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    Riverside Leisure Centre

    Chelmsford

    Recommend highly!

    5

    Date of visit: July 2026

    I am a disabled person. I have experience of challenges around: accessing toilets and moving around.

    I use or have experience of: changing places toilet, toilet with hoist, wheelchair

    Overall Rating

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    Excellent

    The best changing room for those who are hoist dependent, providing shower bed, ceiling hoist, you just have to bring your own sling, i should add on top of this they have a manual hoist in the second disabled changing room. You enter the pool via a platform that lowers, whilst your in one of their pool pod wheelchairs, they have two different kinds, one for those needing head and back support and one for those who need just the standard wheelchair, their gym is also accessible. They offer a disability swim at 5pm on a sunday, you have to call to book this which im hoping to do soon, but she was happy to sit and explain it all too me ,its a 10/10 recommend

    Disabled Access In and Around

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    Excellent

    For those who need it they use hearing loop i believe she called it for those with hearing inpairments. Signage was perfect , i believe i even notice brail in areas

    Accessible facilities: Lift to all areas

    Parking & Transport

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    Good

    I travelled to this place by taxi

    Accessible facilities: Drop-off or pick up point, Dedicated on-site parking

    Accessible Toilets

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    Excellent

    Plenty of space , only one side transfer to toilet though

    Facilities: Changing Places toilet, Changing Places toilet with shower

    Staff

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    Excellent

    Always helpful, spoke to me instead of my carer everytime

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