
Council pools
There are 22 Brisbane City Council swimming pools across the city offering opportunities for fun, fitness and recreation. Visit a Council pool to cool off, relax, enjoy water play or improve your fitness with a few laps.
Pools are owned by Council, but managed by private operators who can assist with information about the facilities and activities offered. Pool facilities differ between venues and pool open hours may vary between venues and seasons. View individual pool pages for detailed information.
Queensland Government Companion Card
All Council pools honour the Queensland Government Companion Card, allowing free entry for anyone accompanying a person with a disability who requires attendant care support.
Water safety
As the weather warms up and more people head to pools to cool down, it's important to keep water safety front of mind. Be alert, supervise your children around water at all times, learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and follow the pool's conditions of entry.
Council endorses the Royal Life Saving Society's Keep Watch program which aims to prevent children drowning.
$2 Summer Dips
The $2 Summer Dips initiative was announced as part of Council's Annual Plan and Budget 2023-24 to provide cost of living relief to residents, as well as offering more opportunities for fun, fitness and recreation.
From 1 December 2023 to 29 February 2024, general entry fees for Council's 22 pools will be discounted to $2 per entry. Terms and conditions apply.
What's included
What's included
Admission types included in the $2 Summer Dips initiative are:
- adult general entry
- child general entry
- concession general entry
- 3-person family pass (1 adult and 2 children)
- 4-person family pass (2 adults and 2 children)
- additional adult
- additional child
- other general entry admission types charged by lessees including:
- spectator general entry
- water polo general entry
- group booking general entry
- Active and Healthy program general entry.
What's excluded
What's excluded
Entry to Chermside Pool water park and Newmarket Olympic Swimming Pool large double loop slide are excluded from the $2 Summer Dips initiative.
Lessee-operated pool programs are also excluded from the initiative including:
- learn-to-swim classes
- swimming squads
- school swimming
- aqua aerobics classes which are not part of Council's Active and Healthy program
- hirer agreements and events.

Find pool events
We run a heap of active and healthy events from our Council pools. Check out our What's On events calendar.

Aqua parks and water play areas
Find aqua parks in Council parks and reserves, as well as water play features and wading pools at Council pools.

Sandgate Aquatic Centre
Located on the Sandgate Foreshore, Sandgate Aquatic Centre includes a 50-metre outdoor pool, 25m indoor heated pool, and a leisure pool.

Runcorn Pool
Runcorn pool has great facilities including a children's pool with waterslide, a 25- metre lap pool, and an indoor leisure/therapy pool with ramp access.
Find a Council pool near you
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Acacia Ridge Leisure Centre
Bellbowrie Pool
Carole Park Pool
Centenary Pool, Spring Hill
Chermside Pool
Colmslie Aquatic Centre - Morningside
Dunlop Park Memorial Swimming Pool - Corinda
Hibiscus Sports Complex Pool - Upper Mt Gravatt
Ithaca Pool - Paddington
Pagination
Council proudly supports the Clem Jones Centre.
Useful links

This summer, we are discounting general entry fees to $2 for all Brisbane City Council pools. Applies to 29 February 2024.
Dip, dip, hooray!