Troon Swimming Pool

Troon Swimming Pool offers great facilities and accessibility for people with a disability. From the outside of the building, there is clearly marked disabled driving spaces providing lots of space. Next to these, you can see on the left of the building there is a ramp and automatic door creating access to the building. The door is wide enough for wheelchair access and the ramp has a steady, safe incline. Once in the building, you can see disabled toilets and the doors to the gym and swimming pool viewing area have automatic doors at the press of a button. The reception desk is also low enough for anyone on a wheelchair to comfortably talk and interact with people behind the desk. One issue however could be that the doors to the changing rooms, both male and female, do not have automatic doors which could be a problem. This would be in the interest of customer hygiene. In the swimming pool changing rooms there is great disabled changing facilities and shower with lots of space and hoist available on request. There could however, be a tight fit pushing a wheelchair down to the bottom of the changing room as a wooden bench limits access and could cause an issue. In the swimming pool area, there are two chairs available to lower you into both swimming pools. Overall, Troon Swimming Pool offers great access for people with a disability and has friendly staff willing to help at any time!

On my recent visit to Troon swimming pool it was clear that the venue was well facilitated for disabled people. There are large disabled parking spaces right next to the building, and a ramp with an automatic door making it easy access on entry . The building is all on one level therefore there are no stairs or lifts. All other doors inside the building had buttons which you would press for the door to open automatically, apart from the changing room door which was quite narrow. Inside the changing rooms there is not much room for movement however there is a large disabled cubicle which has a seating area to get changed and a shower if needed. The floor to get to the swimming pool is all on one level and at the poolside there is special equipment which can be used to lower wheelchair users into the pool, which means disabled swimmers can easily enter the pool. The venue also has a disabled access toilet with railings and a lot of room for movement. Into the gym the door is automatic and inside there is enough space to get around whilst using a wheelchair. The reception desk is low, therefore interaction with the receptionist would be easy. Overall, my review on Troon Swimming Pool is positive as people in a wheelchair should have nothing to worry about as they can manoeuvre around the venue easily and have an enjoyable time.