Towamencin Municipal Swimming

The place is very good and they have a lot of things to entertain you.

I recently joined this pool for my kids (7 and 4) and have been happy with my experience so far. When I asked for membership advice on a Facebook Moms group, no one had any advice to offer on memberships which lead me to believe it may not be that busy. I hear a lot of other Gwynedd Square families use Nor Gwyn since a lot of kids live on the other side of Valley Forge. We considered a NG membership, but now I’m happy they were already full. There was a lot of negative comments from the year the H pool is closed, but I made sure it was operational this year before signing up this season.

I am someone who is fully in the water with kids the entire time (3 foot pool), but it is a relief the lifeguards are always paying attention in the event of an emergency. My daughter has had a positive time during her swim lessons through Uswim at Towamencin Pool. Since I am working at that time, my mom takes her to her lessons and said I made a good decision signing her up at the Towamencin location. My daughter’s swim group for her level is only 3 kids, which makes me feel better than it being a large class size when I am not available to take her myself.

Now here is the most important part: Last Friday, I was able to take my kids very close to the open time at noon. A camp was arriving at the same time, which is normal because I have seen camps there most weekdays. Then, a second camp arrives. I recognized the manager (from when I was a kid and went to the Lansdale Pool everyday so I knew he must have been part of the staff) surveying the situation and the increase in the number of kids. The pool wasn’t too full at this point. Then, a THIRD camp arrives. The kids start piling into the pool. They all seem like early elementary school ages. The manager (who I now know is named Matt Potts after telling a few people this story) is paying attention to this additional arrival and then gets his lifeguard float and comes in the pool to help be an extra set of eyes. He stays in, focused on the crowd of kids, until the camps leave and the pool is back to the normal amount of people. As a parent, I was extra worried about the significant number of kids being watched by a few camp counselors per camp. I appreciate that management was aware of the influx of children using that pool and was proactive in the extra guarding of an already staffed pool. Looking forward to a memorable summer with my kids going here.