Information about Stawell Sports and Aquatic Centre

49/51 Houston St
3380, Horsham
+61353580550

Opening hours

  • sunday: (closed)
  • monday: 6h-19h
  • tuesday: 6h-19h
  • wednesday: 6h-19h
  • thursday: 6h-19h
  • friday: 6h-19h
  • saturday: 9h-13h

Getting active in the Northern Grampians Shire. Information about sports and leisure services throughout the Northern Grampians Shire, including the Stawell Sports and Aquatic Centre and St Arnaud Pool.

Please note that our offices will be closed for the Labour Day Public Holiday on Monday, March 10, 2025. If your matter is urgent, please call (03) 5358 8700.

What should we prioritise over the next four years? Community engagement on the 2025-2029 Council Plan is now open including registrations for a series of Discussion Forums being held in Stawell, St Arnaud, Halls Gap and Great Western. This is a great opportunity for those wanting to dig deeper into the insights provided through the Community Engagement Survey conducted during February.

Whatever your age, fitness or skill level, Stawell Sports and Aquatic Centre can help you get fit, learn to swim, play sport or socialise with friends. We have a wide range of activities offered all year round. Get in touch with us to discuss how to get involved.

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Our comment from FitFit Australia about Stawell Sports and Aquatic Centre:

Welcome to Stawell Sports and Aquatic Centre, a fantastic destination for fitness and family fun in Australia. Visitors have praised the centre for its:

  • Easy parking and family-friendly environment.
  • Polite and helpful staff, contributing to a welcoming atmosphere.
  • Clean facilities, including well-maintained dressing rooms and swimming areas.
  • Amazing outdoor pool with an extra deep swimming area, perfect for everyone.
  • Spacious gym equipped with various modern equipment for a robust workout, blending an old-school feel with contemporary facilities.
  • A variety of options for fitness, including indoor and outdoor pools, gym, courts, and group classes.

Many families enjoy their time here, with ample shade and grassy areas for leisure. However, some guests noted areas for improvement, such as:

  • Shower cleanliness could be enhanced.
  • Limited kiosk options and a lack of hot food and drinks.
  • Occasional booking mix-ups.
  • Request for extended weekend hours to accommodate school children better.

Despite these minor critiques, the overall experience remains positive, and the Stawell Sports and Aquatic Centre is highly recommended for a great day of swimming and fitness activities!

Stawell Sports and Aquatic Centre: Opinions

4.6/5 (39 Opinions)
Marie Higginson 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Easy parking, clean and family friendly

Zeeshan Saleem 1 year ago

Positive experience: Polite staff

Jenny Dunn 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: I spend 4 days a week there . Water. The only thing is the showers need cleaning

Storm Rayner 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing! Love how the outdoor pool has an extra deep swimming area! Enjoyed very much! Would recommend

mj davis 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: love the stawell aquatic centre

The Taylor’s 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for all your fitness needs and great inside/out pools.

Rebecca Miller 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Used the gym for a casual session while we were in town. Great price and the gym is really spacious and has lots of different equipment needed for a solid workout. I loved the old school feel of the environment, but the actual facilities for the gym were quite modern, so a great blend!

Will Smart 2 years ago

Positive experience: Super nice and polite, very helpful. Clean good music and vibes too. Great place for family and anyone wanting to avoid the summer heat

Tony Brown 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for a swim or some exercise, great friendly staff and that's what you need in the pool environment, very clean establishment, only critism is it has a limited kiosk, and no facility for any hot food or drinks

Dianne Turner 2 years ago

Positive experience: Small pool and limited space around it. The booking got a bit mixed up because there was a school class using it at our booked time slot. But pleasant people and atmosphere

amy Fowler 2 years ago

Negative experience: Wonderful staff...but seriously a few mums there that treat your kids badly....hello to the Karen's that go there....we will be back

Karen Mc Pherson 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely pool both indoor and outdoor staff very friendly always clean dressing rooms

Michael Mitchell 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Always fun there

Lyrae O'Keefe 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place. Lovely staff. Everything you could possibly need

Chelle C 3 years ago

Positive experience: Great outdoor pool, gym and facilities. Staff are friendly, helpful and attentive.

Heather Lightfoot 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: I always enjoy my time there.

Chris Hemley 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing

Rhee Johnston 4 years ago

Negative experience: Not very clean

sue phillips 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Visited for a Swimming Carnival for my Grandchildren. Immaculately clean, great shade and grassed areas. Take rashies and plenty of sunscreen, as pool had no shade. Would have happily gone for a swim.

