The Wales National Pool (Welsh: Pwll Cenedlaethol Cymru) in the Sketty area of Swansea, Wales, is a 50 metre swimming pool built to FINA standards. The facility, which also has a 25m x 9.5m training pool and 1,200 spectator seats, is used to train Wales' world class aquatic sports athletes[1] and houses the headquarters of the Wales Amateur Swimming Association.[2] While the pool is of Olympic length, its width of 21m is not sufficient to qualify as an Olympic standard pool.[3]
The pool is one of five of British Swimming's Intensive Training Centres (ITC), used to train swimmers for the London 2012 Olympics.[4] The facility was built with funding from Sport Wales, Swansea Council and Swansea University and is built on the site of the university's sports centre.