Recently re-opened shorter but still a 50m pool with additional facilities to encourage use. Open during the summer months, Northcroft Lido is heated and now has a splash pad and spiral flume. The complex also features a large number of standard and accessible changing facilities. The image above is the original small splash pool to the east of the main tank.
| Name | Northcroft Lido Northcroft Leisure Centre, Northcroft Lane, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 1RS |
| Built / opened | 1870, extended in 1914 and then rebuilt in 1937. |
| Cost | Renovations 2023 £5.7m |
| Dimensions | 240′ x 35′ Now 164′ x 35′ (50m x 10m) |
| Capacity | |
| Water type | Freshwater, heated |
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| Diving boards | |
| Changing facilities | |
| Second pool | |
| Spectator seating | |
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| Date closed | |
| Status | Open |
| On site now | The pool |
| Links | Northcroft Leisure Centre – Everyone Active Playlist – Northcroft Lido Updates Northcroft Lido is now open! Northcroft Lido — Structural Renovations Ltd Interesting article by the company that carried out the recent structural work |
| Last updated | 9th April 2025 |
Sad to find my beloved swimming pool has been drastically reduced in length. (Was there anywhere else to match it?)
A longer outdoor season is good news, though.