S I (flash) 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff

Tash Radford 5 years ago

Positive experience: Plenty of sanitizing stations, friendly staff

Johan Booyse 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good equipped gym

Lodi Leipoldt 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: I have been going to this pool for at least twice a week for the last year and have found the pool team very friendly. Technically there have been some problems with the pool and the spa, but thanks to the supportive and caring attitude of the staf it is a pleasure to go there. 5 stars are well deserved in my opinion.

Mathew Tober 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for all your fitness needs

Nate Brown 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Has everything in one spot! Could use with a bigger pool but this place has a gym, courts, squash, indoor and outdoor pool, CrossFit area, group classes and more! Cannot recommend enough!

PRADIP THAPA 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good place to release your stress, games, gym, swimming all good

Peter Monahan 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good place to pop by and use the facilities

Dom Iguazù 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Abbiamo passato due settimane nei grampians e abbiamo approfittato della piscina e delle docce solo la doccia costa aud 2,50. pulito

Heidi Knust 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place for the whole family

Haley Colbert 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic, I play basketball here each week and my two young children have swimming lessons here. Customer service is excellent.

Angelique Bordon 7 years ago

Positive experience: Great place but unfortunately new closing times for the pools means that it is closed more than open over the weekend. Which is ridiculous as that is when school children are actually able to go and have a swim. This pool (indoor, heated and outside, with water slides, open in summer only) is Council owned and it is really disappointing that they continue to withdraw activities/resources for school aged children and families from the community. The indoor pool is heated and should be assessable on weekends throughout the whole year. It is not like there is no staff already there as the building is open for other sports (Squash, Racquet Ball and Basketball) plus the Gym. With a couple more staff members the pool could be opened. Sorry rant over. Oops

Pauline. Shirrefs 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very clean. Excellent staff , who have been very helpful to me following joint surgery. I enjoy the time I spend at the pool.

Jacqueline Collins 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Awesome staff. Great place for the family

Kaylie Stevens 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, great pool and gym

Jay McCormack 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: We drove from Halls Gap to swim at this pool. The price was excellent, it was only $16 for two adults and two children. The facilities were very clean, and there was plenty of shade around the pool. The temperature of the water was excellent and allowed us to cool off on a hot 36° day. There’s three slides for the kids to use and a life guard watching over.

Mr Lebbick 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great facilities and staff.

PicklePowell heywood 7 years ago

Positive experience: SO DISAPPOINTED - AMENDED - Problem solved BECAUSE of this review, and I couldn't be more pleased with the way things worked out. Was loving visiting the pool with my step son until last time I visited and spent $20 on goggles for each if us. When mine leaked and the rubber came away from the eyepiece after one use, I asked the attendants what could be done. I was told to 'probably try glue'. I was stunned after buying these only a week earlier, and asked one of the attendants again for help, my goggles were taken, left behind the counter for an hour. I only got them back after asking where they were from the pool and was told, oh they're over there somewhere. I picked them back up, and now BOTH eyepieces were leaking. I again, asked the attendant what to do, now that BOTH eyes were leaking, not just the one. After giving the goggles back again, I asked for a new pair, they said no, and tried to give me back the broken useless pair to which I said, maybe you should return them to your supplier? They said, no, you'll just have to use them as they are. I said, you can keep them, they're useless to me. The attendant threw them on the floor. It was poor behaviour, rude at best. REALLY DISAPPOINTED.... WAS LOVING THIS VENUE. A postscript needs to be added to this review, as I have been contacted by the person in charge from the council, who was absolutely wonderful. He has sorted out this isdue, and apparently when I visit today, the first time since the incident above, I will be given a new pair of goggles, and have been assured that no one will treat me meanly, or be anything but professional. I can't wait to take my step son up for a swim today so we can check out the state of affairs. If all goes well, I'll be back to amend my star rating this evening. MANY thanks to the wonderful HEAD STAFF at the council, who sorted out this problem for me. I feel like a valued customer once again. Miss N.Powell

Pauline Shirrefs 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Enjoy using the pool. It is kept neat and clean. Staff is very nice and helpful. We are very fortunate to have a heated pool for hydrotherapy and swimming.

Les Nixon 9 years ago

Negative experience: So you are traveling in Western Victoria, it's hot and a break for a swim would just do the trick. Maybe you are using Stawell as a jump off point for visiting the Grampians. I had primed my grandson on how much fun it would be. Rock up at 11 am Saturday morning, it's already 30 deg C, this place opens at 1pm. The sun has been up for seven hours?

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