Adult Swimming Lessons at Active Blackpool

Adults have very different needs to children when learning to swim; as an adult, you have different motivations and learn in different ways.

Our welcoming, encouraging and experienced swimming teachers take this into account, providing goals and targets suitable for those aged 14+.

Check out all our adults lessons below.

Here’s a bit more information about our Adult Swimming Lessons.

We have swimming lessons across the week at Moor Park and Palatine Leisure Centres.

Moor Park lessons take place on Tuesday morning and on Tuesday and Thursday evening.

Palatine lessons take place on Monday morning and on Monday and Wednesday evening.

Our swimming lessons run for 50 weeks of the year with two weeks off for a Christmas break.  We do not have any swimming lessons on Bank Holidays.

All of our Adult lessons are 25 minutes long.

We offer two ways to pay for swimming lessons, the easiest being by Direct Debit.

A Direct Debit costs just £24.40 per month and also include free swimming for you in any Active Blackpool lane, family or casual swimming sessions.  The direct debit will continue as you progress through the stages so you don’t need to remember to make payments and your place will be secure.

You can also pay in advance block payments with 10 consecutive lessons costing £61.50.  With this option we will send you email reminders when you have 3, 2 and 1 lessons remaining. As long as you top up before your 10th lesson, you won’t lose your place.

If you already have a Inclusive Membership with us, your swimming lessons will be half price!

If you already have an Active Blackpool Leisure Card, you can book them on by calling the centres on 01253 478474.

If you don’t, then just pop in to any centre with proof of your address and we will get you set up and booked on.

If you have not had a swimming lesson with us before, your first lesson will be free, so you can make sure that it’s right for you before you make any payment.

If you’re not able to come in, then you can fill in the enquiry form at the bottom of this page and one of our team will get back to you.

Be Water Confident

This class is about gaining the confidence to enter the pool safely.

 

It also covers the ability to move around the pool with confidence and to achieve basic core aquatic skills.

 

These are entries, exits, buoyancy, balance and aquatic breathing.

 

Classes will take place in the teaching pool before moving into the main pool once water confidence has been gained

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Be a Swimmer

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By the time you earn this Award you will have the necessary skills to start swimming independently over short distances (5 to 10 metres).

 

You won’t need support or floatation equipment.

 

At this stage, we recommend you also try the Adult Distance Awards: 5 metres, 10 metres and 25 metres.

Be a Better Swimmer

By this point you’ll be able to swim up to 400 metres independently.

 

You’ll also have the confidence to try other pool activities, such as Deep Aqua Aerobics or Lane Swimming.

 

At this stage, we recommend you build your stamina even more, with our Adult Distance Awards: 50 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres.

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Be a Master Swimmer

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Gaining this Award means you can confidently enter the Masters section of a swimming club or Swimtag Swimfit sessions.

 

It’s about more advanced swimming skills to enable you to compete at different levels and in different sports such as triathlon, open water swimming and lane swimming.

 

At this stage you can also achieve our most advanced Adult Distance Awards – 800 metres and 1 mile.