Today the Maidstone Leisure Centre charged me extra entrance fee due to Schools being on half-term holidays for the next two weeks. During ny swim at 1pm loads of school children came in for their swimming g lesson, thought they were on half term!!! On checking the KCC website it states Term 1 ends on 20th October 2023, today's date is 16th October. Is the Maidstone Leisure Centre operating to their own agenda, rip off.

Upon arrival it was noted i made a mistake in my booking & had forgotten to book one of my children onto a now fully booked session, staff on reception were fab, understanding & allowed my child to go in with her siblings, really grateful Its a trek to the changing rooms, not many family ones with a baby change bench, one that did have a bench had no harness on it. Changing rooms stank off wee too which wasn't pleasant at all. Plenty of lockers with a refundable £1 coin Aqua challenge was running which looked awesome We visited the main family pool for 90 mins it was looking fab! Lots to do! For all ages. Especially for little ones. I have deaf children, so we're used to going to places where if a wave machine is operating theres a loud tannoy & flashing light. It was such a shame to see they had neither, just a whistle & lots of staff shouting at all those in the pool! Wasn't impressed with that at all Its a long cold trek back to the changing rooms ( you can take a towel poolside) Our children were delighted to be able to use the Polar slides today too as part of their visit Ate & drank at the cafe, wish there were menus on tables or a bigger board, lots of items were sold out or needed restocking All in all we spent the better part of 3.5 hours at the facility, it's a shame to see that theres still no Changing places facility.... to be told to change my daughter on the floor of a toilet is totally unacceptable! So will not come back with my severely disabled daughter which is a shame as she would love this. It's a shame i can't use my pool case on my phone to take pictures when you have your own staff taking pictures for a fee!

Was nearly put off by recent reviews but glad I wasn’t! We had great fun at the pool today, Aztec pool refurb is really good, my 2 and 6 year old was constantly on the slides and using the water guns. Waves every 30 minutes and although the pool was busy it wasn’t not too bad. (It is summer holidays so you kind of expect that.) Staff were friendly. Changing rooms were ok, pretty clean and no obvious smells. Quite a few broken lockers/keys but the changing rooms are getting refurbed in December 24 according to signs. Overall, very good and will be back. Would say it’s better suited to toddlers and younger children. Older children might want a pool with flumes rather than just 2 tame slides.