Portishead Open Air Pool is a 33m heated outdoor pool situated at the Lakegrounds in Portishead, with stunning views of the Bristol Channel from the sun terraces.
The Portishead Open Air Pool is now being managed by the Portishead Pool Community Trust, and is no longer a North Somerset Council facility. The pool is operated by teams of volunteers, together with paid Pool Manager and Life Guard staff. To be kept up-to-date on all pool news, please subscribe to the regular email newsletters; the link for this is also on the Get Involved page. To contribute your ideas, pictures,and anything on the pool, please click this link.
Pool now has a 99-year leaseThe Portishead Pool Community Trust has now signed a 99-year with North Somerset Council, replacing the temporay lease granted last year. This long lease enables the Trust to implement longer term work scheduling, and is also an essential requirement if the Trust is to apply for grant funding for specific capital projects, such as solar heating.
This lease has required a lot of hard work on the part of Trustees, North Somerset Council and legal advisors, in order to arrive at an arrangement which meets the needs of the pool, and help secure the pool's long term future. The Trust has also signed a commercial agreement with North Somerset Council, which means that the pool will be featured in council marketing and other tourism promotions.
Vacancy - Pool Manager for 2010 SeasonThe Portishead Pool Community Trust is inviting applications for the post of Pool Manager for the 2010 season; from mid-April 2010 and until the end of September 2010.
Please note that the closing date for applications has now been extended until Thursday 25th February 2010.
For full details, please download the job description here.
Season Tickets for 2010, at 2009 prices (offer now closed).Thank you to everyone who took advantage of the special offer to buy this year's season tickets at last year's rates. This has raised useful funds for the continuation of the repairs and improvements over the winter.
The offer is now closed. Season tickets will be available for you to collect from the pool at the beginning of the season; we will post the date on this site.
If you would like to check that your application has been safely received and processed, please contact Jane Humphreys Jane@stone-cottage.org; or call 0774 992 4633.
You will soon be able to buy 2010 season tickets at the new prices; please come back and check the web site over the next few weeks.
Fundraising Events
The Pool Fundraising Committee are arranging a series of events over the closed season:
Saturday 20th February 2010 - HORSE RACE EVENING at The Poacher Pub, High Street, Portishead from 7.30 p.m. Race cards £1.00. Come and have a fun evening and support the Pool at the same time.
The pool is now closed, and will reopen in Spring 2010
Following a fantastic season in which we had over 30,000 visits (even though the summer was not that good), Portishead Open Air Pool is now closed.
From the 27th September, we will be winterising the pool ready to re-open next season, but we won’t be sitting around all winter doing nothing; this winter we have a packed schedule of works to improve the pool, improve disabled facilities, improve family facilities and if possible to add new features. To do this we will again need the help and support of the community; during the closed season there will be several volunteer days organised which will be advertised via the website, and everyone on our mailing list will also receive an email announcing each volunteer day.
Ty Pennington and his team gave this pool a real boost back in May this year, but 7 days was not long enough to do everything. With your support we will continue to renovate and refurbish the pool to ensure its future for years to come.
Although the pool will be closed, we are keeping the Lockhouse Lounge open all winter, and are introducing a new improved and expanded menu and taking bookings for Christmas parties, so book early to avoid disappointment.
We can only continue to provide this facility with the support of the public, so please during the closed season support us by dropping your loose change into one of our many donation boxes, helping out on volunteer days if you can, and using the Lockhouse Lounge.
Lockhouse Lounge
The Lockhouse Lounge (http://lounge.thelockhouseportishead.co.uk/index.php) is an independent all year round restaurant and bar situated at the pool, with amazing south facing panoramic coastal views, and poolside and outside terraces.
The Lockhouse Lounge is open for mornings with papers and a comprehensive food offering including the breakfast, drinks and pastries served throughout the day. Installed WiFi makes the Lockhouse Lounge the perfect place to ‘work from home’.
New seasonal menu from 28th September.
The Portishead Pool Community Trust has now signed a 99-year with North Somerset Council, replacing the temporay lease granted last year. This long lease enables the Trust to implement longer term work scheduling, and is also an essential requirement if the Trust is to apply for grant funding for specific capital projects, such as solar heating.
This lease has required a lot of hard work on the part of Trustees, North Somerset Council and legal advisors, in order to arrive at an arrangement which meets the needs of the pool, and help secure the pool's long term future. The Trust has also signed a commercial agreement with North Somerset Council, which means that the pool will be featured in council marketing and other tourism promotions.
The Portishead Pool Community Trust is inviting applications for the post of Pool Manager for the 2010 season; from mid-April 2010 and until the end of September 2010.
Please note that the closing date for applications has now been extended until Thursday 25th February 2010.
For full details, please download the job description here.
Season Tickets for 2010, at 2009 prices (offer now closed).Thank you to everyone who took advantage of the special offer to buy this year's season tickets at last year's rates. This has raised useful funds for the continuation of the repairs and improvements over the winter.
The offer is now closed. Season tickets will be available for you to collect from the pool at the beginning of the season; we will post the date on this site.
If you would like to check that your application has been safely received and processed, please contact Jane Humphreys Jane@stone-cottage.org; or call 0774 992 4633.
You will soon be able to buy 2010 season tickets at the new prices; please come back and check the web site over the next few weeks.
Fundraising EventsThe Pool Fundraising Committee are arranging a series of events over the closed season:
Saturday 20th February 2010 - HORSE RACE EVENING at The Poacher Pub, High Street, Portishead from 7.30 p.m. Race cards £1.00. Come and have a fun evening and support the Pool at the same time.
