| Pools on the Park | |
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 Main entrance and forecourt | |
 Interactive map of Pools on the Park | |
| 51°27′55″N0°18′21″W / 51.4652°N 0.3059°W /51.4652; -0.3059 | |
| Location | Pools on the Park, Old Deer Park,Richmond, TW9 2SF |
| Opened | 1966; 59 years ago (1966) |
| Operated by | Richmond Council's Feel Good Fitness |
| Owned by | Richmond Council |
| Architect | Leslie Gooday |
| Type | heated indoor and outdoor |
| Former name | Richmond Baths |
| Status | Grade II |
| Length | 33.3 metres (109 ft) |
| Width | 13 metres (43 ft) |
| Depth | 3.6 metres (12 ft)[1] |
| Website | www |
| Features | |
| 6-lane main pool, learner pool, 6-lane outdoor pool | |
| Facilities | |
| parking, cafe, gym, sauna, steamroom, extensive grounds | |
| Designations | |
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Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Richmond Baths, Old Deer Park |
| Designated | 16 January 1996 |
| Reference no. | 1246189 |
Pools on the Park (previously known asRichmond Baths) is aGrade II listed[2]swimming pool and leisure facility inOld Deer Park inRichmond, London. Construction on the 6.5-acre (2.6 ha) site started in 1964 and was completed in 1966; the architect wasLeslie Gooday.[3][4] The pool replaced the previous Richmond baths nearby which had been built in Parkshot in 1882.[5]
Pools on the Park is recognised byHistoric England as illustrating "the more ambitious use of glazed curtain walling and the post-Wolfenden Report[note 1] emphasis on providing large banks of spectator seating".[7]
The building, which includes 33.3-metre (109 ft) pool and a learner pool inside, and an open-air pool outside, received aCivic Trust award in 1967.[2][8]
Richmond Council manages, directly, the pool and leisure facility.[5][9] Pool on the Park has a long established physiotherapy and osteopathy clinic on site.
Pools on the Park has its ownpay and display car park and is the terminus forLondon Buses route 490 fromHeathrow Terminal 5.[10]
