Hinksey Pool

Season drawing to a close

Hinksey Pool will be closing on 28 Sep.

Do you enjoy visiting the pool?
Have you got something you want to discuss with the facility manager?
Come along to our user group meeting on 25 Sep, 18:30 at South Oxford Community Cente, Lake Street

Where is Hinksey pool?

We are situated in Hinksey Park, off the Abingdon Road, approximately 1 mile south of the City Centre.

Visit the Multimap website for a map of how to get to Hinksey Pool.

What's on offer?

large outdoor heated swimming pool
free swimming for all under 17's
relaxation area
outdoor play area
disabled toilet and changing facility
wheelchair access to water via sloping pool
sun lounger and deck-chair hire
free parasol hire
refreshments
slice card memberships

Swim Timetable

Download the timetable below - effective from 5th May 2008:

Swim Session Timetable (215kB PDF)

Remember that all under 17's swim at any Oxford City Council pool for FREE.
Please bring proof of age to any of our centres to be issued a free Kids Slice card.

Park & Ride to Hinksey Pool

There is limited parking at Hinksey Pool so why not take the Park & Ride?

The No.300 Redbridge Park and Ride bus will have an additional stop outside Hinksey Pool this season during the times below:

Day	Time
Monday - Friday	10am - 3.30pm
Saturday	Travelling to Hinksey, catch the X3/X13 bus from the main road outside Redbridge Park & Ride. Travelling back to the Park & Ride catch the No.300 as normal outside Hinksey.
Sunday	All day

Service is available during the week at off peak times and all day on Saturday and Sunday.

How much does it cost to use Hinksey Pool?

Fees and charges - from 1st April 2008 (1426kB PDF)

New Wrist Band System Introduced

How do you manage admissions on really busy days?
Hinksey Pool is a popular facility that gets very busy at times, especially if we have good weather. To ease the pressure, we've introduced a wrist band system. We hope this will reduce waiting times to enter the facility whilst allowing continued safe supervision of bathers in the water.

How will it work?
3 colours of wristband will be used. The first 50 customers entering the facility at the start of the day will be given a blue wrist band. The next 50 a red wrist band, and the next 50 a green wristband. This cycle is then repeated until all 250 wrist bands of each colour have been distributed.

When the pool reaches its maximum lifeguard to bather ratio the banding sytem will be used. This means that an announcement will be made saying that only red wristband holders can remain in the pool. After 20 minutes the red's must get out of the pool and the blue's can enter. After another 20 minutes the blues must get out and the greens may enter. This cycle will be repeated.

As customers leave the facility they must hand back their wrist bands. Once 20 of a colour of wrist band have been collected, then 20 new customers may enter the facility.

Security staff will be employed to help run this system. They will hand out and collect wrist bands. They will also assist Duty Managers and lifeguards with individuals who will not cooperate with the band system.

Hinksey Pool Enquiry Form