Prahran Aquatic Centre

Prahran Aquatic Centre is a year-round community leisure venue on Essex Street in Prahran, offering flexible ways to swim, relax and stay active. Its facilities include a heated 50-metre outdoor pool, spa, sauna and steam room, with access available for lap swimming, recreational use, pool bookings and swimming squads. A café is also listed among the centre’s facilities, giving visitors another option while they are there.

The centre suits different types of visits. A single-entry pass can be used for swimming, while an aquatic pass includes the pool, spa, sauna and steam room at Prahran. Multi-visit passes are available for people who want repeated access without an ongoing commitment, and memberships provide access to both Prahran Aquatic Centre and Harold Holt Swim Centre. This makes the venue suitable for regular swimmers, people fitting in an occasional session and those looking to combine exercise with spa and sauna time.

Families and swimmers of different ages and abilities are catered for through the centre’s range of facilities and retail shop. The shop stocks swimwear for children, teens and adults, along with goggles, swim caps, kickboards, pool noodles and other swimming accessories. The website also identifies a toddler pool in its photo gallery, although further details about that area are not provided. For people who need accessible facilities, the centre has pool hoists, accessible toilets, accessible change rooms and navigational sight lines.

Prahran Aquatic Centre is operated as part of Active Stonnington’s wider recreation network, with a focus on supporting community health and wellbeing. The centre provides practical facilities for solo swimmers, families, recreational users and organised swimming groups, with customer service staff available to help with retail enquiries, sizing and recommendations. Its social script is also available for visitors who benefit from having more information about what to expect from the space.