Levenshulme Swimming Baths
Me and @dansgas1000 went for a couple of days away to the Manchester area. We split the locations evenly so we both got to do places we really wanted to see. One of the ones I really wanted to see were the swimming baths. This was the final pin on the final day before we were due to head back home. To be honest I wasn’t expecting it to be accessible, but it was actually quite easy!
Opening in 1921, Levenshulme Swimming Baths were designed by English architect Henry Price (1867-1944). He was also responsible for the design of the Victoria Baths in Chorlton-on-Medlock, the various Carnegie libraries, the Hydraulic Power Station, which is now People's History Museum along with many other buildings in and around Manchester.
The Arcadia Swimming Pool and Library was constructed in 2015 as to replace the swimming baths and the old Carnegie Library (situated just over the road) after local uproar at the announcement that they would both shut due to funding cuts. Protestors occupied the library for a few nights, there were rallies on the A6 and a large protest out the front of the swimming baths, which I managed to find some photos from.
The swimming baths closed their doors on the 18th February 2016, with no plans for the site. So doesn’t look like it's going anywhere any time soon....
Starting off inside at the ladies pool
Some fungi growing on the door frame heading into the pool room
Up above the ladies pool
Next up was the steam and sauna rooms
Really groovy tiles in this corridor
Into the office, some lovely decay in here, and a beautiful old safe too
The male pool, situated on the left-hand side of the building
This room was once the gym
Downstairs to the pump/filter area
Into the engineer's room, some very impressive mould in here!
The Swimming Baths in around 1920 (links on photographs)
A few photos I found of the protests a few years before the buildings closed down (Links on photographs)
Me and @dansgas1000 went for a couple of days away to the Manchester area. We split the locations evenly so we both got to do places we really wanted to see. One of the ones I really wanted to see were the swimming baths. This was the final pin on the final day before we were due to head back home. To be honest I wasn’t expecting it to be accessible, but it was actually quite easy!
Opening in 1921, Levenshulme Swimming Baths were designed by English architect Henry Price (1867-1944). He was also responsible for the design of the Victoria Baths in Chorlton-on-Medlock, the various Carnegie libraries, the Hydraulic Power Station, which is now People's History Museum along with many other buildings in and around Manchester.
The Arcadia Swimming Pool and Library was constructed in 2015 as to replace the swimming baths and the old Carnegie Library (situated just over the road) after local uproar at the announcement that they would both shut due to funding cuts. Protestors occupied the library for a few nights, there were rallies on the A6 and a large protest out the front of the swimming baths, which I managed to find some photos from.
The swimming baths closed their doors on the 18th February 2016, with no plans for the site. So doesn’t look like it's going anywhere any time soon....
Starting off inside at the ladies pool
Some fungi growing on the door frame heading into the pool room
Up above the ladies pool
Next up was the steam and sauna rooms
Really groovy tiles in this corridor
Into the office, some lovely decay in here, and a beautiful old safe too
The male pool, situated on the left-hand side of the building
This room was once the gym
Downstairs to the pump/filter area
Into the engineer's room, some very impressive mould in here!
The Swimming Baths in around 1920 (links on photographs)
A few photos I found of the protests a few years before the buildings closed down (Links on photographs)
