Pools on the Park

Pools on the Park is a Grade II listed swimming pool and leisure facility in Old Deer Park in Richmond, London. Construction on the 6.5-acre site started in 1964 and was completed in 1966; the architect was Leslie Gooday. The pool replaced the previous Richmond baths nearby which had been built in Parkshot in 1882.Pools on the Park is recognised by Historic England as illustrating "the more ambitious use of glazed curtain walling and the post-Wolfenden Report emphasis on providing large banks of spectator seating".The building, which includes 33.3-metre pool and a learner pool inside, and an open-air pool outside, received a Civic Trust award in 1967.The pool and leisure facility are managed by Richmond Council. Pool on the Park has a long established Physiotherapy and Osteopathy clinic on site.