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Free Swimming
If you are aged 16 and under - or 60 and over, you can swim for free at your local authority swimming pool.

How would you like to go swimming for free?

The Welsh Government is funding free swimming in Wales for:

  • Children and young people aged 16 and under during all school holidays and at the weekend; and 
  • Older people aged 60 and over outside school holidays.

Some local authorities have extended the scheme to provide 60+ Free Swimming all year around.

We want to extend our free swimming scheme to veterans and serving armed forces personnel on leave.

The Free Swimming pilot initiative is the first of its kind in Europe. It aims to increase participation in physical activity and improve the health and well-being of the nation. It does this by improving access to local authority leisure services.

The Welsh Government now invests £3.5m per year in the Free Swimming initiative. Sport Wales manages the scheme and our partners in local authorities deliver it.

For more information, visit Free Swimming web pages on the Sport Wales website.

Visit: Sport Wales: Free Swimming (external link)