Arenas & Recreation Centres
Johnson Bentley Memorial Aquatic Centre
About Johnson Bentley Memorial Aquatic Centre
Winters here rule out the lake, and even a long west side summer eventually gives way to the stretch of the year when anyone who wants to swim needs a roof over the pool instead of a stretch of sand. That gap is exactly what a public aquatic centre is built to fill.
Facilities like this typically offer some combination of swim lessons, lane swim, family or public swim time and water fitness classes, though exactly how those are split up, and when each one runs, differs from one pool to the next and shifts with the school year and the seasons. Checking the current schedule directly, rather than relying on a timetable from an earlier visit, is the sensible way to plan around it, and it is worth asking about drop in pricing against a pass if regular visits are the plan.
Johnson Bentley Memorial Aquatic Centre is at 3737 Old Okanagan Highway, close to the middle of the west side and just a few minutes from Gellatly Bay. The number is +1-778-797-7665, and schedule and program details are posted on westkelownacity.ca. Its central position puts it within easy reach of the benches around Glenrosa and Smith Creek as well as the neighbourhoods down by the shoreline, which makes it one of the few indoor spaces where the separate corners of West Kelowna cross paths.
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In the Gellatly Bay neighbourhood of West Kelowna.
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