| Woodcock Street Baths | |
| Status: | Grade II listed |
| Architectural Style: | Edwardian |
| Location: | Birmingham |
| Location Country: | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates: | 52.4859°N -1.8868°W |
| Completion Date: | 1902 |
Woodcock Street Baths is a swimming pool, part of the Sir Doug Ellis Woodcock Sports Centre in Birmingham, England. The pool dates from 1902. It was originally a public baths; it is now part of Aston University and is operated by Sport Aston. It is a Grade II listed building.
The pool is open to students and staff of the university, and to the public.
It is one of the oldest operating pools in Britain.[1]
Woodcock Street Baths was originally opened in 1860. It was Birmingham's second public baths after the passage of the 1846 Public Baths and Wash-houses Act. In 1902 an additional pool, the First Class Pool, was built. In the 1920s the baths were reconstructed; the 1902 pool was a part that remained from the earlier building.[2]
It was taken over by Aston University in 1980. There was further redevelopment in 2011,[3] and in 2013 the sports centre was named after Sir Doug Ellis.[4]
The pool retains most of the original features. The long rectangular hall has white tiled walls with blue and brown banding; along the sides are cubicles with terracotta arches. The roof is supported by elliptic girders that are pierced with quatrefoil shapes.