The pool is now closed, and will reopen in Spring 2010Following a fantastic season in which we had over 30,000 visits (even though the summer was not that good), Portishead Open Air Pool is now closed.
From the 27th September, we will be winterising the pool ready to re-open next season, but we won’t be sitting around all winter doing nothing; this winter we have a packed schedule of works to improve the pool, improve disabled facilities, improve family facilities and if possible to add new features. To do this we will again need the help and support of the community; during the closed season there will be several volunteer days organised which will be advertised via the website, and everyone on our mailing list will also receive an email announcing each volunteer day.
Ty Pennington and his team gave this pool a real boost back in May this year, but 7 days was not long enough to do everything. With your support we will continue to renovate and refurbish the pool to ensure its future for years to come.
Although the pool will be closed, we are keeping the Lockhouse Lounge open all winter, and are introducing a new improved and expanded menu and taking bookings for Christmas parties, so book early to avoid disappointment.
We can only continue to provide this facility with the support of the public, so please during the closed season support us by dropping your loose change into one of our many donation boxes, helping out on volunteer days if you can, and using the Lockhouse Lounge.
Lockhouse LoungeThe Lockhouse Lounge (http://lounge.thelockhouseportishead.co.uk/index.php) is an independent all year round restaurant and bar situated at the pool, with amazing south facing panoramic coastal views, and poolside and outside terraces.
The Lockhouse Lounge is open for mornings with papers and a comprehensive food offering including the breakfast, drinks and pastries served throughout the day. Installed WiFi makes the Lockhouse Lounge the perfect place to ‘work from home’.
New seasonal menu from 28th September.
Thank you to everyone who took advantage of the special offer to buy this year's season tickets at last year's rates. This has raised useful funds for the continuation of the repairs and improvements over the winter.
The offer is now closed. Season tickets will be available for you to collect from the pool at the beginning of the season; we will post the date on this site.
If you would like to check that your application has been safely received and processed, please contact Jane Humphreys Jane@stone-cottage.org; or call 0774 992 4633.
You will soon be able to buy 2010 season tickets at the new prices; please come back and check the web site over the next few weeks.
The Pool Fundraising Committee are arranging a series of events over the closed season:
Saturday 20th February 2010 - HORSE RACE EVENING at The Poacher Pub, High Street, Portishead from 7.30 p.m. Race cards £1.00. Come and have a fun evening and support the Pool at the same time.
The pool is now closed, and will reopen in Spring 2010Following a fantastic season in which we had over 30,000 visits (even though the summer was not that good), Portishead Open Air Pool is now closed.
From the 27th September, we will be winterising the pool ready to re-open next season, but we won’t be sitting around all winter doing nothing; this winter we have a packed schedule of works to improve the pool, improve disabled facilities, improve family facilities and if possible to add new features. To do this we will again need the help and support of the community; during the closed season there will be several volunteer days organised which will be advertised via the website, and everyone on our mailing list will also receive an email announcing each volunteer day.
Ty Pennington and his team gave this pool a real boost back in May this year, but 7 days was not long enough to do everything. With your support we will continue to renovate and refurbish the pool to ensure its future for years to come.
Although the pool will be closed, we are keeping the Lockhouse Lounge open all winter, and are introducing a new improved and expanded menu and taking bookings for Christmas parties, so book early to avoid disappointment.
We can only continue to provide this facility with the support of the public, so please during the closed season support us by dropping your loose change into one of our many donation boxes, helping out on volunteer days if you can, and using the Lockhouse Lounge.
Lockhouse LoungeThe Lockhouse Lounge (http://lounge.thelockhouseportishead.co.uk/index.php) is an independent all year round restaurant and bar situated at the pool, with amazing south facing panoramic coastal views, and poolside and outside terraces.
The Lockhouse Lounge is open for mornings with papers and a comprehensive food offering including the breakfast, drinks and pastries served throughout the day. Installed WiFi makes the Lockhouse Lounge the perfect place to ‘work from home’.
New seasonal menu from 28th September.
Following a fantastic season in which we had over 30,000 visits (even though the summer was not that good), Portishead Open Air Pool is now closed.
From the 27th September, we will be winterising the pool ready to re-open next season, but we won’t be sitting around all winter doing nothing; this winter we have a packed schedule of works to improve the pool, improve disabled facilities, improve family facilities and if possible to add new features. To do this we will again need the help and support of the community; during the closed season there will be several volunteer days organised which will be advertised via the website, and everyone on our mailing list will also receive an email announcing each volunteer day.
Ty Pennington and his team gave this pool a real boost back in May this year, but 7 days was not long enough to do everything. With your support we will continue to renovate and refurbish the pool to ensure its future for years to come.
Although the pool will be closed, we are keeping the Lockhouse Lounge open all winter, and are introducing a new improved and expanded menu and taking bookings for Christmas parties, so book early to avoid disappointment.
We can only continue to provide this facility with the support of the public, so please during the closed season support us by dropping your loose change into one of our many donation boxes, helping out on volunteer days if you can, and using the Lockhouse Lounge.
The Lockhouse Lounge (http://lounge.thelockhouseportishead.co.uk/index.php) is an independent all year round restaurant and bar situated at the pool, with amazing south facing panoramic coastal views, and poolside and outside terraces.
The Lockhouse Lounge is open for mornings with papers and a comprehensive food offering including the breakfast, drinks and pastries served throughout the day. Installed WiFi makes the Lockhouse Lounge the perfect place to ‘work from home’.
New seasonal menu from 28th September.
