Tween Club - Dovercourt Recreation Centre Review

Great place for kids swimming lessons. Has family change room. Pool is very warm for kids

The pool is so small, there is no room to swim, and the water is cold. Definitely not worth you time!.

We like the park but the swings and slides were all too hot so we had to leave... it's only June so Im guessing it will be too hot if the sun is out.

Their swimming instruction is pretty consistently excellent. My two kids have both taken lessons there. The test of the staff and facilities are quite good too.

Decent gym, friendly staff, and pleasant gym culture

Parenting magazine rated this the number one play park for kids in Ottawa and having a 6 year old I would agree.

This recreational centre is registered as non for profit, however, when low income families apply for financial assistance, they are denied any help, even living within the catchment area...I contacted Kristin Gulprit several times but no help (She told me that we are eligible for assistance but when I tried to register my son for a camp, she said i can't because I have to pay the full price and she offered no help. I don't know why they can't help these people since this centre is NOT paying any tax and using some city of Ottawa resources... as a registered non-profit centre, they have to help low income families within community

If you are looking for a warm indoor swimming pool during the cold weather,this is the place to go. They also have a park that can be crowded after school hours or on week ends. Definitely a place to hangout with kids.

A wonderful community centre that provides diverse and comprehensive programs that appeal to all ages!

Great place to bring your kids. Fun and interactive.

Warm indoor pool and the best swim instructors for all ages. Offers fitness classes and other programming. Has a big play ground with structures, tennis and a wading pool. Sledding and ice skating in winter, including hockey rink with boards.

Dovercourt is a wonderful quirky local recreation centre. It is run semi-independently by a charity whose purpose is running the centre. So the swimming lessions, for example, are distinct from the city of ottawa run ones at other locations. It has a skateboard park, weight room, activity rooms, runs PD day and summer kids programs, drop in swim times, etc. It also has its own mascot.

Busy place. Information that i got was what i wanted. Small parking lot and consruction everywhere. Disappointed that pool closed until Sept 22.

Fantastic swimming instructors, great amenities, but they do not enforce their no filming or taking pictures in swimming pool policy. Weeks after weeks people are filming the whole class that their children or grandchildren are part off and are left to do so by the staff and management. If this was resolved, they would get 5 out of 5 from me.

This center is amazing. There is something for everyone and anyone here whether you are looking for fitness, rehabilitation, community/social activities and/or support...Dovercourt has it. I say this from a client and a staff perspective

Fantastic swimming instruction, warm pool, great amenities.

Went here often as a child/youth and still visit to this day. Wonderful staff and all sorts of activities for the children. Family environment as well.

Great community centre for kids. Programming is very inclusive.

Great park, my kids had a blast, swings are great. Out door pool has plenty of shade on the side line's for parents to sit. The reason I'm giving 4 stars is the floors in the women's change room are dirty. I also found the indoor life gaurds are a little cold.

Great place for your child or childeren to meet new friends,When i was a youngling i liked this place

Great place for indoor fun on a rainy day. Bit pricey but if you can make most of the day pass that's great. Great that they are open until 8pm some days.

Fun place for families with children, especially the swimming pool.

Great place and choices for summer camps for kids. Well-run.

Awesome warm pool and lots of programs for the kids. Staff is very helpful.

My son really loves his camps here and the instructors at the skateboard camp were awesome with the kids. Not the cheapest camp, but very well organized and worth every penny.

Friendly staff, big pool for swimming, computers to go on and even a place to meet have a meal or just sit on the deck and have a snack.

Great place, nice people, comfortable community feeling

A lovely rec centre with great pool facilities, both an indoor pool and an outdoor wading pool, and an excellent playground. A variety of classes offered. I did babywearing ballet here and it was quite enjoyable.

I love this pool because it is always warmer then other pools. No shiver fun especially in the dead of winter.

This is the nicest recreation center and park in this end of Ottawa.

It was great
I went yesterday with my family

Its a good a place to go, nice playstructer and a good pool but the staff are a bit unfriendly.

Helpful and courteous staff, right on bus route, plenty of programs being offered, from atheletics, aquatics, dance and music.

Amazing community center has top of the line play structure and pool . The best kids camp in ottawa

Amazing place where you can enjoy your time with family

We've been going here for years for the kids swimming classes. The centre is well taken care of and the new renovations have really improved the space. The teachers are great and keep the experience enjoyable for the kids.

One of the best places to bring toddlers in Ottawa, with lots of programs like swimming, and they have a bunch of summer programs, like dance camp or science camp. They also have great after school programs.

Absolutely awful camps kids are always bored when they come home. Most counsellors are unfriendly and unenergetic. Never send your kids here.

Went for a kids birthday. The facilities were great. The pool was warm. The kids really seemed to enjoy the rope and slide in the pool.

Incredible centre! Amazing programs and amazing staff!

Great family center with gym, indoor and outdoor pool, park, and very well kept.

Pricey and small, but very kid focused. Quite clean too.

Not a bad place, the change rooms / showers needs overhauling. Too small, tight, and needs expansion

Top notch community centre. Fantastic family-oriented pool. Probably the most well-peogrammed in the city. Really nice playground and park as well. Always buzzing with kids and families from the neighbourhood and beyond.

This place basically raised me, and I turned out okay.

I was there to see an art show. Hadn't been in decades! Pretty small community centre; but, it is pretty accessible, with lots of seating upstairs. The upstairs entrance has fencing around it that seems to have been there for ages! I hadn't been inside for decades; but, I have passed by in the bus multiple times. I didn't check anything else out.

Dovercourt Recreation Center was built in 1987 replacing the Westboro Community Center. It features a pool (2 lane pool, hot tub, slide and rock wall) and a fitness center.

Lots of good times at this pool facility. Well recommended .

Very clean facility that has friendly and welcoming staff

Great staff + wonderful location for your workout. Best personal trainer ever - Jill Williams! Great spinning classes + pool as well. Dovercourt is a proud community supporter!

The Dovercourt Centre does not allow access to the washrooms for people who visit the park that is attached. I was there with my seven year old granddaughter and asked a supervisor to escort us to the washroom and they refused. Very disrespectful and ignorant of the situation at hand. Don't visit this centre.

I went on a field trip there we went 3 days it was wonder full it is amazing