions at your chosen pool.
We have two membership options available to save you money when you swim. The most popular choice is an Activ8 Health and Fitness membership. This includes free access to any Tees Active swimming pool, as well as any Activ8 gym or fitness class, of which there are over 400 each week! Activ8 Health & Fitness also offer a reduced 55+ membership option. You can view Activ8 memberships here and find out more about a Tees Active membership.
We offer a variety of sessions that are perfect for adults to try. Some of our most popular sessions include the early bird swim, lunchtime swim, adult only evening swims and our ladies only sessions. You can view the full timetable at the bottom of this page.
Lane swimming is available in most public sessions to all customers who are swimming for fitness. A range of swimming aids are available for you to use to help you get the most out of your aquatic workout. These swimming aids will be at the end of the pool at each session when lane swimming is available. The swimming aids available are pull buoys, kickboards and aqua gloves. Feel free to have a go with them and return all equipment to the container at the end of your workout.
Here at Tees Active we want everyone to enjoy their visit to our swimming pools. In order to ensure all swimmers have a pleasant experience at our swimming pools we ask that our customers follow the swimming etiquette outlined here. Swimming etiquette is a set of informal rules of conduct that ensure a smooth swimming experience when swimmers share the same lane. If you want to appear as a well-mannered swimmer, it is important that you follow our lane swimming etiquette.
Look
Look first and choose a lane that has swimmers you think are at the same speed as yourself.
Switch
Be willing to switch lane if your swimming speed is not similar to the others in the lane.
Overtake
If a swimmer behind you wishes to overtake, then where there is room to do so allow them the opportunity. Alternatively if the lane is too busy, when you reach the end of the pool allow them to pass you.
Push Off
Don’t push off the wall right infront of a faster swimmer. Let him/her pass first. Likewise don’t push off right behind a slower swimmer to directly pass them by. Leave them some room before pushing off.
Catch
If you catch up with the swimmer in front of you give them the opportunity to allow you to pass. DON’T TRY TO SWIM OVER THEM!
Give Way
Give way to faster swimmers at the end of the lane and rest in the corner of the lane when you need to stop.
Follow
Follow the direction signs for the lane that you use, keeping to the outside edge of the lane.
Wait
Wait until swimmers have turned and pushed off before entering the lane.
Be Polite
Be Polite to swimmers of varying skill levels and respect other swimmers personal space.
Caution
Please use caution when overtaking other swimmers. When lanes are busy extra care is needed to avoid collisions.
Find more information on our adult swimming lessons here.
All Tees Active operated venues are DDA compliant and as a service provider, Tees Active not only want to comply with relevant legislation, but also to go further in providing a top quality experience for all visitors. We will endeavour to ensure that disabled people are not treated any less favourably, and that ‘reasonable adjustments’ are made where appropriate and possible through sensitive and creative solutions.
All of our swimming pools have disabled changing and shower facilities, and a mobile or fixed pool hoist to enable access to the water. Visit the Access for All page for information about accessibility across all of our sites.
We run regular competitions and challenges to help swimmers stay motivated and have fun during their session. Our swimmers have explained how much the swim challenges help to push them further and keep them focused during their sessions. Head over to our challenges page to see what is happening across our pools.
We have swimming pools in Billingham Forum, Stockton Splash, Thornaby Pool and IB Leisure in Ingleby Barwick.
We offer Sauna and Steam facilities at Billingham Forum and IB Leisure so you can relax and unwind after your workout. Please note – the Sauna and Steam at IB Leisure is only available to Activ8 Health & Fitness members.
Unfortunately we do not allow underwater earphones in our pools. This is to ensure that everyone can react promptly to any instruction given from our lifeguards or other swimmers.
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