OH DEAR... BMD should be one of the best pools in Yorkshire, but it is BADLY RUN. Not so long ago you could be in the pool until 9pm, then hit the bar for dinner and a pint! Nowadays the bar kitchen is shut before the pool! Where's the sense in that?
ALSO, BMD is one of the few places where families can DIVE together... But the 1m board is STILL BROKEN, after several months now...
FINALLY, BMD should have LONGER opening hours during school hols, but instead, it closes earlier! WHY OH WHY?

Wen we arrived we thought it was going to be a good evening, when at reception i was asked if I was from barnsley when i replied no the receptionist simply said "You'll have to pay for your kid then" not a problem but a bit abrupt I thought.. anyway when we finally got into the pool area I thought oh my god its 1980 in here it was a real time warp absolutely past it the pool floor was very harsh on ours and our 2 year olds feet and filth could be seen quite clearly on the bottom! To say it was a family swim the main pool and the baby pool were closed for lessons leaving only the wave pool available to swim and the waves were that large I was struggling to keep my head above water nevermind my daughter, the final straw was when 2 children who had serious chickenpox were allowed to swim right under the lifegaurds noses, I just got ripped off for my money I wasn't going to sit there while my daughter got pox aswell... an overall disgrace DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY I WOULDN'T MIND IF I WERE A SNOB BUT I'M NOT AND IT'S REALLY BAD HERE SAVE YOUR MONEY AND GO TO YOUR LOCAL BATHS COS DEWSBURY IS 100 TIMES BETTER AND THAT HASN'T CHANGED SINCE I WERE A CHILD! I ALSO ONLY GAVE 1 STAR BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T LET ME GIVE ZERO