Romsey Rapids Sports Complex reviews

Had a lot of fun! Took my 6 month old son there, we’ve had a lot of fun. Wish the water was a bit warmer but not too bad. The only thing I will complain about is the fact that none of the changing rooms had baby changing table and having a …

We had a great time here. As so many times the kids help making it a good experience. Lots of different pools and water features. …

Nice swimming pool. It has a good sized area for kids. Criticism in that area would be that the floor is fairly rough coming from down from the pirate ship slide so a few knee grazes happened and another tiled slide just round from it is a …

We love it here! Great value for money, plus the pool has so many different sections that it caters to so many abilities. …

Good fun but cleanliness is not a priority it seems. Changing room floor filthy. Plasters floating in the pool. I didn’t see any cursory cleaning of the changing area during my visit. …

Have took the kids here a few times now and have really enjoyed it, kids love it too. I do however feel like the time slots should be at least half an hour linger as I don’t really feel like 1hr long sessions is enough and also I feel the changing rooms are usually way to busy but other than that it’s always a good time

Went to the soft play area for a 1st birthday. Lovely place, kind staff, clean and convenient having Costa there too. Costa staff were amazing too as my autistic son has IBS and loves bubble tea and they accommodated him by making a vegan version of the drink. Thank you guys again. 😊 will be back 100% …

Enjoyed a day out here with the kids. You can enter 10 mins before the allocated swim time to get changed. It was fully booked as it was a rainy day and the pool was busy, but we could still swim and move about. Kids had a blast, but I felt …

Plenty of parking and free for up to 4 hours. Perfect! Lovely pool, and clean changing rooms, lots of lockers and the pool was clean.

Lots of fun with so much to do! Definitely worth a visit. Ample parking, plenty of staff around & great amenities.

Great pool, dirty changing rooms. Vomit in the bathroom floor, faulty lockers and missed 10 mins of our session where the lifeguards got everyone out the pool before resuming the session with no explanation. …

Aqua aerobics for the first time today,absolutely brilliant. Friendly group with a very good instructor who took time and patience. Great exercise for anybody with back problems. Previously tried dryland aerobics and back pain was bad. No issues with this class. Thank you, a excellent work out.

Don’t bother going there. The web got misleading info, or no info at all. Travelled with a child for aqua fun just to find out we are not allowed to go in. Very disappointing place!!!

No bubbles in jacuzzi, slower than usual river, the water barell didn’t work. Cost cutting clearly visible which is sad 😔 …

This is the first time I have been to Romsey rapids in years! I cannot how many memories it brings back and my 2 year old loved it just as much as I did! There was plenty of things to do for both the kids and the adults! What’s even better …

Romsey rapids is a great place for all ages, everything is kept clean and well maintained. There’s accessibility to all levels including the Costa cafe.
Having a disabled swim time is great as it gives enough time to people who need it and not as busy as the family/public swim days.

I missed the first 30 minutes of my 1 hour time slot due to traffic and it was still amazing, fun for all ages and very rearly a line. There was also plenty of free to use additional equipment such as an outdoor gym. There was also an 18 …

The dirtiest changing rooms I have ever encountered, pretty sure I contracted leprosy. The pool was filled with body hair and we left shortly after I inhaled a random floating hair for the 5th time in as many minutes. Grim

For a reasonable price it is a good mid level place for kids. My son loves it here. There are multiple swim and frolick areas for children of all ages to enjoy and the highlight is the water slide which is fast and exciting. Facilities are …

My son enjoys visiting here with me. It’s the closest place of its sort for us, so a 30 min drive both ways. It’s OK, hence 3 stars. What would get it to 5? People. All life guards looks so miserable… the front desk were great, saldy you’re …

Even after upgrade for cubicles still not the cleanest or welcoming, still good fun for the kids.

So basically this is what happened at Rapids Romsey Soft play on the 23rd of December.
We headed to the reception and the lady there (Tia) asked us how old are our …

Took my step children here for a end of half-term fun
We arrived 20minuets late for our 1 hour session
The kids had such a fun time just wished for abit longer in the pool …

Love this place, always busy as so much fun for kids. If I was only looking for adult swimming I would go elsewhere though.

