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Oakengates Leisure Centre review

Ranked 5 of 5 in Swimming lessons in Telford

Best for: borough-run pool with a four-lane 25-metre swim school

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Oakengates Leisure Centre, New Road, Wrockwardine Wood, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 7AB · Service area: Telford

Oakengates Leisure Centre in short

Oakengates Leisure Centre is the borough-run pool on New Road, Wrockwardine Wood, with a four-lane twenty-five-metre pool and long opening hours every day of the week. Its Swim4Life lessons take children aged three and up through seven badge stages with an online home portal, on prices published from the January list. For east-Telford families wanting session choice around school and work, it is built for them.

Customers rate it modestly on the one public review source we hold, with a Google headline of 4.1 from four hundred and nineteen reviews. The centre page lists opening times for every day with phone, email and booking routes beside the published prices.

What counts against Oakengates Leisure Centre is the familiar borough gap: qualified instructors promised without a named awarding body, and no insurance detail published. Our view is that the pool length and the published prices make it a fair fifth place for east-Telford families, with the instructor question still open.

Oakengates Leisure Centre reviews and ratings on other sites

Every public rating we hold for Oakengates Leisure Centre, with the source, scale, count and the date we read it. These are customers' ratings, not ours.
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Google4.1 out of 5419

Our verdict

Our verdict: Oakengates suits you if you want council-run children's lessons on a published price list at a pool with long daily opening hours [1] [3]. The Swim4Life stages, badges and progress portal give the programme a clear shape for ages three and up [2]. What counts against it is the thin public record on instructors and insurance alongside a 4.1 Google rating from 419 reviews [2] [5].

Score summary

Scored on the home trades rubric v2.0. Insufficient evidence takes the neutral value and is not shown as a low mark.

Composite score
53.9 / 100

Customer evidence C1 · weight 30%

52

Google 4.1 out of 5 from 419 reviews [5].

Qualifications and accreditations C2 · weight 25%

50

Industry qualifications can't be sourced from the registers, the website or the platforms checked

First-hand responsiveness C3 · weight 15%

Insufficient evidence

Insufficient evidence

Trading history C4 · weight 10%

Insufficient evidence

Insufficient evidence

Insurance and safeguards C5 · weight 10%

Insufficient evidence

Insufficient evidence

Pricing transparency C6 · weight 5%

85

Swim4Life lesson prices are published from 1 January 2026, with a 30-minute monthly lesson at £28.10 on the six-month plan, plus pay-as-you-go swim prices; no VAT position is stated [3] [4].

Website and service information C7 · weight 5%

80

The centre page sets out the pool and facilities, the address, opening times across the week, phone and email contact and a session booking route [1].

Evidence

Every fact held for this provider, with its source and check date.
FactValueSourceRead
OperatorLesson payments taken by Telford & Wrekin CouncilSource provider-website

Industry qualifications

Can't be sourced. We looked at the issuing registers, the business's own website and platforms such as Checkatrade and Which? Trusted Traders and found no scheme membership or registration to record.

Strengths

  • You get a 25-metre, four-lane pool with Swim4Life lessons for children aged three and up, taught across seven stages with badges and an online home portal for tracking progress [1] [2].

  • Lesson prices stand on the record from 1 January 2026, with a 30-minute monthly lesson at £28.10 on the six-month direct debit plan and pay-as-you-go swimming beside it [3] [4].

  • The centre page lists opening times for every day of the week with phone, email and a session booking route [1].

Limitations

  • No insurance details are published, and the site carries no trading-years statement for the centre, so both remain gaps in the record [1] [3].

  • The site promises fully qualified instructors but names no awarding body or public register [2].

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Questions about Oakengates Leisure Centre

Is Oakengates Leisure Centre any good for swimming lessons?

On the evidence, yes for east-Telford families: it takes fifth place in our Telford swimming lessons table with a four-lane pool, staged Swim4Life lessons and published prices. Google reviewers give 4.1 from 419 reviews. Book by phone, email or the online route for a class that fits your child's stage.

Are its swimming teachers Swim England registered?

Industry qualifications can't be sourced from the registers, the website or the platforms checked. Swimming teaching has no mandatory state register, so there is nothing further to look up. Ask the centre who takes your child's class and what awarding body sits behind them.

What does Oakengates charge for swimming lessons?

Thirty-minute lessons are published at £28.10 a month on the six-month plan or £31.40 on the thirty-day plan, with concessions lower, all from the January price list. Practice swims carry separate pay-as-you-go prices. Ask for your plan's figure confirmed in writing.

Where is Oakengates Leisure Centre?

Lessons run at the centre on New Road, Wrockwardine Wood, serving east-Telford families with long opening hours every day of the week. Contact runs by phone, email or the online booking route. Send your postcode with the enquiry to confirm arrangements.

How is Oakengates ranked?

It ranks fifth of the five providers in our September round, carried by its four-lane pool and staged lesson scheme on published prices. What customers say counts most toward the score. Read the full review alongside the table before you enquire.

Others assessed for this trade

  1. Nuffield Health Telford62.7 / 100Ranked 1. Best for all-ages lessons with Swim England-qualified instructors.
  2. Abraham Darby Sports & Leisure Centre55.1 / 100Ranked 2. Best for council-run Madeley pool with movable-floor Swim4Life lessons.
  3. Wellington Civic & Leisure Centre55.1 / 100Ranked 3. Best for Wellington pool with Swim4Life lessons and health suite.
  4. Newport Swimming and Fitness Centre54.5 / 100Ranked 4. Best for borough-run Newport pool with Swim4Life children's lessons.

Sources

  1. Oakengates Leisure Centre — pool, hours and contact Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  2. Swim4Life — swimming lessons for children aged three and up Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  3. Swim4Life prices — lesson plans from 1 January 2026 Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  4. Swimming prices — pay-as-you-go sessions from 1 January 2026 Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  5. Google Maps listing — Oakengates Leisure Centre, Telford Retrieved 4 September 2026.

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