Report - Levenshulme Swimming Baths, Manchester - November 2022

[MotionlessMike]

Levenshulme Swimming Baths

Levenshulme Public Baths & Wash House was opened in 1921 and designed by architect Henry Price, with separate pools for men and women and striking chequered tile floors which were complimented by floor to ceiling tiling of white, cream, black and grey. An early claim to fame is that Sunny Lowry - the first British woman to swim the channel - apparently used the baths to train in.

Manchester City Council eventually closed the baths in a cost-cutting measure, with the closing day being in February 2016.

Quite a large swimming baths, with two pools - originally one for men and a smaller one for women. Both with crap modern roofs unfortunately!

Starting with the smaller pool - formerly the women's

The larger men's pool

Around the main entrance and the corridors between the pools are still nicely tiled
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Glazed bricks peeking through

Presumably this gym was once the boiler house

Tanks

Currently zero plans for the site, seems destined to sit there rotting away for a while longer!​

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[host]

Nice now it’s worth a look. Some great decay

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Nicely covered, been here while ago myself quite a nice old pool

 

[KPUrban_]

Ticks a lot of boxes that one, really nice.

 

[Bugsuperstar]

That’s really nice.

 

[HughieD]

Yup, that does it for me!

 

[Gsxrwayne]

Awesome wish I had come with you on that one.

 

[albino-jay]

Mint! Looks really good now. You should have give me a shout. I literally live up the road. Yet to go in though!

 

[Calamity Jane]

Really lovely set. That peel is great. Love the old photo showing the external shell hasn't really changed

 

[scrappy]

that is another great one, even with all the bird shit. I really like that ceiling in the first pool shot.

 

[Mikeymutt]

Really nice pool mate. I know I said it before but that tiled corridor is lovely. Great shots.

 

[Ferox]

Another cracker their mate. Great shots also.

 

[Prisoner206]

It's a good report and interesting to see as it reminds me of the small/large pool near me and makes me wonder if that was women/men

But that door where it says group activities just says doggers to me...

 

[Olkka]

Yes to all derelict northern swimming baths

 

[tweek]

I remember this one when it was open. Used to live in Levenshulme. Old one in Withington too that was on its last legs I seem to remember.