Hornsby Shire Council - Galston Aquatic Centre (Heated)

Fantastic experience: Delightful pool.

Fantastic experience: The Galston Aquatic Centre is such a gem in our community. The facilities are always clean, the staff are welcoming, and both gym and pool users are polite and respectful of the space. That’s a real standout, as I’ve been to other centres where equipment gets abused and people can be inconsiderate – but here, there’s a real sense of respect and community. The only thing that would make it absolutely perfect would be extended opening hours – ideally until 9pm on weekdays and 6pm on weekends. This would make it easier for people who work full-time to take advantage of such a great local council facility. Overall, a wonderful place to exercise, swim, and feel part of a positive environment. Highly recommended.

Fantastic experience: Уютный бассейн. Чисто. Персонал вежливый и обаятельный

Positive experience: Very impressed with the instruction given to my 11 year old granddaughter

Positive experience: Great place … just found one staff an older lady very unfriendly … could sense racism from her otherwise a great place to go

Fantastic experience: Great space, big area undercover and good oval space for sporting activities and walking. BBQ could comfortably fit more than 40 people easily!! “Really great and fresh atmosphere about the environment too”.

Fantastic experience: Amazing, love love

Fantastic experience: Looks great after the renovation. Staff very friendly and helpful. Swimming teachers were good.

Positive experience: Swan at galston pool as a lad did squads and raced there for 11years. Walked in the other day after watching the renovations. What a trip down memory lane. The staff were great and let me have a walk around . The place looks great yet still keep the old feel .

Negative experience: I'm always cautious about how genuine reviews like mine are removed from review sections that are meant to inform other customers about a place. My reviews were taken down in less than an hour, which was really disappointing. I recently took my kids, who have been swimming for 8 years at a respected swim school, for an assessment after moving to the area. It was difficult to commute to our old school, so we opted for a local one. However, during the assessment, they were downgraded two levels and told to start from scratch. While I understand that different schools have different level systems, the competencies required here seemed below what they were taught at their previous school. It worries me when supervisors are so inflexible; it doesn't bode well for progress and advancement in swimming. I wonder if the council, which owns the swim school, is aware of this issue or has measures in place to ensure children actually learn to swim rather than being held back arbitrarily. It seems like there might be a commercial agenda at play here, which I find frustrating and a waste of time.

Fantastic experience: Perfect place to relax Excellent if U want to exercise also

Positive experience: Newly refurbished pool and gym. Outdoor pool is only for learn to swim unfortunately. Nice and cool on the inside pool. Great outdoor grass area.

Fantastic experience: Great facilities and friendly staff

Fantastic experience: Galston Aquatic Centre and all the staff there are absolutely fantastic. We are so happy with the progress our two children have made with such fantastic, patient and caring staff members.

Positive experience: Excellent facility. Indoor. Service good.

Fantastic experience: Great place for swimming lessons.

Positive experience: When i went it was very quite and. Fantastic.

Fantastic experience: Aqua aerobics is fun

Positive experience: Back to swimming.

Fantastic experience: Both of my children have learnt to swim at Galston Aquatic Centre, I have found it to be a safe, fun and friendly environment to learn to swim at.

Fantastic experience: The staff here are amazing. Great facility, highly recommend the parents and bubs class as well as all of their other learn to swim and squad programs

Positive experience: Always good here. Call first for pool lane availability. Friendly staff. Clean facility.

Positive experience: The staff there are quite cool. My sister and I went there when I was a little boy.

Fantastic experience: Great local indoor pool

Fantastic experience: Well run facility. Great swim instructors.

Fantastic experience: Great place. Never crowded. Most times I'm in the gym by my self, same with the pool. .....Now in 2023 the place is still only half renovated, and it's been closed since 1st lockdown in 2020! Extremely slack on behalf of Hornsby council.

Positive experience: Very good staff, however awful change rooms. Dirty.

Positive experience: Small but good swim instructors and friendly staff. Has a small gym also

Positive experience: Very good staff, however awful change rooms. Dirty.