There are plenty of reasons to swim, it’s low-Impact, burns calories, an alternative exercise to name a few, it’s also something the entire family can do, exercising in water offers many health benefits and can be continued for a lifetime.
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Bilston – Bert Williams and Central
Swim lengths in our slow, medium or fast lanes during our lane swim sessions. These sessions are for swimmers aged 16 and above who want to swim continually at a consistent pace.
Available at:
Bilston – Bert Williams and Central
These sessions are for families with children who have special educational needs or a disability. Children must be accompanied by a parent or carer at all times in the pool.
Call 01902 551010
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Bilston-Bert Williams and Central
A swimming session for parents and tots to get their child used to the water. For children aged 0 – 3 years old. This session is not led by an instructor.
Duration: 60 mins
No booking required
Wednesdays 10:30am-11:30am
Fridays 12pm-1pm
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Bilston – Bert Williams
Members and pay as you go users can attend any public or lane swim session without booking. Pool-based classes, adult swimming lessons and family sessions must be booked in advance. Children’s swimming lessons are for children who are part of our swim school.
Sessions are available during the times where the colour bars are visible.
Members and pay as you go users can attend any public or lane swim session without booking. Pool-based classes, adult swimming lessons and family sessions must be booked in advance. Children’s swimming lessons are for children who are part of our swim school.
Pool Closure DatesSessions are available during the times where the colour bars are visible.
Our adult swimming lessons are available for 16 years and above. We offer lessons for non and weak swimmers, and those wanting to improve their swimming technique. Adult swimming lessons must be booked in advance.
Bilston – Bert Williams
£5.50 per 1 hour session
£4.20 per 45-minute session
For more information, please contact 01902 551010 or speak to one of our customer service assistants to book your space today!
Our Bilston - Bert Williams swim school is now open with limited availability. For information, please call 01902 551010 or visit our Centre.
Our swimming lesson waiting is currently closed at Central. The waiting list will be reviewed again in July 2023.
Our online Home Portal is for parents of children who are in our Swim Academy. The portal allows parents to access information about their child's swimming lessons, as well as making payments for their lessons.
All parents with registered email addresses will have received an email to set up their Home Portal account. If you would like to set up an account but no longer have your registration email, please speak to a member of our reception team who will be able to help.
Register on Home PortalFree public swim sessions for 8-15 year-olds.
We offer free public swim sessions for 8-15 year-olds who live in a household paying council tax to City of Wolverhampton Council.
To register for this, speak to our reception staff in centre. A recent council tax bill will be required to complete registration.
All under 8’s are free of charge with a paying adult at our centres without an application.
Wolverhampton Swimming and Fitness Centre will be offering this from 6 September 2021, however there is a £2 initial card charge to set a profile up on their system. All under 8’s should be accompanied by an adult as part of the leisure centres safe swimming policy.
Please contact the centre you wish to use regarding ratios of adults to children.
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Bilston-Bert Williams and Central
SWIMTAG bands are available for all customers to use free of charge at Bilston – Bert Williams and Central. SWIMTAG provides you with a unique view of your swim, you can breakdown each individual length and split, or view your grouped training sets
The system tracks the number of lengths you complete, split times, stroke type and stroke rate. You can then keep track of key swim statistics such as average pace, distance per stroke, calorie burn and rest percentage.
To use a SWIMTAG band when you’re next in centre, just speak to our reception team. You can sign up for an online SWIMTAG account to monitor your progress after your first swim by using the button below.
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