Meadows Leisure Centre

The changing village is the underrated bit. Family cubicles, and a properly accessible changing room, instead of the shared bench arrangement that turns getting two children dry into a wrestling match. Those are not universal in Sefton pools.

The swimming is better than Maghull's profile suggests. Main pool 25 metres over five lanes, second pool 12.5 metres and built for learners, which is the one that matters if your child is still at the stage of standing up and shouting. There is a library in the same building, and a fitness suite with 65 stations plus close to a hundred classes a week if the adults are the ones who need the outing.

Prices are the Active Sefton 2026 rates that have applied since 1 April. £7.30 an adult, £4.70 a junior, dropping to £6.00 and £3.80 with a Sefton Saver Plus card, which is £15 a year for adults and £7.50 for children. Open 6.30am to 10pm Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm at weekends, so the weekend window here is more generous than Bootle's.

What it costs: Active Sefton price list effective from 1 April 2026: adult swim £7.30, junior swim £4.70, OAP daytime swim £4.70. With a Sefton Saver Plus card (£15 a year adults, £7.50 a year children) those drop to £6.00 and £3.80.

Worth knowing: Under-8s must be accompanied in the water by an adult at all times.

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