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Waterworld and Breckland Leisure Centre

Croxton Road

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Photo: Breckland Leisure Centre & Waterworld

About Waterworld and Breckland Leisure Centre

Make a splash at this Thetford leisure centre featuring a 25-metre pool complete with exciting water slides and inflatable obstacles, plus an onsite restaurant for refuelling after your aquatic adventures.

What's nearby

  • East Anglia Gymnastics Thetford next door
  • Thetford Healthy Living Centre 150m away
  • Thetford Town FC 250m away
  • Army Cadet Training Centre. 300m away
  • Traquinas Childcare 300m away

Distances as the crow flies, via Google

Good to know

Parking

  • ✓Free car park
  • ✓Free street

Accessibility

  • ✓Accessible parking
  • ✓Accessible entrance

Details via Google — worth confirming with the attraction before you travel, especially for access needs.

Photos

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Opening hours

Monday
6:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Tuesday
6:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Wednesday
6:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Thursday
6:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Friday
6:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Saturday
7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sunday
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Current hours may differ from the usual schedule above (e.g. holidays) — check Google Maps for today's hours.

What visitors say

Irina Mirosnicenko

This is very good place with pool, gym and different classes options. Newly refurbished football pitch. Only downside is car park entry road surface is full of potholes and bumps and if the could be addressed it would be great. Also bottom level viewing section in front of splash pool, i think it would be great to install "sauna cabin" there. So after swim or pool, people can enjoy benefits of this Nordic "good health" activity.

· via Google

Nicola Pegg

This leisure centre has a main pool with a learner/baby pool and a smaller fun pool with wave machine, jacuzzi jets and small lazy river. Wave machine is actually quite powerful so we stayed at the far end of the pool as to feel safe. Pool tiles on the shallow end of this pool can be quite rough and with the movement of the waves my Daughter ended up with a bit of friction burn. We visited the first session during the school holidays at 10am and although it was busy we didnt find it overcrowded and still haha plenty of room to swim in the larger pool. Changing rooms were clean but we were the first session of the day to use them.

· via Google

Krista Leigh

The whole experience using the pool is a disaster. The showers were incredibly hot—so much so that I couldn’t bear to stand under it fully and certainly couldn’t put my 4-year-old in it. The private shower was filthy (buildup on the lower edge of the walls) and stunk of urine. The ladies toilets also stunk and there wasn’t any toilet paper in the cubicle I used. The family changing room has a row of rails running overhead, presumably for hanging wet clothes on while you’re getting changed, but are absolutely caked with dust on top so you’d risk ruining whatever you put up there. There were numerous lockers that appeared to be broken, and most of the available ones are quite small—not suited for family use. Despite booking a time slot, the pools were incredibly crowded. They closed the child & parent pool, using signs that said “swimming lesson in progress,” and five minutes later it was open again. We moved to the large pool for proper swimming, which was decent until they closed it with 45 minutes left in our session. The wave pool was absolutely heaving with people the whole time, and the waves didn’t turn on once while we were there. Lastly, we didn’t even have to show proof that we’d paid to get in, which leaves me to wonder if maybe that’s the reason for the overcrowding. All in all, it was not a very fun experience.

· via Google

Francesca Murphy

We had booked swimming for 3 adults and 4 children the night before, drove an hour to get there just to be told on arrival that we couldn’t go. They confirmed there was a problem with the swimming pools that meant they had been closed since opening that morning but that they couldn’t possibly have let the people who had prebooked about the pool closure. The lady was sat at the reception desk scoffing a sausage roll with crumbs dribbling all down her face and desk, it was a joke and to be honest, she could have exercised her customer service skills better. We left with 3 crying children, down on petrol, and everyone was disappointed all because they couldn’t be bothered to export client details and send a joint email. Maybe some admin training might be a good idea alongside customer service training.

· via Google

See all reviews on Google →

People say this leisure center offers a variety of pools, including a wave pool, teaching pool, and lane pool, as well as a flume. They also highlight the family-friendly atmosphere, the fun activities for children, and the helpful staff.

Some reviews mention the facilities can be in need of maintenance.

Summary via Google

At a glance

Address
Old Croxton Road, Thetford, IP24 1JD Get directions
Category
Swimming & Leisure Centres
Guest rating
4.1 / 5 (794 reviews)
Suitable for
All Ages
Setting
Indoor
Destination
Thetford