Harpurhey Victorian Baths

Harpurhey Swimming Baths.

www.harpurheybaths.co.uk

The Harpurhey Baths were designed by Henry Price, the same architect who designed the Grade II* listed Victoria Baths, and were listed Grade II in 1994 while still in use.

Harpurhey Baths are one of numerous municipal baths constructed throughout the country around the turn of the century, following various social reforms, and public health acts. The baths complexes were principally for social amenity and hygiene, rather than primarily for recreation. They were designed to fit an already occupied site, which contained, besides terrace houses and shops lining Rochdale Road, a school and a pub.

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• harphurey
• baths
• harpurhey
• swimming
• pool
• victorian
• manchester
• swimming.
• deserted

[streetywakeboard]

Great stuff mate!

I only live 25mins away so may give it a shot!

Great music too :p

All the best

Nick

[stealthpiccasso]

Its a Lovely old place to visit, sad to see it in such disrepair.

[christinahiltonXx]

aw i remember going here once with my dad, first ever time i went swimming:')

[RAM211]

I use to go same cake shop for the cake bits too use to live in Sunderland street harpuhey moston brook school

[GAZEDable]

Me and Mate mike Boland went there and all from burgess school till moston brook with it's own new pool 1969-74

[spysear]

Used to go from Moston Lane school, learned to swim there, but my Mother used to go there dancing in the war years..

We used to come out of there and go up moston lane and beg for broken cakes at the local cake shop. Eh they were good days.

[johnnybiggs32]

its such a shame it was let to go to ruin i used to go there every tuesday with my school moston feilds i learned to swim there i surpose like every thing if money isnt put in to it its gunna go in the end which is real shame good memories of my chilhood yes i see cockroches to but that lack of investing in great place wish you had some pics of it when it was in the good old days its a bit cold the video without music good pics thow well done

[Jomo90Manc]

I really want to go and visit the baths before they go :'(

How can i arrange that? It breaks my heart to see a part of my youth being ripped apart! Call me nostalgic if you will but i grew up there!!

[ProducerLiam1]

Ha I learnt to swim there :)

[herbie2950]

great memories, spent everyday of the school hols in there with my free pass, late 60s. swam at harpurhey swimming club, and plyed polo till early 70s, with flynner, weaver, polly etal.thanx for this

Ray

[ProfanityJames]

Used to go there every week with school.

[Northernway]

I remember going swimming here when I was a kid. I ended up with a cockroach in my mouth - needless to say, I gave the old dump a miss after that experience.