Laned Swim: A swim session for swimmers aged 12+ who want to swim lengths for health, fitness or to simply relax. Swimmers under 16 years of age must be accompanied in the water by an adult and be confident and capable of swimming lengths.
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.
Stockton-on-Tees is home to 4 swimming pools, each offering a variety of sessions to suit every age and ability. Swimming is the perfect activity if you’re looking to have fun with friends and family, learn a valuable life skill, improve your fitness or mobility, or simply find a new way to relax and unwind. We also have sauna and steam facilities at Billingham Forum and IB Leisure.
Our popular family sessions have been keeping the kids entertained since they we old enough to make their first splashes. We have everything from fun flumes, wave machines and aqua gliders to giant inflatables, floats and toddler areas, everything you need to create a low-cost, memorable day out with the family.
Many of our regular swimmers hold an Activ8 Health and Fitness membership as this offers unlimited free swimming across all of our pools. Our pools provide a variety of sessions to ensure swimming can fit conveniently into your busy routine. Come along to one of our early bird, lunchtime or adult only sessions to get those lengths in, or visit in a general public session for a more leisurely swim. Our lane swimming sessions are also perfect for anyone who swims competitively or is training for a triathlon. Whatever your reason, swimming provides unrivalled benefits to improve your mental and physical wellbeing, and there’s so much choice right on your doorstep. Read more about our adult sessions.
We also offer a popular adult swimming scheme that helps adults to learn a new skill in a friendly and social environment. It’s never too late to learn something new! Visit the adult swimming section to find our more information.
We offer an established learn to swim scheme and teach over 2,000 children to swim each week across our pools. For years, we have been helping children to make their first splashes and supporting their journey right through to competitive swimming in lots of cases. Our learn to swim scheme is proudly supported by our swimming ambassador, Commonwealth Gold medalist, Aimee Willmott. Together with Aimee, we are committed to inspiring the next generation of swimmers and ensuring everyone has access to enjoy swimming at a local pool.
Reduces impact on bones and joints, and the range of motion lengthens the muscles to make joints more flexible.
Swimming supports and sustains a healthy heart.
Swimming provides a full body workout that builds endurance, muscle strength, and cardiovascular fitness.
The calming sensation of swimming can reduce stress and improve your sleep pattern.
Swimming is the only sport that is completely non weight-bearing, meaning the risk of injury is greatly reduced.
Dive in and explore our amazing selection of swimming videos. Once you’ve chosen your session, check the timetables to find a suitable day and time. You can also view more of our videos on our Tees Active YouTube channel.
Tees Active ‘s swimming pools are home to some of the region’s most established swimming and diving clubs who have been developing young talent for decades. Our swimming clubs provide the perfect platform to enhance your skills or learn new ones! Meet some of our resident clubs.
If you’re planning a visit to any of our pools, you must read our guidelines and policies first. This looks at swimming etiquette and the rules we have put in place to ensure everyone can enjoy a swim in a safe and pleasant environment.
Find out more about how Tees Active are working with partners to drive positive change in the community.