Very reasonably priced family fun with a variety of water based activities. Flume is sometimes shut for staff rotation but otherwise great.

Really great place to take the kids to play. The Costa outside is awesome as well and great as a follow up, could do with more staff though particularly at a lunchtime

The place is great for swimming, soft play, parking and grabbing a coffee. Changing rooms are a bit tight. Staff friendly.

is a nice swimming pool for children, is much nicer than the quays, the downside is that the online booking to book a family swim is overly complicated. Cannot understand why there is not just one button that say click here to book famliy swimming session

Kids loves it was a bit busy so could really swim much but still enjoyed it

A great pool complex to take your kids to, my three grandchildren love it. A good mix of pools, slides etc to suit all ages. Free car parking. Costa coffee shop upstairs with seating from which you can watch the pool area. Decent changing areas which are warm and clean, plenty of free to use hand held hair driers.

Most recent occasion (2023) online booking not available and when turning up on site, found out it was sold out and we were informed you could book in advance but only in person 😔. Frustrating experience as weren’t able to swim with the …

It’s great for tiny ones but why only one fun hour there should be more. Not everyone want to do a coordinated session. Esp in the hols the kids could do with more

Absolutely amazing! Never seen so many life guards. Very reassuring. Wonderful place.

Big pool, good for all ages exept older ages such as 60+

Great visit. Had to change my time slot and staff very helpful in doing so. Only downside was the bubble pools and rapids got turned off 5-10mins before our session was due to finish. Appreciate it was the last session of the day but these things could of run till the session ended. Despite this fun was had by all.

Didn’t know about new booking system so that was a bit frustrating, but actually seems a good change.
Queue for the slide was slow…do you really need to wait until the person in front has actually left the water before going?? H&S gone mad..

Great swimming pool, very child friendly, the deepest part is 1.2m, there is a shallow baby pool with a pirate ship with slide and tipping buckets. Swim sessions are an hour long. Nice clean changing area with showers and hair dryers. Highly recommended

Had a good time but feel it does need an update and some more excitement. It’s been pretty much the same as when I used to go there as a kid over 20 years ago. Changing rooms could do with more “family changing cubicles” especially as this …

I live in Eastleigh and have come to Romsey Rapids on recommendation from friends and family members. The staff on the front desk and the pool are helpful and cheerful and always ready to help. I came swimming just last week with 2 of my …

We actually went there for our Covid Booster but had a good look around. Great pools with a great slide. Very clean and tidy will definitely be going for a swim soon.

Great complex, good for kids reasonably priced.

Nice little soft play, nothing special but quite cheap. Shame the activity pool isn’t open during the week.

Just a tip in busy times for example school holidays it is advisable to book in advance 🏊‍♂️🤽‍♀️ …

Busy – its half term.
Facilities working,great – better than my last visit. Costa great. Friendly and happy staff

Kids had a blast, the staff were great and friendly. what I would say though is that the lazy river the water keys are set way above the height of the water so you just get blasted in the face. Not a lot else for the kids to do as the …

Superb! Kids loved it, I loved it! Clean and great fun, plus a fresh Costa afterwards 👌 …

This place is amazing fore beginners to lear and fore toddlers, adults, and teenagers/older kids there is something fore everyone but the only thing is ot is so expensive but apart from that is is definitely one of my favourite ones is the sothampton area

No I don’t want to give all of my personal details, set up an account or be a member to go for a public swim. I also do not appreciate the attitude of staff to force compliance. Perhaps the complex could invest in cleaning back and pool …

Soft play for little ones is excellent. Really good value 1 hour, £5 a session .

Easy family day out. Entertainment, food and parking. Friendly In house photographer. 4 hours free parking. Costa coffee. Vending machines. Hydro slides.

Overall a good experience. The changing room floor gets a bit mucky during changing because people wear their outdoor shoes in, but staff were regularly cleaning the floor. All the equipment was in a good state and working fine, the only …

Amazing water world with loads of features my granddaughter loved it. So warm its fabulous 🥰 …

The rapids looks like an old sports centre on the outside, not hugely impressive.
But on the inside it is amazing. Had a really great hour here with the kids. …

Me and daughter fully enjoyed our time here, very busy but can still enjoy the family swim. Lots of water jets, water spray and slides for little ones and older. Clean changing rooms. Allowed in 10 min early than time slot, otherwise you will have to wait..

