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Birkenhead Pool and Leisure Centre, Birkenhead

Rock Climbing & Bouldering

Birkenhead Pool and Leisure Centre

Tucked into park-like surrounds in Birkenhead, this leisure centre gives families a rare breadth of active pursuits under one roof and across its grounds. Kids can clamber up a 10-metre top-rope wall with 40 different climbs, tackle the 3-metre bouldering section without a harness, or work their way up a battle rope — all with free instruction for beginners and equipment available to hire. The outdoor Osborne Pool, heated to 28°C and spanning 33.3 metres, sits down a ramped pathway from the main building and is accessible by hoist.

How muchTe utu
$9.80–$21.20
Ages
4–89+
WhereKei hea
Birkenhead
Rating
4.3
367 on Google

LocationTe wāhi

Birkenhead

46 Mahara Avenue

What it is

Beyond the water and the rock wall, there is a high ropes course, a gym with a tyre-flipping challenge, a skate park, and a pump track — enough variety to send everyone home happily worn out. A shallower learners' pool, kept at 32°C, suits younger or less confident swimmers.

Children aged 16 and under swim free at all Auckland Council pools, making the outdoor pool an easy default for a North Shore family afternoon. The climbing gym requires a completed Disclosure of Risk form, which can be filled in on arrival.

What other parents say

Sean O'Callaghan6 months ago
Great little pool with plenty of parking. The kids pool is 0.85m and inside, so if you burn easily - no need to worry. If your supervising and swimming with up to two small kids, then you can get the $9 x10 times pass. What a bargain!
Chris Zhu2 months ago
A couple weeks ago, I had come down to check out the gym as I was considering joining up. However, when I spoke to the blonde female and brown haired female at the desk and asked to view the gym I was told no, I am not allowed. No explanation, just no, and the brown haired female said “I am the manager”. I asked, I’m thinking about joining and want to have a look at the equipment, to which I was told “no, you can look through the window but you can’t go in”, again this was from the female who claimed to be the manager. Well, I then had a look through the window, but couldn’t find out the information I wanted to know from looking. So, I asked the manager about the equipment specifications and questions about what’s available etc as I couldn’t see from the window. The manager didn’t know…….. hmmmmmm seems like it would have been simple to let me go into the gym and have a look myself aye. Odd experience, and yeah, I did not join the gym and have suggested to other people I know, that they not waste there time here.
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Kylie S3 months ago
Great place to swim and gym. My only negatives are it can be very cold in the gym in winter (they need a climate control system) and a sauna (wet or dry) for recovery, would be a sound investment.
Enas Moa year ago
Always clean pool and don't let you swim until they try the pool's usability, hardworking and gentle staff and a smiling face, We love coming to this pool.
Faye O8 years ago
we came to cool down as it was so hot, glad it has a bigger pool.. better to come in the morning as it gets crowded in the afternoon.. it is expensive for adults to pay $7.20 to swim, to accompany a 5 year old.. this place is nice though, and clean.

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