Report - Coltishall Pool - Sept 19

[Bikin Glynn]

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Following on from @Mikeymutt excellent reports of the officers block I thought I would share the pool here.
The swimming pool and associated boiler house at former RAF Coltishall were erected in 1970.
An officer stationed here recalls that high winds took the roof off of this pool sometime during the mid 1970's and deposited it on the roof of the new LOX bay.

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Otherwise there is not a lot to say about the pool. This was obviously a leisure facility for RAF Coltishall which was operational until 2006. The pool was a ramshackle affair which was essentially a polytunnel with a water filled pit in it. What looks like a lovely tiled pool is in fact a rubberised lined one.
Not a lot to see really but on with the pics

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Thats ya lot from here, thanks for looking.​

 

[Down and beyond]

Some cracking photos their mate

 

[Mikeymutt🐶]

Nicely done mate. I like the pool and made several visits. It's strange it's not tiled though. I like the roof personally

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Nicely done mate. I like the pool and made several visits. It's strange it's not tiled though. I like the roof personally

yeah I jumped down expecting a hard landing but its squidgy lol

 

[Calamity Jane]

Nice. The lines in pool and squares on ceiling could look rather trippy. Good report

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Nice. The lines in pool and squares on ceiling could look rather trippy. Good report

Thanks Jane

 

[Sasquatch93]

Hi is this still accessible? Have been thinking about cycling up here soon! Thanks

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Hi is this still accessible? Have been thinking about cycling up here soon! Thanks

No idea, u will have to have a look for yourself after lockdown

 

[Sasquatch93]

No idea, u will have to have a look for yourself after lockdown

Thanks, will take my camera and report back

 

[KPUrban_]

Unusual building that one is, the roof is all plastic if I remember correctly? Nicely Captured.

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Unusual building that one is, the roof is all plastic if I remember correctly? Nicely Captured.

Yeah it all seems a very temporary affair