Not bad, needs more family changing rooms. Also bigger family lockers would be nice.

Quite a busy place, the queue for the slide was massive! Overall a good time though.
A great way to spend an hour with the kids!

Lots to do; flume, rapids, pirate ship, bucket dumping water, mini pools with slides between. Wish we’d had longer than an hour!

Loved the pool, just didn’t feel you got long enough. It was quite busy but we did go at the start of the summer holidays. There’s cafe facilities in Costa which is good and staff were really friendly.

My kids love it here a great experience for all of them.

We come here fairly regularly as its local and the 4 year old loves it. A little tired in places but the kids dont notice! One flume only, a lazy river and a cute pirate ship for the really small children. Family swims are only an hour, …

Great place to come workout at the gym. Or go for a swim also variety of exercise classes. For all ages.

It’s got a lot better. We really enjoyed ourselves.

Shocking swimming pool. Nice facility if you can get in to use it. Arrived 20 minutes early to be told all tickets were sold and we wouldn’t be allowed in. The last time we used this pool the large pool and hence the slide was closed for …

Checked at lunch time that we would be able to play golf after swimming later on (all pre paid and booked online). Told no need to book a time slot, and just get the clubs when ready. Asked for clubs post swimming at the time we’d said, …

I have been going here since I was young. It’s a good place with lots of things to do while swimming. My children love this place too.
We were considering having a party here but they have no catering/room for …

Impressed was worried after reading reviews of it being rundown etc. But when we went was clean and we’ll kept only normal signs of wear of any public area to be honest the day we went on it wasn’t too busy so lucky I guess. Was just ashame …

Had a great time, could do with a little upgrading/tidying here and there but still just as good either way. Great facilities throughout with good changing rooms, showers and dryers. Also has a coffee shop and soft play so good for the whole family young and old.

Great pool and flume and lazy river. Amazing for kids as not too deep, even deepest parts are fine for an 8 year old or tall 7 year old to touch the bottom. Warm water unlike most pools. Need more than 1 hour sessions really, and not a place for proper swimming, but great for kids learning and having fun.

We’ve been coming to the rapids for years. First with my children and now with my grandchildren. It was a very disappointing experience yesterday in the pool. There were far too many people in the pool and everyone was in each others way so …

Great clean pool, timed entry so never full. Only downside were the changing rooms, although not busy (due to timed entry and exit, they were very wet. This made changing into dry clothing, with children, difficult. Will definitely go back though as kids 12, 10, 6 & 5 had a fantastic time

Watched my grandchildren have a whale of a time. They said ” ******down (Poole) is better”, to which the reply was, yes but Rapids is a quarter of the price and we don’t have to pay £5 each to watch. Good value for money, no need to queue …

Great day out for the family. It was a little confusing going in with pre booked people just walking past reception but sorted it. The Costa was nice with good discounts associated with the swim. The pool its self was good with a nice slide …

It was really empty when we went. The rapids where not on though and even though we could of gone in the big pool after the hour of family swim was over there is no way in or out other then the ladders we where told and being disabled that was not a option for us so I don’t think it’s very disabled friendly in that aspect.

Very expensive but very clean and staff are great, water nice and warm loved it

Great place to take kids. I used to come here as a child so I was very excited to bring my 3 year old here for the first time the other day. It didn’t disappoint – lots to do in the pool for all ages of children including little slides, a …

Very friendly staff, good facilities and classes

Great value, have book a 90 min slot. Enjoyable afternoon

OK for the price, very busy and due to this it’s hard to find a changing free, and the changing rooms floors are filthy

Great fun for most ages. Chlorine was strong and very busy

This place has been open for decades and is still going strong. It looks like it has been recently refurbished. The pool has lane swimming in the morning. Lots of fun for kids including the rapids, flume and kids pool. Lots of other sports going on such as tennis. Price was fair.