This was such a fun experience! It was challenging & engaging! It'd be a great activity for family…read more& friends

From the owner: With BeatOrbit's immersive, full-body experience everyone can use the power of drums and music to…read moreswitch off and escape from the everyday rush. So, what is BeatOrbit? Some say it's social drumming, some say interactive cinema or drum karaoke. What we know for sure: BeatOrbit is an innovative and unique form of recreation where you can playfully release stress. In other words: you recharge via making music. Not faking music. Making music!

So this is where it all started...the beginning of a rather bizarre love with swimming pools as a…read moreplace for fun - the memories of youth - I remember the excitement when this leisure pool originally opened in 1976 - it wasn't a rectangle it was round! What was this madness? Half the pool was too shallow to actually swim in and it had waves. This was the very first time I had encountered a "leisure" pool - oh trend setting, thoroughly modern Swindon you have so much to answer for - (along with the famed "magic roundabout"). I still return here with the kids every time we jump on a train to visit my wife's family. It is a great pool but looking distinctly tatty round the edges now. The domed roof desperately needs renewing - it looked spectacular 30 years ago but putting that aside its still super fun. The pool itself is beach style with a separate small kids pool. Good kids pool with 3 slides plus pirate ship.... The main pool has a steep three lane multislide and a new long slide circles inside the building (77m long). But really it is the flumes here that count and these are top. The Domebusters have a had a refurb this year and one of them has been replaced. All are approx 100m in length.So first off The Sidewinder A fairly gentle, spiralling flume aimed at younger children and parents. You can sit or go head first. The Great White My favourite - heads first ONLY never seen that on any other slide! Normally feet first everywhere.... A fast ride with two small vertical drops and several twists and turns. The Storm The new this year straight fast flume - small circumference with a striped lighting effect and sounds.. Didn't get to try this out this time - but will be back to do so....busy with an under 5... The session time was only an hour - which is really not long enough and it is fairly expensive considering the stingy hour. There are not many reasons to visit Swindon but this is definitely one if you are a water slide fan or the kids love to swim. . --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update So I came back to try out the new flume which I hadn't managed to try out last time. Managed to slip away from a family visit for a couple of hours with my teenagers. Interestingly GLL have taken over the management of the leisure centre since we were here in 2012 (they run most of the pools we visit in London). It had been spruced up a bit with the new corporate livery...but still the stingy session times. We took no notice of the session times and made good use of the domebuster slides. So The Storm was the main attraction - small tube, dark, with striped lightning and fast with the descent as a helix. A big thumbs up from the family - a great slide but not in our top 5 slides. The Great White remains the favourite - head first you can pick up some proper speed and fly over the steepest vertical drops... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Oasis is a great place to take the family swimming! They have a huge laguna pool that boasts water…read moreslides, a wave machine, a smaller pool for the children and a big water sprayer. They do a range of different classes such as mother and baby Swimming, OAP Swimming and also offer swimming lessons. They have also just started doing gigs with people such as 'The Sugababes' 'Cascada' and 'Shayne Ward' perfoming there.

I have been here a few times now and my opinion of it is that it is a good resource for the local…read morecommunity but could be so much better. There are few sporting lessons to be had . I would like to enrol my son for badminton or basketball lessons but the nearest are at the leisure centre in Chalfont st Peter which is miles away.I was told that you can book courts , but to my mind ,that doesn't help if you don't kniw how to play.The ladies in the aqua aerobic class say that the class is boring as exactly the same things are done every week in order.Just a little bit more thought and this could be a great place to go. I am planning to investigate further and see if we can find a way to use this valuable resource.It is on our doorstep as it were .

came here for a close friends cousins christening. Warm welcoming venue, nice atmosphere no bar…read morethough

Open to all. This is a great community centre, you can hold all manner of event here from karate to…read moreweight watcher type clubs. We use this centre for regular planning meeting, for conferences, big meeting, training sessions and soon children's clubs. AND OMG, SO CHEAP TO HIRE!! John Bajina, Chair, BMEC.

Awesome venue with lots of fun activities all under one roof. Flow boarding, driving simulators,…read moreindoor sky diving and more! There is also a restaurant where you can pick up a quick snack after using all that energy or a more satisfying meal such as a burgers, panini or salad. There is also a licensed bar. Staff are friendly and professional.

I was a member of Chiltern Pools gym/pool for three months and I was really pleased with it…read more First of all Chiltern Pools is no modern, flash, big gym, but more of a friendly, small, cheaper gym. This suited me fine as I was a student when I joined and was looking for a cheapish gym. When I joined I paid a £10 joining fee and then £30 per month for an off-peak student membership. I think prices go up to about £45 for non-students and peak time memberships. Memberships include use of the pool and the gym, which are next door to each other. You can access them both via the changing rooms so you can use both without having to leave the building. The swimming pool is quite big and seems nice and clean with several lifeguards on hand at all times. The pool is normally divided into different sections with maybe lengths in one and lessons in another. You get given a timetable so you can choose when to go though. The gym is quite basic but has all the machines I would want, plus more. These include bikes, cross trainers, treadmills, weight machines, and power plates. All the staff at the gym are really nice and quite laid back about everything-they never seem as though they're trying to sell you anything, even when you go in to join up. When I joined I was offered some personal training sessions which I presumed they were trying to sell me, but it turned out they were free. I also had a really good induction when I joined and the guy who showed me round was so helpful. I think this is a great gym, even though it's a bit old and slightly 'shabby.' It has all the necessary equipment and a pool and staff are friendly and nice. I would still be a member if I still lived in that part of the country!

Excellent resources, friendly staff and an enabling environment. I often take my children there to…read moreplay on Fridays and on half term . they absolutely love it. Activities range from messy play to garden games, board games and there is even a baby corner. Additionally,many courses and trainings are offered to parents. Highly recommended.

always friendly reception and they try to accommodate all ages especially during the holidaysread more