This was the first public swimming bath in the Rhondda Valleys.


NameGelligaled Swimming Pool
Built
OpenedAugust 1934 (approx)
Cost £6,000
Dimensions100′ x 60′ (approx)
Capacity
Max depth
Diving
Second poolNone
Designer
AddressTyntyla Road, Ystrad, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF41 7SE
Date closedCirca 1980
StatusClosed. Now a skate park of approximately the same dimensions.
NotesFrom October 1934 Baths and Baths Engineering Journal
Mrs. Annie Price, J.P. (chairman of the urban district council), recently opened the new swimming pool, estimated to cost £6,000, at Gelligflled Park, Ystrnd Rhondda.

This was the first public swimming bath in the Rhondda Valleys. Built by Rhondda Urban District Council, the baths remained in use until the construction of a modern, indoor leisure centre at Gelligaled Park in the early 1980s. The baths have subsequently been demolished.
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