Arcadia Library & Leisure Centre manchester

The staff are brilliant. All of them. Friendly, professional and very helpful. They create a positive atmosphere. There is a real community feel to the place. Facilities are absolutely perfect. I even had my friend join from Salford and both staff and visitors knew her name on her first day and made her feel so welcome that she swam 22 lengths on her first day. I swam my usual half length and then had a kip in the steam room for 10 minutes. Perfect. 5 stars

I have tried several times, unsuccessfully, to sign onto the swimming lessons as they had been brilliant in the past. The app is unwieldy and doesn't allow me to book onto the course, despite the fact it claims there are 10 spaces. Called in just now, 16.30, to try to sort it out. There was no one on reception and no sign indicating it was closed. I hunted down a member of staff, who said reception closes at 16.00. I expalined that, as there was no sign to inform anyone of this, how was I to know. There was a young man and a woman, I think may have been his support worker, waiting ahead of me. He had been told to come in at 16.30 for an induction, only to be told that this was wrong as, guess what, they close at 16.00. Really, really unhappy with this. How hard is it to put up a sign? And how hard is it to have a functioning app? Having doubts about whether I want to bother, despite how great the lessons had been in the past.

I love the library and the gym and the pool, I recommend this, but the library is too small and the staff is really nice.

Acqua Arobic class and the Arobic teacher Lucil who is a very good teacher in my opinion I also like to attend Jamie,s class also although I haven’t been for awhile Everything about Arcada is just perfect and it is position in the right setting for all to reachAnother reason why I like it so much is that I am able to use the library at the same time . Arcacda is highly recommended 💯

Have used this gym for 5yrs.Mike the fitness instructor is brilliant and always helps me.However he is not always there and when he isn’t it’s hard to find someone to help