Former names | East End Leisure Centre Tollcross Park Leisure Centre |
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Location |
Tollcross, Glasgow Scotland |
Owner | Glasgow City Council |
Capacity | 2,000 (permanent) 5,000 (temporary) |
Construction | |
Opened | 1997, 2013 |
Expanded | 2013 |
Construction cost | £14m (refurbishment) |
General contractor | Barr Construction |
Tenants | |
2014 Commonwealth Games 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships 2018 European Aquatics Championships 2018 European Sports Championships |
The Tollcross International Swimming Centre is a swimming pool and leisure centre in Glasgow. It hosted the Swimming events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
It has one Olympic standard 50 metre swimming pool, which was extensively upgraded, and a second 50-metre pool which was added as a warm-up facility. The pool was reopened on 24 May 2013. The seating capacity of the Pool is 2,000, rising to 5,000 with temporary seating during the Commonwealth Games.
The centre hosted the IPC Swimming World Championships during July 2015.
Coordinates: 55°50′44.2″N 4°10′38.18″W / 55.845611°N 4.1772722°W