Isle of Mull Hotel and Mull & Iona Community Swimming Pool

Craignure, Scotland, UNITED KINGDOM

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Updated April 14, 2020.

Facility Overview

Facility Name
Isle of Mull Hotel and Mull & Iona Community Swimming Pool
Address
Off the A849, Isle of Mull
Craignure, Scotland PA65 6BB
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone
(01680) 812 544 for the hotel; 812 032 for the community pool

Adult Admission Price & Policy

Drop-in/Casual
Non-guests: Residents of the Isle of Mull and the Isle of Iona: £4.50; Senior Citizens £3.00. Non-residents: £6.00; SC £4.50. [February, 2022]
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Hotel Guests
Registered guests: Free.

Full-Size, Year-Round Pools & Boards

Pool 1
17m, rectangular, 3 lanes, indoors, 31º - 32ºC (88º - 90ºF).

Location

Location
Situated on the crescent of Craignure Bay, the hotel is a short walk from the ferry terminal and only two kilometres from the main centre of Mull.
County/Region
Argyll and Bute
GPS
56.476867, -5.714403

Teams That Use This Facility

We have no web links or contact information for teams that train at this facility.

Facility Notes

Construction of the pool was jointly funded by the hotel and the local community.
The pool also has a Facebook page.

Facility Reviews

This is not a good pool for lap swimming, which is unfortunate for a publicly-funded swimming pool and the only publicly-accessible pool on the Isle of Mull. The water is drastically overheated, at about 90ºF., and the only lap lane is too narrow to share (although there is a separate lane, at least). Between 10:30 and 11:30 AM on a rainy, cold, spring-break Wednesday, the number of people varied. I arrived at a low point and got the lane after standing at the end and watching a kid and someone walking up and down move to the other side of the rope (which was mostly empty). By the time I left, the pool was full of kids and parents; one person was doing laps outside the lane, others were clearly waiting to take my place; and there was a line to get into the pool as people left.

The unisex changing/locker/showering area has communal showers (which are cold), individual changing cubicles, and coin-operated lockers (the coin is returned).

If you can't travel without swimming, come to Mull in August, go wild swimming, and risk hypothermia instead of hyperthermia.

[April, 2023]