Public Pools of Lowell

Gorham Street Pool — This pool was closed for several years.
A couple of years ago, they re-​did the whole thing and it’s clean and nice. There’s a decent parking lot. CAUTION — this pool STARTS at 4 feet deep and gets deeper from there. It might not be good for small children. THIS AND THE OTHER POOLS DON’T OPEN UNTIL JULY AND CLOSE IN MID-​AUGUST.
South Common Pool — South Common is that big, open field off Thorndike Street. It’s near the train station. This pool does have a clothes changing/​bathroom building, but it’s pretty old and not very good. The pool’s clean and has steps that lead down to the shallowest part which starts at 2 ½ feet. There’s a playground that’s not too old across South Common from the pool.
McPherson Pool — 45 Richardson Street — has a brand new this year (2010) large playground RIGHT NEXT TO the pool.
Fletcher Street Pool (State, not city, operated) — This and McPherson are both similar in structure and condition (well maintained pools, start with steps that lead down to 2 ½ feet at shallow end and old, kind of crappy changing rooms/​bathrooms) to the South Common Pool. There’s a small, new-​ish playground across North Common from the Fletcher Street pool.
POOL HOURS: open at noon and close at 6pm.
They offer one hour FREE SWIMMING LESSONS to kids at 10 am on a couple of days mid-​week