WOODSTOCK’S outdoor heated swimming pool will reopen for the summer swimming season today.

With a 25-metre main pool and a depth of 3.5 metres, the facility is aimed at diving enthusiasts but has a separate paddling pool for younger children.

The weather today is set to be warm but overcast.

The leisure centre in Shipton Road is owned by West Oxfordshire District Council and run by its leisure contractor GLL Better.

It will be open until September and is available for private hire and swimming lessons.

Almost 11,000 people used the facility last year.

GLL Better partnership manger for West Oxfordshire Paul Shearman said: “The fact the outdoor pool is heated means we get lots of visitors whatever the weather and have thousands of people coming along to swim or make the most of the surroundings every year.”

Family and season tickets are now available from local Better Leisure Centres.

For more information call Woodstock Open Air Pool on 01993 811785.

Woodstock is one of two open-air pools in West Oxfordshire.

The second is The Lido at Chipping Norton, a community-run facility which opened on Thursday, April 13.

For more information about that facility see chippylido.co.uk or call 01608 643188.

Hinksey outdoor pool and splash park in Abingdon Road Oxford, which is run by Fusion for Oxford City Council, reopened this month.