For gyms in Norwich with swimming pool access, the honest answer is a short list: UEA has the fifty metre pool, a handful of leisure centres have the rest, and the private clubs will not tell you what a swim costs.
The pools worth planning your week around
Sportspark, UEA, NR4 7TJ. An Olympic size pool, floodlit astro pitches, an athletics track and the tallest climbing wall in Norfolk, opened in 2000 with Lottery and Sport England money. Gold membership is £42 a month public, £320 a year for UEA students, plus a £12.50 admin fee. 1,298 Google reviews at 4.3, the largest review base in the city.
Wentworth Pool and Sauna, 99 Newmarket Road NR2. 4.9 from 139 reviews and open 6am to 10pm seven days a week, which no other pool here matches. Swimming and sauna rather than a gym floor.
Riverside Leisure Centre, Wherry Road NR1. Run by Places Leisure for Norwich City Council. Its membership prices were not published anywhere we could reach on 19 September 2026, so ring the centre.
David Lloyd Norwich, Drayton High Road NR6. Reopened its pool and sauna during 2025 and 2026 after roughly six months closed. No published price.
School and community pools worth knowing
Several of the pools in this city sit behind a school gate or a community centre door and open to the public at set hours. The Hewett Academy pool on Hall Road NR1 is listed as an indoor swimming pool in its own right. Recreation Road Sports Centre in NR2, Wensum Sports Centre on King Street, the Sewell Park centre on St Clements Hill and Framingham Earl Sports Centre south of the city all run community timetables alongside their sports halls.
Ask about lane hours rather than membership. Public swim sessions at community venues are usually pay as you go, which for most people is cheaper than a club membership bought for a pool they use once a fortnight.
The swim and lift question, answered plainly
Almost nobody in Norwich needs to pay premium club prices for both. A £16.99 to £23.99 budget membership covers the weights, and a pay as you go swim covers the rest. That combination costs less than one unpublished premium membership and gives you a 24 hour gym into the bargain.
The exception is UEA. Sportspark at £42 buys a fifty metre pool, a track, courts and the climbing wall in one place, which is why it carries more reviews than anywhere else here. For students at £320 a year it is the clear best value in the city, and the detail is on student gyms.
Sportspark at UEA has the fifty metre pool. Riverside Leisure Centre, Wentworth Pool and Sauna and David Lloyd Norwich all have water, and several school and community centres run public swim sessions.
How much does it cost to swim in Norwich?
Sportspark publishes Gold at £42 a month and Bronze at £5.25, plus a £12.50 admin fee. Riverside Leisure Centre, David Lloyd, Bannatyne and Nuffield Health publish no prices at all.
Is there a fifty metre pool in Norwich?
Yes, at Sportspark on the UEA campus in NR4, which opened in 2000 with Lottery and Sport England funding.
What is the best rated pool in Norwich?
Wentworth Pool and Sauna on Newmarket Road, at 4.9 from 139 Google reviews, and it opens 6am to 10pm every day.
Do budget gyms in Norwich have pools?
No. PureGym and The Gym Group are weights and cardio only, which is a large part of why they cost £16.99 to £23.99.
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Checked 19 September 2026